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2nd test starting at Edgbaston,Birmingham shortly
England won the toss and elected to bat.
Russian
30 Jul 2004, 03:34
Anderson for S.Jones
Windies continue to change the side every time they lose. Edwards and Best replaced by Collymore (not in the squad for the first test) and Lawson :rolleyes:
Off for bad light after 85.2 overs. England 5/313. Trescothick made 105, Thorpe 61, Flintoff 42*, Key 29, G.Jones 27*. Bravo has 2
SaintsSupporter
30 Jul 2004, 21:48
England 453/6 - Flintoff 119*, Giles 11*, Jones 74.
SaintsSupporter
30 Jul 2004, 22:58
If Hoggard gets 7 more, Vaughan will be the lowest scorer in the match...LOL.
You know the Windies are going bad when Harmison,the #11,hits four,four and six in consecutive balls.
Booze Hound
30 Jul 2004, 23:50
566/9 dec
harmison hit Lawson for 4, 4, 6 in successive deliveries :)
sainters
30 Jul 2004, 23:52
England have declared at 9/556 with 20 minutes before the Tea break, England to ball a few overs at the West Indies batsmen before Tea.
A. Flintoff 167
M. Trescothic 104
S. Harmison 31*
D. Bravo 4 wickets for the West Indies
West Indies 2/24
D. Smith 4
C. Gayle 7
R. Sarwan 10*
B. Lara 3 *
M Hoggard 2 wickets
TEA BREAK DAY 2
Wow,I went to bed at Tea when the Windies were 2/24.I wake up this morning to find they finished at 2/184.
Lara & Sarwan put on 160 in 35 overs in the last session.
SaintsSupporter
31 Jul 2004, 09:56
Yeah, good partnership to watch. Sarwan 87*, Lara 71*.
And Michael Vaughan was the 2nd lowest scorer! Tsk, tsk!
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 15:37
If Lara gets to 115 runs, he will:
- score his 27th Test century
- move to equal fifth for most Test centuries
- have scored the most centuries by any West Indian
SM Gavaskar Ind 34
SR Tendulkar Ind 33
SR Waugh Aus 32
DG Bradman Aus 29
AR Border Aus 27
GS Sobers WI 26
BC Lara WI 26
- become the fourth player to score 10,000 Test runs
- become the fastest player to score 10,000 Test runs I NO Runs HS Avg
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SM Gavaskar Ind 212 17 10000 236* 51.28
AR Border Aus 235 43 10000 205 52.08
SR Waugh Aus 244 43 10000 200 49.75
BC Lara WI 192* 7* 9959 400* 53.83
SR Tendulkar Ind 184 19 9470 241* 57.39and to top that off, he has now scored 1,043 Test runs this calendar year!
apollo_creed
31 Jul 2004, 16:57
Originally posted by red+black
If Lara gets to 115 runs, he will:
- score his 27th Test century
- move to equal fifth for most Test centuries
- have scored the most centuries by any West Indian
SM Gavaskar Ind 34
SR Tendulkar Ind 33
SR Waugh Aus 32
DG Bradman Aus 29
AR Border Aus 27
GS Sobers WI 26
BC Lara WI 26
- become the fourth player to score 10,000 Test runs
- become the fastest player to score 10,000 Test runs I NO Runs HS Avg
----------------------------------------------
SM Gavaskar Ind 212 17 10000 236* 51.28
AR Border Aus 235 43 10000 205 52.08
SR Waugh Aus 244 43 10000 200 49.75
BC Lara WI 192* 7* 9959 400* 53.83
SR Tendulkar Ind 184 19 9470 241* 57.39and to top that off, he has now scored 1,043 Test runs this calendar year!
To summarise - He's a ****ing champion.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:11
out for 95. needs 20 in the second dig.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:21
getting into trouble now:
just lost 2/1, score is 6-324, follow on is 367. only chanderpaul left on 45*
his last four innings, including this one: 101*, 128*, 97*, 45*
dr nick
31 Jul 2004, 23:24
Geez... if i didnt have to get up at 4am tomorrow morning i'd work out his average this calendar year! I heard Lloyd say he's gone 15 hours of batting without being dismissed (and that was an hour or two ago)
Hope Lara gets to the 100 ton mark next innings.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:27
mozzed him. shiv out for 45. WI now lost 3/1 and the follow on looks miles away now. 7/326. only omari banks can save it now.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:49
336/8. collins out. 31 more runs required. 40 overs left tonight.
SaintsSupporter
31 Jul 2004, 23:51
What a collapse. Set themselves up to at least avoid the follow on, and maybe even approach the England score. Oh well.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:56
harmison back on. gets banks out. from 3/297, and 4/323, WI are now 9/336. 31 runs to get. 39 overs to go.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:57
go to sleep. england still need 3 wickets for lara to get out there.
red+black
31 Jul 2004, 23:59
did i say 3. i meant to say 2. all out 336. WI lose 7/39 in 21 overs.
Originally posted by red+black
go to sleep. england still need 3 wickets for lara to get out there. 2 wickets... and the way gayle and smith batted last time, it could be within the hour.
red+black
1 Aug 2004, 00:25
safe to say that lara won't bat today. england did NOT enforce the follow on. should be about 330 up by the end of the day with two days remaining. maybe bat till half hour after lunch tomorrow, set up a lead of 450-500 with about 140 overs to bowl the windies out.
