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Cricket has to sort out the farce of going off for bad light when there are floodlights.

Agreed. The last couple of tests have gone into the final session of the final day. Are we going to end up with umpires leading the players off with a result still possible?

[Sandstorm]

England end up going beyond 350 anyway, Windies will be disappointed they let that good first hour come undone.

batting after lunch with the new ball is going to be very tough.

England will be expecting to have windies 3/4 down in the next session.

And they have

I told you all last week this is still a shit Windies side.

[Mahoney]

Cricket has to sort out the farce of going off for bad light when there are floodlights.

Agreed. The last couple of tests have gone into the final session of the final day. Are we going to end up with umpires leading the players off with a result still possible?

They walked them off on the final day of the last Ashes test a few years ago with England needing 30 odd & 5 overs or so remaining.

[Mahoney]

It was 2013; England needed 21 from 24 balls with 5 wickets remaining. After 5 days of play. It’s jaw dropping that any official would decide at that point to end the game because floodlights are taking over from natural light. 15 minutes it would have taken to give the fans a fitting end to the game & the series.

[Un Pilier]

Yes it’s a bit of a farce. At the very least the Umps should offer the option to bowling sides of a few overs of spin. There’s no way you could expect anyone to face Archer or Wood if they can’t see the ball very well.

[A6D6E6]

Yes it’s a bit of a farce. At the very least the Umps should offer the option to bowling sides of a few overs of spin. There’s no way you could expect anyone to face Archer or Wood if they can’t see the ball very well.

They have floodlights which let them play in the dark. No need to bowl spin.

[Sandstorm]

Yes it’s a bit of a farce. At the very least the Umps should offer the option to bowling sides of a few overs of spin. There’s no way you could expect anyone to face Archer or Wood if they can’t see the ball very well.

That’s what they did a few years ago before they started using the lights. It made very little difference having a few overs of spin at 6pm.

What will help is if they start early the following morning to make up lost overs. Especially this series as they only need to get the teams up early. It’s ridiculous they can’t start before 10:30

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Half an hour in the morning under decent light would mean more than the same time under lights at the end of the day.

Either way, great day of cricket again. Borad having a laugh with the bat, then he and Jimmy showed why they are top class. Archer was just nasty to play on a slow wicket, and Woakes will always do a job with the ball.

Windies have fought well, but their batters have never given their knackered bowlers a chance to play two innings

[Enzedder]

Yes it’s a bit of a farce. At the very least the Umps should offer the option to bowling sides of a few overs of spin. There’s no way you could expect anyone to face Archer or Wood if they can’t see the ball very well.

They have floodlights which let them play in the dark. No need to bowl spin.

Red ball under lights is still bloody hard to see.

[Un Pilier]

Yes it’s a bit of a farce. At the very least the Umps should offer the option to bowling sides of a few overs of spin. There’s no way you could expect anyone to face Archer or Wood if they can’t see the ball very well.

They have floodlights which let them play in the dark. No need to bowl spin.

Red ball under lights is still bloody hard to see.

It is. I read that teams practicing with the white ball are having difficulty seeing that against the empty seats at the Aegis Bowl.

[JM2K6]

They should start earlier, really.

[JM2K6]

Windies skittled for 197. Broad gets 6-31. Can't believe they thought he was droppable at the start of the series.

[Amethyst]

So, Windies back to shitness ......

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So will Root declare this session? Windies are very unlikely to make 350+ in the fourth innings, so I hope England have a slog and get 20 minutes at them before bad light ends play. Tomorrow seems almost certain to be washed out.

[Saint]

Lead is now 371. There is realistically no chance, even if the forecast is wrong, that the Windies chase this down. The only possible reason to delay is so that the ball is as close to new on Tuesday morning as possible

[Saint]

Some of the easiest runs Root will ever score for England

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I'd love to see Windies make a fight of it but that seems unlikely.

