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      Harrisimo
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      Reply #3289: Jan 28, 2019 03:39:16 pm
      Burns, jenning, bairstow, root, denly, stokes, buttler, moeen, woakes, broad, anderson

      Think they will go with 2 spinners as the next test in Antigua might be flat and may well cut up. Butler might stay in with my selection Woakes missing out. But I think Butler is a white ball player, coming in at No.7 in test cricket you need a bit more patience to get the best out of 8,9,10. But Butler is vice captain and Root might want him in.

      Burns,Jennings,Bairstow,Root,Stokes,Ali,Butler,Curran Broad,Anderson,Leach....although Foakes will probably keep his place.
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      Reply #3290: Jan 28, 2019 03:44:58 pm
      Think they will go with 2 spinners as the next test in Antigua might be flat and may well cut up. Butler might stay in with my selection Woakes missing out. But I think Butler is a white ball player, coming in at No.7 in test cricket you need a bit more patience to get the best out of 8,9,10. But Butler is vice captain and Root might want him in.

      I'd highly doubt they will go with two spinners next up

      Antigua won't spin much, West Indies will back their taller stronger fast bowlers to get more from the surface like they did  last time

      If we need a second spinner it will be root (he out bowled Rashid last time anyway)
      Knowing how the current selection goes I'd imagine there will only be one change and tgatvwill be broad for Rashid

      Their mantra is one game too many than one too short

      (Potential Woakes for Curran but I don't think they will)
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      Reply #3291: Jan 28, 2019 04:01:24 pm
      Don't keep up with the cricket in this bit of the colonies,Viv Richards still battering the english bowlers?
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      Reply #3292: Jan 28, 2019 04:03:10 pm
      Don't keep up with the cricket in this bit of the colonies,Viv Richards still battering the english bowlers?

      How they bowled last game (apart from Jimmy) he could have done even at 66
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      Reply #3293: Jan 28, 2019 05:48:58 pm
      I'd highly doubt they will go with two spinners next up

      Antigua won't spin much, West Indies will back their taller stronger fast bowlers to get more from the surface like they did  last time

      If we need a second spinner it will be root (he out bowled Rashid last time anyway)
      Knowing how the current selection goes I'd imagine there will only be one change and tgatvwill be broad for Rashid

      Their mantra is one game too many than one too short

      (Potential Woakes for Curran but I don't think they will)

      2 Spinners for the second in Antigua will be a serious consideration. I'll be surprised if they don't and as I said Jack Leach with his left arm finger spin will expect to start or may be they'll stick with Rashid.
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      Reply #3294: Jan 28, 2019 05:51:29 pm
      2 Spinners for the second in Antigua will be a serious consideration. I'll be surprised if they don't and as I said Jack Leach with his left arm finger spin will expect to start or may be they'll stick with Rashid.

      West Indies went in with one spinner and look likely to again
      England read the pitch wrong and are more likely to follow the home teams balance than go in with two spinners again

      No way Rashid plays. Root doesn't know how to use him
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      Reply #3295: Jan 28, 2019 06:03:27 pm
      West Indies went in with one spinner and look likely to again
      England read the pitch wrong and are more likely to follow the home teams balance than go in with two spinners again

      No way Rashid plays. Root doesn't know how to use him

      Well that was the first test and it was expected to be one spinner for the first..2 for the second. They misread it for the first now they are much more likely to go with 2 as expected before they got here.
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      Reply #3296: Jan 28, 2019 06:08:35 pm
      Well that was the first test and it was expected to be one spinner for the first..2 for the second. They misread it for the first now they are much more likely to go with 2 as expected before they got here.

      We'll see mate

      I still go for one change (possibly 2 if Woakes replaces Curran) of broad for Rashid
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      Reply #3297: Jan 31, 2019 01:41:53 pm
      2 Changes for England

      Broad back for Rashid
      Denly in for Jennings

      One spinner (plus root)
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      Reply #3298: Jan 31, 2019 01:44:42 pm
      We'll see mate

      I still go for one change (possibly 2 if Woakes replaces Curran) of broad for Rashid

      One up to you as they went against Leach. I think bringing in Leach was a serious consideration. 4 seam attack with Broad coming back in. The pitch looks greener and may be that swung it. I still would've gone with 2 spinners with Foakes out Broad in.

