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First Test starts May 17

Jonny Bairstow has been handed his first Test call up after injury ruled Ravi Bopara out of the opening match against West Indies at Lord's starting on Thursday. Bopara picked up a thigh injury during Essex's Championship clash with Kent and has suffered another setback in trying to relaunch his Test career.

Squad:Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Graham Onions

That attack looks very strong in home conditions. We are no show of rolling them over there.

regards,

REB

Denesh Ramdin has been recalled to keep wicket and Marlon Samuels to bat in the middle order while Kraigg Brathwaite and Carlton Baugh have lost their Test places in the West Indies squad for the tour of England due to begin in May.

The West Indies selectors named their 15-man squad for the tour on the final morning of the home Test series against Australia, also including the uncapped fast bowler Shannon Gabriel alongside Assad Fudadin, who was named in the squad for the Dominica Test.

West Indies Test squad to tour England

Darren Sammy (capt); Kirk Edwards (vice-capt); Adrian Barath; Darren Bravo; Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Narsingh Deonarine; Fidel Edwards; Assad Fudadin; Shannon Gabriel; Kieran Powell; Kemar Roach; Denesh Ramdin; Ravi Rampaul; Marlon Samuels; Shane Shillingford

Batting first, WI are 2/83 at lunch.

Barath 41*
Bravo 27*

Anderson 2/23

Barath out for 42

WI 3/92

Bravo 27*
Chanderpaul 6*

Anderson 2/24
Broad 1/38

Bravo RUN OUT in a terrible mix up. Chanderpaul turn ball to short fine leg. Bravo ran but Chanderpaul didn't , ended up at the same end.

Windies certainly cant afford these type of F**K ups when they only have 2 batsmen of TEST standard.

Chanderpaul given OUT LBW to an ANDERSON inswinger NOT playing a shot. Cant believe Chanderpaul took an eternity to REVIEW it.
Decision was OVERTURNED due to the fact it was missing the stumps by a mile.
Simply a HERO call of a decision by Marais Erasmus.

W.I. 4/126

Chanderpaul 32 (56)
Samuels 5(27)

Chanderpaul currently No. 1 rated batsman in the world.

Broad got the wickets but Jimmy was hooping that bloody ball like crazy.

That ball that Chanderpaul reviewed successfully was amazing. Massive inswinger after lots of outswing. Not surprised it was given out, looked very good live. Benefit of the doubt to the bowler with no shot played. Anyway, if he's still bowling like that next year, we are gonna be in all sorts of strife.

W.I. 9/240 odd.

The CHAMP 87* n.o.

Will England be able to dismiss him this series?

A few tours back, Chanderpaul went about 25 hours over 3 Tests without being dismissed against the Poms.

Wicket with the first ball this morning so the West Indies are all out for 243

England 80/1 at lunch.

Got myself a ticket for day 4 last night for only £27, planning to put the SACA membership to work and see how I go in the pavillion

Sam_goUUUdogs wrote:Wicket with the first ball this morning so the West Indies are all out for 243

England 80/1 at lunch.

Got myself a ticket for day 4 last night for only £27, planning to put the SACA membership to work and see how I go in the pavillion

Make sure you wear the Egg and Bacon Tie with that Bulldogs jumper Sammy.

regards,

REB

Windies, 243 all out, the shiv finished on 87*
In reply England 3/259 Strauss 121*, Trott 58
Broad took 7/72.

Poms All out 398
Bell last man out for 61

W.I. 4 / 69

Shiv 6* n.o. (52 balls)
Samuels 4* n.o. (6 balls)

Bravo Bowled NOT playing a shot to Swan after being run out in the 1st dig. Not a test to remember for him.

Chanderpaul brings up his TON 100 for the Test
87* n.o.
&
13* n.o. (65)

Samuels 10* n.o. (34)

W.I. 4/83 (40 overs)

Trail by 72.

4/197 lead by 42

W.I. 5/258 Lead by 103
Samuels 86 OUT

Ramdin 21* n.o.
Chanderpaul 90* n.o.

Shiv has now batted 10 hours (600 mins) without being dismissed in this test.

4 times in his career he has batted for over 1000 mins (almost 17 hours) without being dismissed in test cricket. The longest period being 25 hours in 2002 v India with scores of 67* 101* 136* before being dismissed for 58.

Nice jinxing Jim.

Chanderpaul gone for 91.

LBW Swan . Sweep shot. Reviewed it. Clipping leg stump.
WI 6/261 lead 106.

Squids wrote:Nice jinxing Jim.

Harsh decision though. Would be feeling ripped off given like that in the 90's. Still, if he'd hit it...

Come on the Windies, make a game of it tonight...England 2/10 chasing 191.