England's tour of the West Indies 2015.

jjamez · 03-05-2015, 15:41

pundits are saying 170 will be enough. i still dont think so. its day three, 2 and a bit days to get 170, would look simple, i'd be saying 200-250 and you may have a chance.

**Lord Snooty** · 03-05-2015, 17:50

123 all out. Target 192. Nowhere near enough. Poor performance.

jjamez · 03-05-2015, 18:02

at least it should have answered the problems that moores should have seen.

cook-fine
trott- not an opener by any stretch of the imagination
ballance- good and dogged
bell- fairweather player really now
root-future of england
ali- thrown back too soon after injury, should never have been considered
stokes- third fourth seamer and counter attacker
buttler- batting too low
jordan- cant be in the same team as stokes
broad- bowling wellish, but might as well bat with a drumstick
anderson- too reliant on him

lyth- moores and cook must still be thinking about him
rashid- not really rated by moores and cook
treds- bowls well, but a containing bowler, cant get a game at kent in div 2 which is problem
wood- again inexperienced and moores and cook dont like that
bairstow- probably wont get many chances
plunkett- cooks ideal bowler so why isnt he playing, probably because of broad

back at home you have woakes who is again a 3rd 4th seamer, robson who got runs yesterday but has major technical flaws amongst others

**Lord Snooty** · 03-05-2015, 18:35

123 all out. Target 192. Nowhere near enough. Poor performance.

**Lord Snooty** · (This post was last modified: 03-05-2015, 23:32 by Lord Snooty.)

Hundred partnership from Blackwood and Bravo and they're almost there.

Bravo out with four runs required.

West Indies win by 5 wickets

jjamez · 03-05-2015, 23:36

hold fire the media will be getting the carving knives out. mainly due to what graves said about the west indies. i hope that man has some ideas that will help, because he hasn't started well in my opinion.

as for the playing and coaching, we have to kick sentiment into touch, australia are, SA are, thats why they win. We also have to be willing to change the team, it isnt football where constant changing hinders the team, in cricket you can take players out if they dont suit conditions. Ali, trott and one of jordan or stokes should have made way for rashid, plunkett and lyth. its all fair saying its hindsight, but lets face it, the coaching staff are always one step behind

**Lord Snooty** · (This post was last modified: 04-05-2015, 00:22 by Lord Snooty.)

Very true, jjamez. This wasn't just the West Indies we've lost to. It's the West Indies reserves!
How on earth are we going to win the Ashes back?
Hindsight, as you say, is all fair and well, but all the experts were saying don't open with Trott. Get Lyth in.

Mon Apr 6 - Tue Apr 7, St Kitts & Nevis Invitation XI. 10:00 local (15:00 BST), Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. - Draw Scorecard
Wed Apr 8 - Thu Apr 9, St Kitts & Nevis Invitation XI, 10:00 local (15:00 BST), Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. - Draw Scorecard
Mon Apr 13 - Fri Apr 17, 1st Test, 10:00 local (15:00 BST), Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. - Draw Scorecard
Tue Apr 21 - Sat Apr 25, 2nd Test, 10:00 local (15:00 BST), National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada. - England won by 9 wickets Scorecard
Fri May 1 - Tue May 5, 3rd Test, 10:00 local (15:00 BST), Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. - West Indies won by 5 wickets Scorecard

Stairs · 04-05-2015, 00:25

Looking a very weak England team at the moment. Weird how the Aussies and South African can put out strong squads year after year with only slight dips in performance.

England have a purple patch for 24 months then 3-4 years of decay and rebuild.

jjamez · 04-05-2015, 01:08

Its okay saying windies reserves, but who were they missing?

**Lord Snooty** · 04-05-2015, 10:33

Well Chris Gayle for a start,but I guess he's moved on from test cricket. There were some good performances from this new side. The boy Blackwood looks good.
The future looks bright for them.