3/64. Trescothick has 34 of them and extras 15.
Lawson has all 3 - Strauss 5, Key 4, Vaughan 3
Thorpe 3*
red+black
1 Aug 2004, 14:49
From 3/53, England was 3/148 at stumps, a lead of 378 runs with 2 days remaining. Trecothick 88* with a chance for his second century in the test. At the current run rate, England could be 500 runs ahead by lunch, with five sessions remaining.
crudbucket
1 Aug 2004, 21:08
Have i been seeing things?
Does Chanderpaul actually have advertising on his cheekbones ??
SaintsSupporter
1 Aug 2004, 21:16
Isn't it just the West Indies cricket flag?
Anyway, I don't know if Lara will bat at all in this test...he's got an injured finger, apparently, and isn't on the field.
England 9/240 - Anderson and Hoggard in.
Originally posted by crudbucket
Have i been seeing things?
Does Chanderpaul actually have advertising on his cheekbones ?? yeah, i thought it was like what the baseballers wear to darken the reflection of the lights...
but there are no lights, and his skin is as dark as coal.
Originally posted by SaintsSupporter
Isn't it just the West Indies cricket flag?
Anyway, I don't know if Lara will bat at all in this test...he's got an injured finger, apparently, and isn't on the field.
England 9/240 - Anderson and Hoggard in. he's batting now.
Minkus_Swan
1 Aug 2004, 23:39
Lara's out caught in the slips by Flintoff - seemed to be a poor decision by Taufel. Looked like the ball came off the pad and missed the bat by a fair bit.
Windies may not see out the day now. 3/101
Minkus_Swan
1 Aug 2004, 23:40
Lara's out caught in the slips by Flintoff - seemed to be a poor decision by Taufel. Looked like the ball to come off the pad and missed the bat by a fair bit.
Windies may not see out the day now. 3/101
SaintsSupporter
1 Aug 2004, 23:49
I think there was a slight nick there, but I was hoping Lara would get at least 20 to make up 10, 000 test runs. Oh well, next test I spose.
Cooldude
1 Aug 2004, 23:53
He choked in the 9990s :D :D :D j/k
It was a poor decision by Taufel, I thought, you can't give those out
3/139 at tea
Gayle 67
Chanderpaul 24
Collapse again
Chanderpaul lbw Giles 43, Bravo bowled 2 balls later. 5/172
Next Giles over, Gayle out. 6/177
First ball next over Jacobs hits Hoggard to Anderson at mid off who takes a one hander. 7/177
Banks and Collins both yet to score
red+black
2 Aug 2004, 01:28
8 for 182. this is bad. west indies have been down for so long yet they keep getting worse. not taking anything away from england, but very rarely do the windies show any heart.
Windies were never going to win, but I really hate to see the umpires caving in to the Poms constant appealling and giving so many awful decisions.
It really spoilt any chance the Windies had of saving this test. No way you could be 100% that Lara, Chanderpaul or Gayle were out. 3 very key decisions that should have gone in the batting teams favour...
Nel Mangle
2 Aug 2004, 03:36
Originally posted by Briedis
Windies were never going to win, but I really hate to see the umpires caving in to the Poms constant appealling and giving so many awful decisions.
It really spoilt any chance the Windies had of saving this test. No way you could be 100% that Lara, Chanderpaul or Gayle were out. 3 very key decisions that should have gone in the batting teams favour...
Whinge whinge whinge ,sad to see.
Slow mo replay clearly showed Gayle edged the ball .
Totally the right decision...
Windies were never gonna bat for almost 2 days on that track..
save your tears for someone who deserves sympathy ,P.O.M.E .
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Originally posted by crudbucket
Have i been seeing things?
Does Chanderpaul actually have advertising on his cheekbones ??
He does,but I can't workout what it actually says.
In the ODI series before the tests,about 3 Windies batsmen had it under their eyes.It's bloody weird,but surely the I.C.C must've allowed it.
Originally posted by Briedis
Windies were never going to win, but I really hate to see the umpires caving in to the Poms constant appealling and giving so many awful decisions.
It really spoilt any chance the Windies had of saving this test. No way you could be 100% that Lara, Chanderpaul or Gayle were out. 3 very key decisions that should have gone in the batting teams favour...
The Lara decision was very harsh, even if there was a slight edge onto pad it was impossible to be sure but I think the Gayle one was a good decision, the super slo mo camera showed that it went from pad to bat & I don't think you can ever criticise the ump for getting it right.
As for the Chanderpaul one, it looked a bit harsh but he'd been padding up to balls from Giles for a while, there was at least one other one that looked likely to hit & in those circumstances some umpires just have enough of it if you keep on using the pad on it's own (the commentator said that he's seen Hair give those ones before as well).
Originally posted by JUBJUB
He does,but I can't workout what it actually says.
In the ODI series before the tests,about 3 Windies batsmen had it under their eyes.It's bloody weird,but surely the I.C.C must've allowed it.
I beleive that it's just the name of the comapny that makes the reflectors, apparently he doesn't get paid to use them he just picked them up in New York where he spends a lot of time.
Superpom
2 Aug 2004, 23:25
The chanderpaul wicket was partly the result of good captaincy by vaughan, switching giles to hair's end.
Taufel had been giving nothing, Hair has a history of giving lbw's in those circumstances - bingo!
Giles has 18 wickets in two test matches - yes the West Indies really are that bad...