[frodder]

Broad on it again. Undroppable

[Enzedder]

Broad on it again. Undroppable

And another. Windies 6 for 2 and is that Broad on 499 test wickets? Edit - Yes, the commentators have just confirmed

[frodder]

Broad on it again. Undroppable

And another. Windies 6 for 2 and is that Broad on 499 test wickets? Edit - Yes, the commentators have just confirmed

He's an absolute nightmare for the opposition when firing like this. Still niggling on being dropped for the 1st test

[Un Pilier]

Monday’s looking like a write-off and Tuesday’s a bit uncertain atmo. If England get the best part of a day they might do this. It’s been a great series for climaxes; let’s hope that trend continues.

[Paddington Bear]

Fingers crossed they get a full afternoon, could be a nervy finish.

[Mahoney]

Good example of why 5 scheduled days are needed for tests (west of the Pennines, at any rate...) and why draws make thinks more exciting, not less. Without a draw as a possibility this game would have been a foregone conclusion at lunch on day 3.

[Oxbow]

That's 500 for Broad.

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Well done Stuart Broad. One more for a 10 wicket match

[Mahoney]

I can remember thinking he should be dropped because I thought he was a straight up and down medium pacer who didn't trouble batsmen enough .

[Oxbow]

According to TMS Kraigg Brathwaite was both James Anderson and Stuart Broad's 500th Test wicket. What are the odds of that.

[JM2K6]

I can remember thinking he should be dropped because I thought he was a straight up and down medium pacer who didn't trouble batsmen enough .

DCM must be opening a bottle of something non-alcoholic in celebration today

Edit: Wait, did he like Broad too or was it just Jimmy? I can't remember :(

Still, I do remember the pair being much hated by a lot of people... including me when it came to ODIs and Bad Jimmy coming out to play

[Mahoney]

It was Anderson he really held a flame for whilst the rest of us mocked in the days when Anderson couldn't get near the team because we had wonderful bowlers like *checks notes* Ryan Sidebottom.

[Insane_Homer]

120 all about by 14:00

[Mahoney]

TBF to old me he wasn't that great to start with

Code: Select all

           | Matches | Innings | Wickets |  W/I | Average | Economy | Strike rate
pre   2011 |      34 |      60 |      99 | 1.65 |   35.24 |    3.12 |        67.6
after 2011 |     106 |     198 |     401 | 2.03 |   26.21 |    2.90 |        54.2

Edit: Broad's figures:
Pre 2011
After 2011

[Sandstorm]

120 all about by 14:00

They're still a shit side, especially when the weather closes in and the ball starts ducking about.

[A6D6E6]

TBF to old me he wasn't that great to start with

Code: Select all

           | Matches | Average | Economy | Strike rate
pre   2011 |      34 |   35.24 |    3.12 |        67.6
after 2011 |     106 |   26.21 |    2.90 |        54.2

Presumably these are Anderson's figures? If so, the blame for a large chunk of that pre 2011 performance has to be laid at the door of the England management team who wanted to "correct" his action. Twats.

[Mahoney]

No, Broad's - I was following up on my earlier post.

[A6D6E6]

No, Broad's - I was following up on my earlier post.

Ah .

I still stand by my assessment of the England Management team re their handling of Anderson.

[A6D6E6]

Bit of a daft comment on the BBC cricket reporting just now. Referring to Broad and Anderson it says "To have two bowlers take 500+ Test wickets, in the modern day with the amount of cricket they play, is truly remarkable."

No - it is the amount of cricket they play that makes it possible!

[Sandstorm]

Bit of a daft comment on the BBC cricket reporting just now. Referring to Broad and Anderson it says "To have two bowlers take 500+ Test wickets, in the modern day with the amount of cricket they play, is truly remarkable."

No - it is the amount of cricket they play that makes it possible!

It is a dumb comment. Although both seem to have played for years without many injuries, especially Borad. Jimmy has had some back issues....

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Is Dom Bess working from home this game? Nice little earner this cricket lark at £15k per match!

[Mahoney]

Is Dom Bess working from home this game? Nice little earner this cricket lark at £15k per match!

He heard you.

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Can I claim that wicket?