West Indies vs England 2014

(12-03-2014 08:12 )Charlemagne Wrote:  The Windies looked like a team ready to defend their t20 title.
England looked like team who are having a holiday in the Caribbean

I think that is a little bit harsh. I agree the England batting at the start was very poor but they recovered well and were unlucky with the rain interruption which took the momentum away a bit which may have cost them 10 or so more runs and would have made it a tighter finish.

To be fair England were still very much in the match with 3 overs to go. The West Indies target of 31 from those last 3 overs didn't look straightforward. In summary, I think England bowled pretty well, but in the end couldn't do enough to overcome their usual top order batting collapse.

Will England make changes for the final T20,the series is lost.Surely they must have a look a Jordan,give Bell a go batting in the top 3.Do they need Wright & Stokes in the same side when both offer the same allround skills,either go with the pace of Stokes or Wright's lack of pace.

(13-03-2014 17:15 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Do they need Wright & Stokes in the same side when both offer the same allround skills,either go with the pace of Stokes or Wright's lack of pace.

Well today it's Wright out and Stokes in and another change means Bresnan out and Jordan in. England have won the toss and chosen to bat and for once have made a good start, Lumb and Hales putting on 98 before the first wicket went down in 10.5 overs.

England close their innings on 165/6. Lumb hit 63 from 40 balls and at the end Jordan smashed 27 not out from only 9 balls. Have England got enough to prevent a West Indies clean sweep?

Jade Dernbach bowls Dwayne Smith with the first ball of the innings and continues to finish with a wicket maiden.

An exciting finish sees England squeeze home by 5 runs. A good match for Chris Jordan and going into the World T20 England must be wondering what their best side is.

Windies needed seven from the last ball. And a six would have tied the match. So Dernbach bowled a wide

This made it a six to win the match. So Dernbach bowled another wide but this time Sammi got a bat on the ball and failed to score..

Therefore England win by 5 runs

The ball before those two referred to above was also very nearly a wide, which rather took the icing off the cake for me. Still some good performances and England do need a bit of luck at the moment.

Great to see a win,but this is very much work in progress as England have yet to put together the complete performance.Getting the start right with both bat & ball but lost all momentum after what should have been a platform to push on to a 180 total.