2nd Test England vs West Indies

[MRobbo]

2nd test starting at Edgbaston,Birmingham shortly

England won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[JUBJUB]

Eng 0/57

 

[JUBJUB]

Eng 3/156

 

[Russian]

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

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]

England 453/6 - Flintoff 119*, Giles 11*, Jones 74.

 

[SaintsSupporter]

If Hoggard gets 7 more, Vaughan will be the lowest scorer in the match...LOL.

 

[JUBJUB]

You know the Windies are going bad when Harmison,the #11,hits four,four and six in consecutive balls.

 

[Booze Hound]

566/9 dec

harmison hit Lawson for 4, 4, 6 in successive deliveries

 

[sainters]

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

 

[JUBJUB]

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]

Yeah, good partnership to watch. Sarwan 87*, Lara 71*.

And Michael Vaughan was the 2nd lowest scorer! Tsk, tsk!

 

[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*  57.39

and to top that off, he has now scored 1,043 Test runs this calendar year!

 

[apollo_creed]

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*  57.39

and to top that off, he has now scored 1,043 Test runs this calendar year!

To summarise - He's a ****ing champion.

 

[red+black]

out for 95. needs 20 in the second dig.

 

[red+black]

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]

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]

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]

336/8. collins out. 31 more runs required. 40 overs left tonight.

 

[SaintsSupporter]

What a collapse. Set themselves up to at least avoid the follow on, and maybe even approach the England score. Oh well.

 

[red+black]

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]

go to sleep. england still need 3 wickets for lara to get out there.

 

[red+black]

did i say 3. i meant to say 2. all out 336. WI lose 7/39 in 21 overs.

 

[dr nick]

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]

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.

 

[Russian]

3/64. Trescothick has 34 of them and extras 15.

Lawson has all 3 - Strauss 5, Key 4, Vaughan 3

Thorpe 3*