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[locky801]

Windies 282 & 2/33

England 376

Smith 95
Root 87
Woakes 62
Stokes 54
A. Joseph 4/122
Searles 3/79

[whufc]

The ECB will be the first board to pay a touring side a touring fee when Zimbabwe go to England.

As long as their is no corruption and the money goes directly back to the players or Zimbabwean cricket than this is a great thing.

[DoublebluTiger]

Tense finish in Belfast coming up.

Home side Ireland needing 158 to win started today, day 4 at 5-33 against Zimbabwe.

Now heading towards lunch at 6-133. Pitch is playing some tricks with some day 3 highlights seeing a few balls keeping low.

Looks like a village cricket match feel on the Cricket Ireland's live stream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztjCAdnl2jQ

[The Dark Knight]

I just noticed the Ireland v Zimbabwe live stream in my recommended videos list on YouTube, clicked on it and yeah it looks/feels like the live steam of a first class match.

West Indies are 5/151 at lunch day three, lead England by 57.
Hodge 52*
Atkinson 2/20

[DoublebluTiger]

Well so much for a tense finish.

The Irish get the job done by 4 wickets.

[locky801]

another abysmal batting performace by the windies in the 2nd dig

Eng 376 & 0/87 (off 7 overs) Stokes opened and got 57* (28)
Windies 282 & 175 (Wood 5/40)

[The Dark Knight]

another abysmal batting performace by the windies in the 2nd dig

Eng 376 & 0/87 (off 7 overs) Stokes opened and got 57* (28)
Windies 282 & 175 (Wood 5/40)

Perhaps Sri Lanka will put up more of a fight for England? That series starts August 21st. West Indies play South Africa at home August 7th.
Stats from the third test-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc- ... in-1445286

[batmanbegins]

another abysmal batting performace by the windies in the 2nd dig

Eng 376 & 0/87 (off 7 overs) Stokes opened and got 57* (28)
Windies 282 & 175 (Wood 5/40)

Perhaps Sri Lanka will put up more of a fight for England? That series starts August 21st. West Indies play South Africa at home August 7th.
Stats from the third test-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc- ... in-1445286

I thought the windies were competitive in the 2nd and 3rd tests. Led the 2nd test on first innings and had us in big strife early on day 2 when we were 5 for 50. They just lack the class and experience but there is a semblence of a team there. England isn't an easy place to win.

Also wood was superb, he's actually super skilful and when he's swinging it at 150 clicks it's near impossible to play.

[dedja]

Vale Graham Thorpe.

[DOC]

Vale Graham Thorpe.

Yes indeed. Far too young.

Made his debut in the Ashes and made a century putting him in a select category.

Even more so given it was a second innings ton.

[Jim05]

Vale Graham Thorpe.

Vey good and classy batsman
Way too young

[DoublebluTiger]

No rest for the WIndies as they are taking on South Africa at home at Queens Park Oval in the first of 2 tests.
Day 2 at the close of play in a rain affected match has South Africa at 8-344.

de Zorzi -78
Bavuma -86

WIndies
Warrican 3--66

Match is being streamed lived on the 'Windies Cricket' YouTube channel if you're keen for late night/ brekky viewing.

[RB]

Ah fantastic another 2-test series.

[The Dark Knight]

No rest for the WIndies as they are taking on South Africa at home at Queens Park Oval in the first of 2 tests.
Day 2 at the close of play in a rain affected match has South Africa at 8-344.

de Zorzi -78
Bavuma -86

WIndies
Warrican 3--66

Match is being streamed lived on the 'Windies Cricket' YouTube channel if you're keen for late night/ brekky viewing.

The Windies YouTube channel also have excellent highlight videos too, usually extended and shorter versions of each day.

Check out Bavuma's review of his LBW, it's an absolute shocker as it was absolutely plumb lol.

[dedja]

Vale Graham Thorpe.

Vey good and classy batsman
Way too young

His family have just advised that he suffered from depression and took his own life. I guess that’s why there was no info about his condition for the last 2 years.

Very, very sad.

[The Dark Knight]

Vale Graham Thorpe.

Vey good and classy batsman
Way too young

His family have just advised that he suffered from depression and took his own life. I guess that’s why there was no info about his condition for the last 2 years.

Very, very sad.

Awful news, I read your post then the Cricinfo article about it. Makes the situation even more sad for me as in the last week there has been various tributes to him in/on the cricket media I read and listen to, especially Cricinfo, the Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel/Podcast, and the Wisden podcast.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/engl ... ms-1447202

[The Dark Knight]

The first test between West Indies and South Africa ended in a draw, a couple of stats from the match caught my eye-
The match ending in a draw broke a streak of 28 win/loss results for all countries in test cricket.
Keshav Maharaj bowled 40 overs unchanged in the West Indies first innings, the second longest bowling spell in test matches since 2001.

[locky801]

Day 1 Sth Africa/Windies

Sth Africa 160 (were 9/97)
Piedt 38*
S. Joseph 5/33

Windies 7/97
Holder 33*
Mulder 4/18

[locky801]

Day 2

Windies 144
Holder 54*
Mulder 4/32

St Africa 160 & 5/223
Markram 51
Verryenne 50*
Searles 3/52

Sth Africa lead by 239

[locky801]

Day 3 and its all over

Sth Africa 160 & 246
Seales 6/61

Windies 144 & 222
Motie 45

Sth Africa win by 40 runs