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[mdl_1979]

Jimmy Anderson will have him on toast when they come over here.

[legger123]

Very true

[langer17]

Yeah. But even so, its working him. Ifs it not broke, don't fix it

His average would beg to differ, lol.

[legger123]

Oh yeah! Alright, I see where you coming from!

[Tumo]

His average would beg to differ, lol.

Little harsh Langer, he's a 19yr old in a very young and inexperienced side, Chanderpaul apart. He's played 7 test matches, and has shown good application at the crease, something really lacking in the West Indies side. The boy's got talent, I read somewhere he scored something like 25 tons before being selected for the WI U15s, so he can't be bad...

[Vic Nicholas]

Brathwaite is in before his time, but I suspect he is going to have a long and successful test career.

Wonderful concentration and application.

[Buzz]

Chanderpaul 69* (154b 8x4 1x6) MEK Hussey 1-0-3-0
120.6 Watson to Sammy, no run, short one
now, down leg, easy to avoid, and the
bee-like buzz goes around the K Oval
120.5 Watson to Sammy, SIX , that's how
they respond to bouncers in the West
Indies. Watson bowls a gentle length
ball, well slightly short of a length, and
Sammy punches this on the up, going
well over mid-off. What clean swing.
And then stands and admires the shot
with the elbow up. Photographers
have got their photo of the day.
Crowds love it too. Bye bye ball
Harris comes up and inspects the
helmet. Shiv shows Sammy where it is
damaged. Sammy asks for a new one
120.4 Watson to Sammy, no run, got him in
the helmet . Sammy has ducked
straight into it. Dug into the middle of
the pitch, just outside off, Sammy
ducks, but the ball doesn't come up
and hits him on the back of the
helmet. he is on the floor. No verbals,
though

[FvanN]

Its so good to see the island boys getting a score, would be so nice to see them being consistant and getting a few wins under there belt.

[legger123]

Chanderpaul up to his usual business!

[jw17]

Kirk Edwards looks like a prospect for the future

[legger123]

He certainly does! I'd have to agree very much with you there

[jw17]

Keeps the game simple, and can hit a mean ball!

[legger123]

He certainly can!

[Buzz]

do we think we can read much into this game other than the pitch is very flat and shiv chanders can bat for time.

are the new aussies not as good as they thought? is a semi wi b team better than we thought? or is this just the 6th vs 4th ranked team having a good old battle?

I realise this could be read as an argumentative piece but it isnt meant to be, I just feel the aussie should have done better and that the pitch might be a very slow one! 

[roco]

Looks to me like flat track decent attack and a bloke who loves batting long