[First Test] England v West Indies - Southampton

[scotch]

Windies were 10-1 to win before the test started

 

[TopCat]

Fucks sake

 

[Beau Peep]

Umpire can only have thought the clip of the pad was an inside edge

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Bowling has been excellent tbf

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Piss poor this

 

[Boo]

Again, I thought it was going down (!). But a great review and we are in the shit.

 

[SAFC11]

Still think its to soon for Crawley

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Umpire can only have thought the clip of the pad was an inside edge

I thought it might have been going past leg stump

 

[TravellingMackem]

What a surprise. 70-4. Absolutely shocking top 4 yet again. If it wasn’t so bad it’d be funny

 

[HeroHurley]

Somethings never change do they? 71-4 before lunch

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

At least the world feels normal again

 

[The Breen Machine]

It's alright lads, Buttler will rescue us with a quickfire 12.

 

[Boo]

I hope Ollie Pope doesn't become the new Ian Bell. Like Bell, he looks better than anyone.

At least the world feels normal again

It's the Old Normal.

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Pope oozes class

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Pope looks different gravy to the other rookie batsmen England have tried recently.

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Pope looks different gravy to the other rookie batsmen England have tried recently.

His technique is on another level

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

I hope Ollie Pope doesn't become the new Ian Bell. Like Bell, he looks better than anyone.

It's the Old Normal.

Scored 22 test hundreds to be fair to the lad! Only 2 Englishmen in history have more

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

That Stokes straight drive was perfect too

 

[Boo]

Scored 22 test hundreds to be fair to the lad! Only 2 Englishmen in history have more

That's interesting. I think it was all a question of perceptions. Somehow, he was always seen as flattering to deceive - maybe because he was so talented.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

That's interesting. I think it was all a question of perceptions. Somehow, he was always seen as flattering to deceive - maybe because he was so talented.

Yeah, and I think also because he was in a team with big names. He did have an unwanted record that he scored tons only when others did, but he was still a fine player