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Post by newby on Jul 8, 2024 19:26:32 GMT
The Test summer gets going at Lords on Wednesday, weather permitting. England in confident mood obviously have named their starting XI early.
England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson.
Of course it's James Anderson's final test match so no place for either Pennington or Potts.
The batting looks alright, not so confident about the bowling but we will see.
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Post by newby on Jul 10, 2024 9:56:03 GMT
England won the toss and have elected to bowl, unsurprising looking at the overcast conditions.
It's all about Jimmy Anderson of course, will he go out with a bang or with a whimper, I expect something of a bang in these conditions against this inexperienced Windies team.
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Post by newby on Jul 10, 2024 15:06:52 GMT
Good start for Atkinson to his Test career. I admit to being a little sceptical to his being so heavily hyped when he was given an England contract but he can't do much more in terms of a start.
At least he left the last wicket for Anderson.
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Post by byased on Jul 10, 2024 18:53:27 GMT
I am embarrassed to say that I had assumed Atkinson to be of West Indian origin. I had a bit of a shock when I saw the highlights on the news.
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Post by hawke on Jul 11, 2024 12:05:25 GMT
I have been researching YCCC in the 1860s recently and they had an Anderson and an Atkinson too! Harry B and Joe R both made fifties so positives for us on the international stage. Even better had they scored centuries!
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Post by newby on Jul 11, 2024 14:55:35 GMT
No Centuries for England but 5 good 50's have given them a 250 run lead on first innings which you would think might be enough.
Good opportunity for Kragg Brathwaite and some of his troops to dig in and extend the game at least into Saturday, if they can overcome the England bowlers of course.
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Post by newby on Jul 11, 2024 21:03:09 GMT
I was a little bit optimistic thinking the West Indies could get a score second time around. Looks like they might be finished before lunch tomorrow which is a shame for all concerned.
I imagine the Windies will improve a little as the series goes on but they have come in badly undercooked for this game.
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Post by tykemania on Jul 12, 2024 1:09:11 GMT
I think the Windies will get better - their squad is stronger with the ball than with the bat and as we saw ourselves earlier in the year Lords can be a difficult place to bat.
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Post by newby on Jul 12, 2024 11:14:58 GMT
It took just over and hour and England duly won the 1st test by an innings and good few.
Fantastic crowd attending for what they knew wouldn't be too much cricket shows the draw of seeing Jimmy Anderson for one last time.
I don't think he could possibly get himself up to play County cricket after that.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 12, 2024 11:30:27 GMT
The West Indies are woefully poor, underprepared, missing too many good players who chase the T20 money and Joseph who arrived with a huge bang in the winter v the Aussies looks bang average at best in this game.
Anderson could play 2 more tests if they end inside 2.5 days and get the wickets needed to go past Warne and just have Chuckalitheran ahead of him.
Atkinson looks decent though - why he has not had a chance sooner is beyond me, and hope his career is half as successful as Andersons!
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Post by newby on Jul 16, 2024 20:40:33 GMT
Mark Wood comes in for Anderson and that's the only change for England going into the 2nd Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday.
Weather looks nice.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 17, 2024 8:05:44 GMT
lets hope the Windies can make some changes to their fragile top order. Where is Hope, Chase or even Pooran (in the UST20)
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Post by hawke on Jul 17, 2024 13:52:13 GMT
Mark Wood comes in for Anderson and that's the only change for England going into the 2nd Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday. Weather looks nice. Yes Somerset are very fortunate having that school in the county. Archie Vaughan of course is another who went there
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Post by newby on Jul 17, 2024 21:02:28 GMT
Seems to be a chance that Ben Duckett might not play due to the imminent birth of a little Duckett.
Dan Lawrence is the batting spare.
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Post by newby on Jul 19, 2024 9:02:24 GMT
416 for England at the end, seems a decent though not overwhelming score. I'm hoping the Windies can make a game of it, but not holding my breath.
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