Re: WI tour of England, July 8-28
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:20 am
West Indies win by four wickets!
West Indies 200-6
Blackwood 95
Archer 3-45
West Indies 200-6
Blackwood 95
Archer 3-45
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"How West Indies deserved their win; they were resolute, disciplined and skilful throughout. We knew they could bowl but their batsmen came up with the goods under pressure, with Blackwood a surprising hero ..."
Jofra Archer proves his point but Jermaine Blackwood has last laugh"On Friday, Archer had been goaded by the old Bajan fast bowler Tino Best on Twitter. “Your bowling toothpaste,” Best said, “and u haven’t bowled quickly since the ASHES, now go sleep and get some rest for WI to beat ya ball second innings.”
"Jofra Archer was today sensationally left out of the second Test against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford after breaking coronavirus protocols by making an unauthorised detour to visit his home ..."
I do hope that we will not end up regretting having a specialist spinner on this wicket:mikesiva wrote:... West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 John Campbell, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Shamarh Brooks, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Jermaine Blackwood, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (captain), 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Shannon Gabriel
"Chase is a much better bowler in Test matches against England than he ever was against the club sides of the Sussex Premier League, where he spent a season playing for Cuckfield in 2015 ..."
Meanwhile:mikesiva wrote:England: 1 Rory Burns, 2 Dom Sibley, 3 Zak Crawley, 4 Joe Root (captain), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Ollie Pope, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Sam Curran, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Dom Bess, 11 Stuart Broad ...