England v West Indies (Day 3)

[Trigger]

England 566 - 9declared
Flintoff 167, Trescothick 105

West Indies 218 - 2
Sarwan 99*, Lara 94*

Brian Lara now very close to hitting 10,000 test runs, 20 innings quicker than anyone else has done it.

 

[harry_h]

How many more does Lara need?

 

[Trigger]

How many more does Lara need?

NOT EXACTLY SURE BUT I THINK IT'S BETWEEN 10 & 20 more...

Argh... Caps Lock!!!!

 

[John Dorian]

lara is an all time legend. 10,000 test runs is massive. go lara. how harsh would it be if he was bowled 1 run from actually hitting 10,000

 

[Trigger]

Lara gone for 95... 20 runs short of 10,000!

c Thorpe b Flintoff

WI 221/3

 

[John Dorian]

I jinxed him

 

[Trigger]

Sarwan gets his 100

WI 227/3

 

[B.M.F]

latest is 312-4 sarwan was out for 139

 

[B.M.F]

the wickets keep falling

326-7 need 30 odd to avoid the follow on.

Come on England

 

[The Great Cornholio]

326-7 now!

 

[m20gull]

All gone for 336

 

[dougdeep]

It should be all over before Monday.

 

[B.M.F]

England not enforcing the follow on. hope they rack up a big score seeing as so many wickets have fallen in the last hour

 

[John Dorian]

quality.

 

[BensGrandad]

Why did England not enforce the follow on. That will probably cvost us the game because we will bat for too long and the WI will bat out for a draw. Is it to get more gate money!!!

 

[Trigger]

England 39/2

Struass and the useless Pie Man Key have gone.

 

[BensGrandad]

Bad decision not to enforce the follow on.

 

[larus]

Bad decision not to enforce the follow on.

I think it was good.

The bowlers get a day off (or at least a decent rest).

We get to bat them out of the game (hopefully).

We get to bowl on a deteriorating pitch (definately).

 

[BensGrandad]

Would we not have been ina better position if the score was reversed and they were 135 for 3 still needing 100 runs to make us bat again. It was obvious more wickets were going to fall after the last couple of hours of their innings.