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[First Test] England v West Indies - Southampton

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Keep it down to 250 and we can still win. More than that and it'll be uphill.

Don't think we've played that badly - a bit listless at times with the ball, but certainly not terrible. Also think there weren't too many bad shots in our innings.

Main area of weakness has been Stokes as captain. He's made plenty of good little decisions, but the big one - the toss - he has royally fucked up here imo. That's often the game and looks like it here.
 
Wood and Archer both been poor

Harsh on wood like

Slightly short but bowling 95mph can’t be described as poor, that’s his role in the team

This goes to highlight that it’s not all about pace, the media all they ever talk about, they go on like it’s easy bowling in England

It really isn’t, you need consistent fuller length and the ability to swing
is Archer maybe not quite the red ball bowler we thought? No idea
 
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