      England batting first as Windies put them in. Could be a bit of movement off the pitch early on and England need a good start..but as I say one up to you.

      1-0.

      Still plenty of cricket to come.
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      Reply #3299: Jan 31, 2019 02:25:17 pm
      Pitch is bit lively. England need to sit in and see off the new ball. So much grass on the track, such a green top. You don't see that to often in the Windies.

      Burns out...4...moved a little off the pitch...just straightened slightly... 4 for 1....Bairstow in. Really like this lad, top professional. Hang in there John.
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      Reply #3300: Jan 31, 2019 02:28:08 pm
      4-2.....Looked out...gone to review...out...4-2...no...went with umpires call..but the ball is nipping back...4-1...dodged one there..
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      Reply #3301: Jan 31, 2019 02:33:30 pm
      Good tense start..none of that bish bash bosh cricket that dominates...9 for 1..absorbing stuff..
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      Reply #3302: Jan 31, 2019 04:07:26 pm
      78-4..fairly ordinary start by England..Bairstow 52(62) no. Good job England bat deep.But 200 still looks far off..Lunch.



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      Reply #3303: Jan 31, 2019 05:14:14 pm
      Now 97 -6...not what England wanted. Under the cosh. Foakes needs a score IMO. In as a specialist keeper and he is the best but he also needs to show he can stick around.

      Match is at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium and the great man is there today and what a cool dude he is, great great batsman.
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      Reply #3304: Jan 31, 2019 05:46:53 pm
      Pitch looks a bit lively, until England bowl on it
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      Reply #3305: Jan 31, 2019 07:25:08 pm
      Pitch looks a bit lively, until England bowl on it

      Went against my Leach selection. Pitch looks very green. Might slow up and take spin and Windies bat last.

      178-7 Moen Ali out for 60..played a bit early to a slower ball...caught at mid on. Curran in.
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      Reply #3306: Jan 31, 2019 07:46:15 pm
      186-9..might not even get the 200. Good test match in the making...Jimmy in now...ball is lifting just short of a length...Broad's bowls nearly all back of a length so he should get something out of the green top. May be 180-220 is par for this wicket.

      All out 187..
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      Reply #3307: Feb 01, 2019 08:47:38 pm
      A lead of anything over 100 and it’s probably game over for England.

      At the moment it’s looking like a bit more than that.
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      Reply #3308: Feb 01, 2019 08:53:09 pm
      A lead of anything over 100 and it’s probably game over for England.

      At the moment it’s looking like a bit more than that.

      Agree

      Much over 100 and they won't need to bat again

      Pitch doing loads but they've bowled and batted better on it than us

      Really poor. Line and length has been wrong from our bowlers all innings

      Broad the best but he's only a 6 pushing a 7 out of 10
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      Reply #3309: Feb 01, 2019 09:13:53 pm
      Agree

      Much over 100 and they won't need to bat again

      Pitch doing loads but they've bowled and batted better on it than us

      Really poor. Line and length has been wrong from our bowlers all innings

      Broad the best but he's only a 6 pushing a 7 out of 10

      Think broad had been outstanding but once again let down by poor catching. Windies have had a lot of luck in this innings
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      Reply #3310: Feb 01, 2019 09:16:59 pm
      Think broad had been outstanding but once again let down by poor catching. Windies have had a lot of luck in this innings

      Yeah we've been poor in the field but the line and especially length has been poor
      About 6 inches to a foot too short or far too short

      You can't bowl remotely short or wide on this track
      Look at the lbw shouts.. all going over, yesterday and today

      The West Indies batsmen know what length they can leave on this deck

      We've been really really poor with the ball and in the field

      Broad should be the best on this deck of our lot due to his natural height and he has been but he still hasn't been great
      Not enough constant pressure
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      Reply #3311: Feb 01, 2019 09:32:08 pm
      Windies 272-6...lead by 85 runs with 4 wickets in hand. Assuming they add 50-70...Lead of say 130-170..England will be in possible before lunch or just after..if Windies get a lead of 200 then England will have to bat very very long.

      England bowled well, Broad in particular. Few chances dropped but England up against it. Can see only one winner. Windies grinding it out, probably the only way on this pitch.

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