CWC 19: England v West Indies 14/6/19

[Paul Cannell]

Oops. Bat first.

 

[Sarge]

Awesome bowling from Archer .... his last over was a Wicket maiden

 

[Essexyellows]

212 all gone..... superb.

 

[Sarge]

All out for 212 ... Wood finishes Windies off with a yorker

213 not too much of an ask despite the injuries? C'mon England

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

What a performance by Wood as well (apart from that dropped catch)

 

[Paul Cannell]

Good performance by England, Windies' big names fail to fire again.

Still, good to see two exciting young West Indian prospects: Pooran and Archer. Cricket's broken.

 

[makv]

All out for about 220 I reckon

Not bad!

 

[Oufcluke34]

All out for about 220 I reckon

I was almost right ?

 

[makv]

Never knew England had this new all-rounder ‘Joe Root’?!?

Both c&b too [emoji4] Spinners love that.

 

[makv]

Roy and Morgan off the field. Regardless of what the Windies score here, and it's not going to be a big total, England may well have to change their batting order and only bat with nine men.

They definitely have to. Roy can bat no higher than 7 because he didn’t field.

 

[Sarge]

The my definitely have to. Roy can bat no higher than 7 because he didn’t field.

big question mark over Morgan batting at all too ... hope the necessary reshuffle batting order pays dividends up against Windies pace attack

 

[Sarge]

Morgan update
Eoin Morgan has a back spasm. He is unable to bat for 28 minutes at the start of England’s innings because he was off the field for that time.


unlikely he'll bat at all IMO

 

[Foley]

Excellent bowling performance by England.
The only slight worry is Rachid.
Will Buttler open with Bairstow?

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

England only need 4-5 an over, so need to tell themselves not to throw a bat at any short stuff but just slowly accumulate runs from bad balls

 

[Sarge]

Excellent bowling performance by England.
The only slight worry is Rachid.
Will Buttler open with Bairstow?

likely makeshift openers IMO

 

[Foley]

So Root and Bairstow open.
Buttler ppemd in the IPL but Root makes sense.
With the injuries we need to get these runs without losing many wickets.

 

[Sarge]

3 off the first over .... c'mon England

 

[Sarge]

9-0 after 2 overs

 

[Sarge]

Sir Curtly Ambrose
Former West Indies bowler on BBC Test Match Special
This is poor bowling.


^ scathing from WI fast bowling legend!

England 40-0 after 6 overs

 

[Sarge]

53-0 after 8 overs

Russell seems to have picked up an injury? .... is there some local bug or insect native to Southampton infecting players on both sides?

 

[Leysboy]

61/0 if we don’t win from here there’s something severely wrong.