West Indies in England

[duffarama]

Originally posted by m_vaughan
You bet he is. Infact apart from Anderson and Key, everyone is.

Just looking at Ashley Giles' career statistics, they look pretty good.

Matches: 38
Batting: INN- 53, HS- 52, AVE- 19.4
Bowling: W- 112, AVE- 36.5, BBI- 5/57, ECON- 2.7

He is certainly improving.

 

[m_vaughan]

well no.10 in the PWC Ratings, and no. 5 in the samsung ratings speaks volumes of his improvement.

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 2

No days play due to rain

West Indies 1st Inning 275/6 (Chanderpaul 76, Bravo 77) (Hoggard 3/61)

 

[m_vaughan]

Thats sad. one full day lost.

 

[duffarama]

Yeah, we'll have to wait...

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 3

West Indies 1st Inning 395/9 dec (Chanderpaul 76, Bravo 77) (Hoggard 4/83, Flintoff 3/79)
England 1st Inning 233/5 (Strauss 90, Thorpe 89*) (Bravo 3/36)

England trail by 162 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[duffarama]

This is turning out to be an epic battle.

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Stumps Day 4

West Indies 1st Inning 395/9 dec (Chanderpaul 76, Bravo 77) (Hoggard 4/83, Flintoff 3/79)
England 1st Inning 330 (Strauss 90, Thorpe 114) (Bravo 6/55)
West Indies 2nd Inning 161/9 (Sarwan 60) (Flintoff 3/26, Harmison 3/44, Giles 3/43)

West Indies lead by 226 runs with 1 wicket remaining



Brian Lara scored his 10,000th run in Test cricket, but walked off dejected after getting out for just seven shortly after

 

[m_vaughan]

yeah brian lara is the highest active scorer in test cricket

 

[rocklara]

yea its a wonderful achievement by the great man, but it may jus not be enuff to save a 4-0 thrashing. this team is literally pathetic, with a whole day lost to rain, and still they have managed to get themselves into a losing position:

 

[duffarama]

Brian Lara is easily going to beat Steve Waugh in the most test runs.

 

[m_vaughan]

Brian Lara is easily going to beat Steve Waugh in the most test runs.

Thats obvious. And I reckon he will set a record which even the great Tendulkar might not be able to reach.

 

[jonah]

Originally posted by rocklara
yea its a wonderful achievement by the great man, but it may jus not be enuff to save a 4-0 thrashing. this team is literally pathetic, with a whole day lost to rain, and still they have managed to get themselves into a losing position:

Don't despair just yet rocklara. Being an England fan for many years and remembering the bad old days of not so long ago I always err on the side of caution, and this Test can still go either way. I heard on the radio this morning that the highest total successfully chased down at Old Trafford in a 4th innings is a meagre 145 (by SA 50 years ago), so...
The weather may still play a part too .

 

[duffarama]

Originally posted by m_vaughan
Thats obvious. And I reckon he will set a record which even the great Tendulkar might not be able to reach.

A few more innings of 400 will do the job.

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Result

West Indies 1st Inning 395/9 dec (Chanderpaul 76, Bravo 77) (Hoggard 4/83, Flintoff 3/79)
England 1st Inning 330 (Strauss 90, Thorpe 114) (Bravo 6/55)
West Indies 2nd Inning 165 (Sarwan 60) (Flintoff 3/26, Harmison 4/44, Giles 3/43)
England 2nd Inning 231/3 (key 3*, Flintoff 57*)

Result: England won by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: GP Thorpe


Series: England leads the 4-Test series 3-0