*Official* England Tour of West Indies 2019

[theegyptian]

Team sheet has Hales batting 5. I'd actually bat him at 3. His game certainly suits batting in the top 3 much more than 5. Rarely if ever batted 5. Root batted loads at 4. Morgan one place too high at 4 anyway.

 

[BSM]

Team sheet has Hales batting 5. I'd actually bat him at 3. His game certainly suits batting in the top 3 much more than 5. Rarely if ever batted 5. Root batted loads at 4. Morgan one place too high at 4 anyway.

I think Morgan said Hales will be batting 3 at the toss. Hales might suit 3 better than 5 but I equally think Root suits 3 better than 4. If its a toss up between who bats out of position then I'd rather Root stay at 3 since he has less ability to accelerate

 

[weldone]

Team sheet has Hales batting 5. I'd actually bat him at 3. His game certainly suits batting in the top 3 much more than 5. Rarely if ever batted 5. Root batted loads at 4. Morgan one place too high at 4 anyway.

I'd open with Hales and move Bairstow to no. 4/5.

 

[Andy1993]

yep same

 

[trundler]

Just because he hasn't done it in the past doesn't mean he can't do it in a JAMODI before a world cup

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Heard that there's a party going on at the ground.

That's a common thing.

If DJ Bravo was there, then it might be a concert.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

England won the toss.

Series should be 2-1

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Am I the only one that thinks games abandoned with a toss shouldn't count towards a players overall game tally? Not a ball was bowled, so it absolutely shouldn't count as an ODI appearance for anyone selected

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Am I the only one that thinks games abandoned with a toss shouldn't count towards a players overall game tally? Not a ball was bowled, so it absolutely shouldn't count as an ODI appearance for anyone selected

Yeah, it should only be official as long as a legal ball is first bowled.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Great, Wood’s best ever figures.

 

[slippy888]

Should be a reserve day also

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Should be a reserve day also

That's only for finals of special tournaments.

I'm not sure how far they can stretch it.

 

[marc71178]

Should be a reserve day also

And how would that work with the 4th game being on Wednesday?

 

[jimmy101]

This washout should act as good preparation for the upcoming World Cup.

 

[weldone]

This washout should act as good preparation for the upcoming World Cup.

heh

 

[BSM]

Reckon West Indies could be rogue contender in the upcoming WC and will at least be challenging for the semi-finals. Hugely competitive against England so far, and were to an extent against India in India as well (iirc, they lost the series 2-1 and tied one game didn't they?) Gayle, Hope, Hetymer, Russel (if he plays)Bravo etc. All very talented and capable,
Think more often than not the bowling is gonna hamper them though. Beyond Cotteral (and I'm only going off this one game here) and Holder, the attack is seriously docile, but on occasion I think their batting is gonna power them to massive scores against which the opposition will struggle to get near.

 

[Tom Flint]

Keemo Paul is a skilful bowler. Good variations

 

[Beamer]

Braithwaite playing ahead of Russell is an absolute disgrace. Awful stuff.

 

[Gremlin]

I'm probably a long way behind the times with WI cricket politics... but is Kieron Pollard ever likely to return to the side?

In today's match, it seems it's Jason Roy's turn to pick up a niggle...

 

[Tom Flint]

Braithwaite playing ahead of Russell is an absolute disgrace. Awful stuff.

Mayb they are sending him a message to say you can't just decide you want to be included in the squad and then just waltz straight back into the xi. I would like to think that's what they have done and then include him in the side for the 5th odi