West Indies in England

[Rangeela]

Schedule

1st Test Thu 22 - Mon 26 Jul @ Lord's
2nd Test Thu 29 Jul - Mon 2 Aug @ Edgbaston
3rd Test Thu 12 - Mon 16 Aug @ Old Trafford
4th Test Thu 19 - Mon 23 Aug @ Oval

West Indies Test Squad

*Brian Lara
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Chris Gayle
Devon Smith
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Dwayne Smith
+Ridley Jacobs
Ravi Rampaul
Tino Best
Fidel Edwards
Jermaine Lawson
Pedro Collins
Omari Banks
Carlton Baugh
Dwayne Bravo
Sylvester Joseph

 

[m_vaughan]

I am going for a 4-0 to England!!

 

[rocklara]

M Vaughn do not count ur eggs before they are hatched. u expected 4-0 in the cbean, and it didnt happen and u did expect the natwest final, and that too was far fetched, so but all is true that england is the superior team, but but u can't call the shots as yet. let's just see whats gonna happen.

 

[duffarama]

I think it would be pretty close considering England didn't do too well on the one-dayers and West Indies were showing good form.
Maybe 2-2 would be a closer prediction.
From Duffarama.

 

[m_vaughan]

Well I am sorry to say this, but the Windies do not have enough players who can adapt well in the longer version of the game.

I know its a lot to expect, but 4-0 is very much possible, especially after that 3-0 romping of the Windies on their soil. (only a flat wicket and a man called BC Lara prevented a 4-0 whitewash)

 

[duffarama]

OK, well you have persuaded me to agree with you.

 

[rocklara]

well guys vaughn i agree with u, cuz lara alone makes a difference for the windies, they havent fully adapted 100% to the swinigng ball and the overcast conditions! if there's no lara, it will be freaky to see windies play w/o lara

 

[Rangeela]

probable squad for 1st Test

England (probable) 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Robert Key, 4 Michael Vaughan (capt), 5 Graham Thorpe, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Geraint Jones (wk), 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Simon Jones, 10 Matthew Hoggard, 11 Steve Harmison.


West Indies (probable) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Devon Smith, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Brian Lara (capt), 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Ridley Jacobs (wk), 8 Tino Best, 9 Jermaine Lawson, 10 Pedro Collins, 11 Fidel Edwards.

 

[Rangeela]

1st Test Stumps Day 1

West Indies won the toss and elected to field first

England 391/2 (Key 167*, Strauss 137)

 

[m_vaughan]

No wonder England are 2nd in the ICC Rankings.

 

[brad352]

No wonder England are 2nd in the ICC Rankings.

Look at the bowlers they made the runs against, it's not exactly a magnificent achievement

West Indies won the toss and elected to field first

Another great move by captain Lara

 

[squiz]

That is a f*cking massive score for any team, even for Australia. England have done well, although its only against second rate bowlers. Still a good effort though. Key is only playing his 8th or 9th test i think, correct me if im wrong

 

[m_vaughan]

Originally posted by brad352
Look at the bowlers they made the runs against, it's not exactly a magnificent achievement

I am sorry, but 391/2 is a good score, no matter what the opposition.

 

[brad352]

I am sorry, but 391/2 is a good score, no matter what the opposition.

I never said it wasn't- all I said is that big scores against second rate bowlers do nothing to justify ICC rankings

 

[Rangeela]

1st Test Stumps Day 2

England 1st Inning 568 (Strauss 137, Key 221, Vaughan 103) (Collins 4/113, Bravo 3/74)
West Indies 1st Inning 208/4(Gayle 66) (Giles 3/58)

West Indies trail by 360 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings