posted May 24, 2009

"That said, i still think that the Windies will be very competative today." - eirebilly

I reckon that's up there with "I can tell the lady in Kent that there will be no hurricane" and "Nothing can stop Mansell now".

Sorry, Billy, 20/20 hindsight, I know

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posted May 24, 2009

the comments from bbc are so ridiculous...i was at today's game with my 8 year old daughter and let me say that seeing the game through her eyes is just as valid as dem badmen. so this is what she mentioned to me during the game...Dad why are England people booing? Dad! its Dwayne Bravo!...Dad, who's that? (referring to err...whatsisname...err...club cricketer who won the OBE for bringing on drinks for a specialist reserve fielder...err...Collingwood!(taste 0f your own medicine))..Dad why are England people booing again?...Dad can we afford to get me a Windies shirt?...wow! that was brilliant (jonnie's fielding)...and the list of favourable comments about Windies and question marks about England ability to be good hosts went on and on. so, Henglandbadmen, learn this lesson...even now when we are down we are winning over fans becoz we are still entertaining and kids "wanna be like dwayne bravo". conclusion: we'll take care of our own bizniz thanQ very much. and quite simply all our problems would be solved if we replaced 4 of the worst players with 4 really good players....impossible? no...there are at least 2 stars who will soon come to the front...a certain trini opener and a certain mini-bravo (little jonnie?)...bbc just got too used to saying unpleasant things. u'd never find Tony Cozier talking like that in the caribbean press,

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posted May 24, 2009

It could have been an exciting match if Gayle had played a slightly more considered innings and thumped a century. But he didn't. And it was boring.

Points for stating the obvious? Positives in the bowling though (against a lacklustre attempt at batting by the Windies.)

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posted May 24, 2009

England were missing KP and Freddie today. Anyone notice that? But don't think for moment that this means Australia are in trouble; Australia have NEVER batted (or fielded or bowled) the way the Windies have this year.

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posted May 25, 2009

Sadly how will this game help Englands Ashes preparation ?

The WI disrespected their own fans and the paying public by not caring about the game.

It was so one sided at the end I switched over to watch the real cricket yesterday - the IPL final.

Thats what the ECB should be afraid of - 50 over cricket is fast becoming irrelevant despite what some members of TSM think - and I am at Edgbaston tomorrow!

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posted May 25, 2009

The WI are due here again next year. Will they be better next year? I hope so as the paying public deserves a better show from them. They are capable of a much higher standard instead of going through the motions.

I would like to see Gayle replace by Chandrerpaul or Sawan as captain. His attitude is below par and he is not leading his team in either forms of the game.

As for England, great to see the bowlers perform especially Broad. This lad has a lot of potential and I think he's got a few surprises in teh batting department too!

Roll on the Ashes, can't wait and the Aussies will truely TEST England physically and mentally.

All the best England.

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posted May 25, 2009

Gayle will not be captain beyond this series, but I don't think it's just him. With the exception of Darren Sammy who works his bol***ks off from ball one, they just don't look like they want to be here. How that guy isn't first on the team sheet for any game is beyond me. As for reading anything from this series into the Ashes,... well it's like Liverpool playing Altrincham in a pre-season friendly.... meaningless. As for the comments of AdmiralKhirk (above), I'm afraid you're dead right, but as long as we have the public school network running the game, in the commentary box and still making up more than 50% of the team, what do you expect?

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posted May 25, 2009

For whatever reason, West Indies didn't want to be here for the test series. That could be IPL, general malaise within the Windies for the longer game - but their hearts clearly weren't in it and they were bascially held to rnasom. The state of the game in the Windies seems to be such that they had to pick players that didn't want to be here as opposed to picking lower quality players that did want to be here.

But the test series is over - and I for one expected a much improved performance. Windies just look a bit for "up for it" in one day / T20 games.

So brilliantly though Broad bowled and well though we fielded - this was a game Windies surrendered.

I predict Windies will win on Tuesday - by a mile - it's just the sort of side they are.

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posted May 25, 2009

well done england. better team won in he end.

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posted May 26, 2009

The end of the road for Harmison. Who needs him when we've got Stuart Broad delivering Harmison style bouce and much more?

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