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[Cricket] 1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados



Titanic

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3 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20s in prospect.

West Indies captain Jason Holder: "Our consistency is something that has really plagued us in the past. Particularly with our batting. I just think we need to start the series well by putting some runs on the board in the first innings and making an early statement."

England captain Joe Root: "It's a great opportunity for this side to go one further, show that we're desperate to get to that No.1 status and keep developing as a squad. We know it's been one win in a long time here. It's tough for English sides to come here and win, and this West Indies team are very good in their own conditions."

Lots of talk about the pitch...

The pitch was quite the picture earlier this week - brown and mottled, and a pretty scary sight for batsmen who like to be able to judge a surface on appearances. But, on closer inspection on Monday, both sides seem to agree it's not quite the monster that was being talked up. The England camp have described it as "tacky", and crumbly, too, and a heavy night of rainfall won't have helped speed it up. The weather, by all accounts, is lovely now, thanks for asking.
 


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England vs West Indies - First Test, Barbados

Lot of talk that Stuart Broad isn't warming up and isn't playing, surprising as he seemed in excellent nick in the warm up games (including claiming a hattrick).

Toss at 13.30, first ball at 14.00
 


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Lot of talk that Stuart Broad isn't warming up and isn't playing, surprising as he seemed in excellent nick in the warm up games (including claiming a hattrick)....

Someone has to make way for the second spinner (Rashid or Leach?), and it looks like Sam Curran will get the nod ahead of Stuart Broad.
 


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England captain Joe Root loses the toss and West Indies will bat first. Definitely an interesting first session ahead.

Adil Rashid is the 2nd spinner, Stuart Broad misses out.

Darren Bravo is back for his first Test appearance in more than two years, and no frontline spinner.

#diffrentstrokes
 
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Beach Hut

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Someone has to make way for the second spinner (Rashid or Leach?), and it looks like Sam Curran will get the nod ahead of Stuart Broad.

Is the right answer, two spinners for sure plus the Root option
 




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First session is huge, lets hope we can make some early inroads and get them 3 or 4 down by lunch.

C'mon England, you can do it!!
 


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West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 John Campbell, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (capt), 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Shannon Gabriel

England: 1 Rory Burns, 2 Keaton Jennings, 3 Jonny Bairstow, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Sam Curran, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 James Anderson
 


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Someone I follow on Twitter who has seen a lot of cricket in the West Indies thinks two spinners might be the wrong option as variable bounce from back of a length is more likely. We shall see. Could be a really fascinating series this one.
 








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Ah Barbados - Easily the very best place, on this planet, I've visited, and I've been to Portslade.
(limited reference points)
 






Mackenzie

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It’s on Talk Sport 2 if you want radio commentary......I feel like a traitor writing that.
 










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Someone I follow on Twitter who has seen a lot of cricket in the West Indies thinks two spinners might be the wrong option as variable bounce from back of a length is more likely. We shall see. Could be a really fascinating series this one.

Aggers agrees with that after 30" of play................
 











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