The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Stokes trying to bowl fast is our best option at the mo.

[tomd2103]

General consensus on TMS after the game was that the bowling attack doesn't offer enough variety and that Plunkett and Rashid should play in the next test.  Noone on there could understand why Ali had been rushed back into the side.

[pooligan]

I said it at the start of this test and i will say it again,no way should Tredwell have been dropped after the first test for Ali who is a average bowler at best.

[peter w]

Well its England under Moores. No real direction and chopping and changing just hoping to find the best 11. Sacking Pietersen set the tone for the current England regime and instantly made it a truculent one. Rather than concentrate on managing the best we have, bringing the best young players in to supplement the decent team that we have it became very disruptive. Downton has gone and the rest should follow.

Whatever you may think about Pietersen the whole situation was handled disastrously and he has won the PR 'war' ever since. It will be difficult to see him ever playing for England again but we have really never recovered from that period. The management need to be removed from office straight away - including Cook although I'd retain him as a player - and get back to concentrating on picking the best team to win matches for England.

We always hear that we're preparing for this World Cup or that World Cup and never perform when we're there. A huge change is needed otherwise we will stay treading water where we are now struggling against a poor West Indies. I acknowledge that its a particularly flat track at the moment but the verve is wrong, the selections are wrong, and the bowlers don't seem to be bowling to much of a plan.

[PaulWinch again]

I said it at the start of this test and i will say it again,no way should Tredwell have been dropped after the first test for Ali who is a average bowler at best.

He's much better than average, but he's clearly undercooked.

[PaulWinch again]

With Stokes bowling nicely the other 3 seamers are too similar. We needed either Rashid or Plunkett or Wood. Any one of those would have offered something different.

[paul_e]

Brilliant bowling from Jimmy today and that run out is spectacular.

[Richard E]

If we can knock these two last wickets over cheaply and quickly we should win this from here.

[PaulWinch again]

World class from Anderson today and he bowled quick.

[PaulWinch again]

Our fielding has been excellent, which generally is an indication of us improving.

[PaulWinch again]

Huge wicket for Mo.

[PaulWinch again]

Well done Mo.

[paul_e]

Yeah good on him, the one that got Gabriel is a belter to be fair.

Sessions like this morning are why Jimmy is so good, brilliant with the ball and in the field, turned this from a likely draw to a very winnable match.

[PaulWinch again]

Jimmy showed why he's one of the best. That spell on a flat pitch was magnificent. Moeen ended with good figures as well.

[PaulWinch again]

Hmmm Trott not convincing again.