: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:52 pm  

Shah (80 no) is staking his claim after Bell failed, Rash next one in be very interesting if he gets a few runs and out bowls Monty what they do?

: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:01 pm  

Freddie out of the rest of the match with a side strain.

: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:51 am  

In any other test side in the world Owais Shah would have had a proper run in the team but with this being England then you cant rule out him still not being picked...Bell did "bat brightly" to get 36 so maybe he's coming into form...Im sure there'll be some feeble excuse not to pick Shah.

The biggest shocker for me from yesterdays score (424-8 declared) is that Harmison scored 58

Hopefully the Flintoff injury is just a niggle and not a proper injury...St Kitts have allowed Stuart Broad to play as a substitute too which is good of them

: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:59 am  

Harmy is always good for the odd swipe at the end

: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:18 pm  

OrdsallRed wrote:

In any other test side in the world Owais Shah would have had a proper run in the team but with this being England then you cant rule out him still not being picked...Bell did "bat brightly" to get 36 so maybe he's coming into form...Im sure there'll be some feeble excuse not to pick Shah.

The biggest shocker for me from yesterdays score (424-8 declared) is that Harmison scored 58

Hopefully the Flintoff injury is just a niggle and not a proper injury...St Kitts have allowed Stuart Broad to play as a substitute too which is good of them

Shah's also out for the rest of this match with an eye injury, which I'm sure will give the selectors all the excuses they need not to pick him in the test side. Not heard anything about a replacement for him though.

As for Freddie, he's gone to Jamaica for a scan on his side strain. They did mention that he'd flown directly from St Kitts, and made it sound like it was a private plane rather than a scheduled service. Maybe I'm reading too much into that, but it does sound somewhat worrying.

: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:50 pm  

St Kitts 202-7 at tea, 2 wickets each for Jimmy and Broad, 1 each for the other 3 (harmison, monty, deirdre)

: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:16 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Shah's also out for the rest of this match with an eye injury, which I'm sure will give the selectors all the excuses they need not to pick him in the test side. Not heard anything about a replacement for him though.

Hopefully it's not serious. (He doesn't seem to know how it happened - "scratched cornea" apparently, which ddoesn't mean a lot to me.) He wouldn't have batted in the second innings anyway as those who missed out in the first were pushed up the order to get some time at the crease. And don't forget he's a county teammate of the new captain, which might make a big difference selection wise.

: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 am  

Decent run out, all the batsmen got runs and the bowlers shared the wickets, Monty did particularly well.

: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:49 am  

PAUL M wrote:

Decent run out, all the batsmen got runs and the bowlers shared the wickets, Monty did particularly well.

10 wickets in the match for our 2 spinners on a West Indies wicket

: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:53 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

And don't forget he's a county teammate of the new captain, which might make a big difference selection wise.

The captain isnt a selector any more is he?
Unfortunately I can still see them keeping Bell in the side