2nd Match - West Indies v Pakistan at Trent Bridge

[stephen]

Pooran has looked very good so far.

 

[King Pietersen]

All over. Pooran gives the ball a hell of a smack.

 

[stephen]

Half the WI runs came through third man.

Well played. Total domination.

 

[stephen]

Honestly this match reminded me of the 80s WI. They'd bounce you out and then smash the runs without effort.

 

[slippy888]

Its beyond embarrassing display from Pakistan

 

[Beamer]

Well played guys. We're looking very good as long as Gayle and Russell are alright.

Pooran has to play ahead of Bravo surely? He needs a proper run in the side.

 

[tooextracool]

Two teams that showed very little application with the bat on, what must be said, was an excellent surface

 

[Borges]

West Indies really did not need to show any kind of application with the bat.

Pooran carrying on from where he left off in the IPL.

 

[Starfighter]

When did Amir lose pace? When he initially came back he was still quite sharp

Not really, he was down on pace on comeback and has been gradually slowing further since.

Wahab reigniting the energy from that 2015 spell against Watson.

Yup, 0/40 in 3.4 seems appropriate.

 

[King Pietersen]

Not really, he was down on pace on comeback and has been gradually slowing further since.


Yup, 0/40 in 3.4 seems appropriate.

That 0/40 came in 2.4, his first over was a maiden.

 

[PikeyB]

Jonesing for another cricket fix now , that match didn't even touch the sides .

 

[Burner]

How many games does a team have before the KOs?

 

[Borges]

Too many. It's an all play all league.

 

[Slifer]

Two teams that showed very little application with the bat on, what must be said, was an excellent surface

With nrr being an issue later on, wi did the right thing. Screw application when you're chasing success a meager target.

 

[Spark]

Two teams that showed very little application with the bat on, what must be said, was an excellent surface

What sort of "application" do you need in a chase of 105? Run it down ASAP. You don't get extra points for being none down at the end.

 

[Beamer]

What sort of "application" do you need in a chase of 105? Run it down ASAP. You don't get extra points for being none down at the end.

Also I think our batting lineup has learned a lot from playing England and observing their mindset. For the last few years we were playing old fashioned cricket, batting the 50 overs, not rotating the strike very well etc. Now we just keep going hard (everyone except Bravo anyway) even if wickets fall. I would rather we get bowled out for 250 in 35 overs trying to get the big totals needed these days then bat out the overs and fail to get 300.

 

[Top_Cat]

WI by six wickets in the 42nd over

Solid call, this.

 

[tooextracool]

What sort of "application" do you need in a chase of 105? Run it down ASAP. You don't get extra points for being none down at the end.

Obviously application wasn't meant to indicate plodding along to the target. Mindless slogging and attempts to pull off the front foot shows a complete lack of understanding of how to play on that pitch - you can easily score at 8-9 an over by playing square and behind the wicket or just knocking the ball around and getting Gayle on strike.

My sense is that someone like Hope may be better served batting at 3 with Evan Lewis opening, I am not sure if the Gayle/Hope partnership is the right way to go.

 

[Beamer]

Obviously application wasn't meant to indicate plodding along to the target. Mindless slogging and attempts to pull off the front foot shows a complete lack of understanding of how to play on that pitch - you can easily score at 8-9 an over by playing square and behind the wicket or just knocking the ball around and getting Gayle on strike.

My sense is that someone like Hope may be better served batting at 3 with Evan Lewis opening, I am not sure if the Gayle/Hope partnership is the right way to go.

I think they will bat Hope at 3 against Australia with Lewis coming in for Bravo or Pooran. Hope averages over 100 opening but I don't think he and Gayle make for a good pair. When Gayle retires Hope will move up to open IMO and be extremely successful there, but he needs a partner who rotates the strike.

The lineup for the rest of this tournament looks pretty clear:

Gayle (might be rested once or twice due to his back)
Lewis
Hope (wk)
Pooran
Hetmeyer
Russell
Holder
Braithwaite/Allen
Nurse
Cotterell/Roach
Thomas/Gabriel

Looking particularly strong apart from the spin bowling, which I maintain will be costly at some point in the tournament.

 

[smash84]

So it's Ramadan here and I slept just a little before the match started, woke up in a couple of hours to find WI were already chasing the target. **** this ****