England vs West Indies | 1st T20 | Match Thread

[Sledger]

What reverse!!

 

[Sledger]

Bopara need to bowl out, bowling like a front-liner.

 

[Markhor]

Where is Darren Bravo?

Playing with Trinidad and Tobago in the CLT20.

 

[Markhor]

Edged for !

 

[Markhor]

Good inswinging yorker, 92mph.

 

[Markhor]

WI 111-5 | 17 overs

 

[cricketpassion]

 

[Markhor]

Running for 2, could be a run-out here.

 

[Markhor]

Run out

 

[cricketpassion]

bowled

 

[Sledger]

Pathetic finish by WI, England should get this now unless they suffer a major collapse.

 

[cricketpassion]

Bopara is unplayable

 

[Markhor]

Bowled him, terrible finish by WI. Ravi 'McGrath' Bopara with another wicket. 3 for 4 !

 

[Markhor]

2 runs.

WI 116-7 | 18 overs

 

[Sledger]

Sammy off the mark, only two..

 

[cricketpassion]

Whata yorker

 

[Markhor]

Dernbach yorks him, good bowling from England.

 

[Markhor]

'The Malingas, the Waqar Younises would have loved that'

 

[Markhor]

 

[cricketpassion]

lol another one

 

[Markhor]

Direct hit



What the hell.

 

[Sledger]

Shambles. )

 

[Markhor]

West Indies collapsing like a pack of cards.

Fidel Edwards in now at No 11.

WI 117-9 | 18.3 overs

 

[Markhor]

Full toss

 

[Markhor]

Swing and a miss.

 

[Markhor]

Slower ball, quick single.

 

[Markhor]

In the air and

West Indies out for 125. Pretty depressing to watch

Cmon Bishoo and Edwards, make some inroads. Early wickets are a must.

 

[Sledger]

Sammy out, four wicket haul to Bopara - 4/10, best figures for England.

 

[Sledger]

126 needed for England, should be a comfortable chase, good bowling effort after initial trouble.

 

[Markhor]

Jimmy Adams says that the West Indies have not played T20 cricket domestically as much as England, or other nations for that matter and it has shown tonight.

 

[James]

From the sublime (the Patel Gatting ball, the Dernbach yorker!!) to the plain sad (97/2 to 125 all out). Another win coming up.

 

[IAJ]

What on earth! Windies were crusing on 72/0 at one stage! What a collapse this must have been.

 

[Markhor]

What on earth! Windies were crusing on 72/0 at one stage! What a collapse this must have been.

They lost two wickets before 72 but they did get off to a flyer - 51/1 after 6 overs.

 

[Markhor]

Square cut by Alex Hales.

 

[Markhor]

Followed up with a single.

 

[IAJ]

They lost two wickets before 72 but they did get off to a flyer - 51/1 after 6 overs.

Ok maybe it was 72/2 I saw. Anyways not a good score in the end.

 

[IAJ]

windies wk looks big, or broad at least

 

[IAJ]

Another bunch of donkeys here it seems

 

[Incognito]

Hales is a combination of Cook and Kieswetter in appearance

 

[nads_rocks]

England win comfortably by 10 wickets with few overs to spare.

 

[Markhor]

Comfortable win for England. Swann gets his first win as captain.

 

[Sledger]

Lol, what a thrashing.

Swann was impressive for a new captain, good tactics today. WI had a lot of rubbish bowlers and their batting implodes like Pakistan's, Samuels has looked very average since returning.

 

[Ruri]

Lol, what a thrashing.

Swann was impressive for a new captain, good tactics today. WI had a lot of rubbish bowlers and their batting implodes like Pakistan's, Samuels has looked very average since returning.

His willingness to say, allright, I've had enough of this rubbish from Bresnan and Finn and bowl out Bopara at the end instead impressed me.