West Indies tour of England, 2012

[Lord]

WI won by 228 runs. Now thats massive impact!! It seems that West Indians with full strength are better prepared than India

just because they won a tour game:hysterical::hysterical:

[jairamesh]

Followed it in and out. Pretty much an expected result. This was a comfortable win for England considering Anderson, Broad and Bresnan were not bowling at full throttle throughout the series. Biggest disappointment was Darren Bravo. He needs a season in County Cricket. Nick Knight was a mere catalyst to accelerate KP's retirement from ODIs anyway. The big prize in cricket, 2015 ODI WC, is three years away, and the chances of England winning it will be slim as usual. So KP with hindsight probably reckons it wasn't worth it to continue in ODIs I also predict by the end of next year's Ashes, KP will retire from all international cricket for a payday in IPL. Jonny Bairstow is not a Test player, he was made to lool like a complete amateur by pace and bounce. He should sign up for Raina's "No Bouncers Please!" Club. So all in all, decent outing for England's batsmen to prepare them for South Africa and the anti-IPL brigade also got their monthly bashing in throughout the series for various reasons. From West Indies perspective, the positives were Marlon Samuels, Sammy (who I have been a big critic off), and Chanders (as usual). The WIndies bowling looks awesome on paper but fails to deliver when really needed. But plenty of choices and variety available between; Roach, Fidel, Rampaul, Gabriel, Best, Narine, Bishoo, Shillingford, and Samuels. Not to mention they seem to have another 6 foot plus fast bowler, Jason Holder, coming through.

[Sid]

Looking forward to the ODI series,exciting Windies players on display .They can easily beat the Poms.

[adi B]

thing is that, even india scored well in the odi`s in england, but the indian bowling line up was pathetic.. windies have a far better nd fitter bowling line up than india , so if they score good, more chances of winning, comparing that to the indian series, india even after scoring 300 were not anywhere close to safety

[Sir john]

What the heLL WHY MERGING OF MATCH THREADS. MODS GUYS :bumsmack:

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Bell targets more one-day success England batsman Ian Bell says he hopes his match-winning century against West Indies would mark a turning point in his one-day career. More...

[King Khan]

Looks like IPL star Narine is a big flop in England. With Cook's ton England winning 2nd ODI comfortably again despite Gayle's presence in oposite making not much effect.

[jairamesh]

Looks like IPL star Narine is a big flop in England. With Cook's ton England winning 2nd ODI comfortably again despite Gayle's presence in opposite making not much effect.

Gayle presence had plenty of presence, he was undone by a poor decision. Especially considering he got out just before the 2nd power play. Narine just looks out of sort this whole tour, incredible how many times he has dropped his length short.

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England rest trio for final ODI England rest Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann for Friday's final one-day international against West Indies. More...

[1983-2011]

England v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Headingley - Jun 22, 2012 (10:45 local | 09:45 GMT) http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1340319600&locId=352241 :beach:

[SLICKR392]

Windies win or a washout.

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West Indies eye farewell victory ESPNcricinfo previews the T20 international between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge More... West Indies eye farewell victory The Preview by Alex Winter June 23, 2012 Sunday June 24, Trent Bridge Start time 1430 (1330 GMT) Big Picture West Indies must be gagging to board the flight home now. It has been a torrid tour: they haven't won, the weather has been poor and political discussions have again done plenty to overshadow their cricket. At least their last engagement is only 40 overs long; and the lottery of Twenty20 cricket perhaps provides their best chance of victory. They can take heart from their last T20 in England, in September 2011, when a far less experienced side than that which will line up at Trent Bridge beat the world champions in the format. Like the ODI series, many people would start them as favourites because of the power of their hitters - West Indies have more guys that can clear the ropes than England. But they have to do some actual hitting in order to win and we saw little of their potential in the two one-day matches, when West Indies were quickly snuffed out by England's superb bowling attack. It will be with the ball that England will look to put down a marker down, a few months out from the defence of their World Twenty20 crown in September. Jade Dernbach - whose pace and variations are best suited to T20 - could make an emotional appearance, less than a week after the death of his Surrey team-mate Tom Maynard. He held his nerve to win England the deciding T20I in Abu Dhabi in February and will look to push his case for inclusion in the other formats. England's other issue is similar to that experienced at the start of the ODI series, in that Kevin Pietersen is absent. He will be a greater loss in T20 - leaving England without one player capable of regularly clearing the ropes; an essential facet of building a big T20 total. Alex Hales will come into the side and, as with Alastair Cook and Ian Bell in the ODIs, England hope another new opening partnership can flourish between Hales and Craig Kieswetter. They have three more T20Is before their World T20 campaign begins - not a lot of playing time to get things right. Form guide England: WWLWL West Indies: WLLWL Players to watch After making his England debut last August, Alex Hales has been built up as England's latest T20 specialist. He can certainly strike a long ball and now steps into the shoes of Pietersen after losing his place at opener to the same player in the UAE. He scored a half-century against West Indies at The Oval last September but has struggled for form this season and needs a score to cement his international credentials. Kieron Pollard returns to Trent Bridge, the ground where he made a sparkling 47 from 25 balls last season as Somerset beat Nottinghamshire to reach the Friends Life t20 finals day. Pollard, who hit his first T20I half-century against Australia in March, looked in reasonable touch during his 41 in the second ODI at The Oval and, after Gayle, is West Indies' most dangerous hitter. Stats and Trivia *In seven T20Is against England, West Indies have won five and lost two - the country they have beaten most often. They have never beaten New Zealand, Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe. *In the teams' last meeting, West Indies defended the second lowest total - 113 - in a T20 international. The lowest successfully defended score was made against West Indies: 105 by Zimbabwe at Port-of-Spain. *England will be without the second highest run-scorer in T20 internationals for the first time. Kevin Pietersen's 1,176 runs are only bettered by Brendan McCullum's 1,352. *Of those who have played over ten T20Is, Pietersen also has the third-highest average, at 37.93. Eoin Morgan's 40.06 is second, with Andrew Symonds' 48.14 topping the list. Team news England (probable) 1 Alex Hales, 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad (capt), 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven Finn West Indies (probable) 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Sammy (capt), 7 Andre Russell, 8 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 9 Tino Best, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Ravi Rampaul Pitch and conditions Trent Bridge usually produces a belter for T20s, a hard, flat deck that will promote big hitting - exactly what West Indies need. The only caveat is the weather, which certainly affected the preparation of the Test match surface that proved slow and low with little movement on offer. Expect this pitch to play harder and quicker.

[Clarke]

Hales' storm Pretty good knock for a newbie, can he get a hundred ?

[Clarke]

Its already the highest T20 score for an Englishman. Surprised he's not from South Africa :P

[Clarke]

:cantstop: Very good knock :two_thumbs_up:

[King Khan]

99 out :haha: England is yet to wait for 1st T20I hundred.

[Executioner]

Missed it for 1 run was crying like mushy, nasir after the AC final :(( Brilliant knock. He cudve scored the 7th T20I century. but not matter

[Executioner]

99 out :haha: England is yet to wait for 1st T20I hundred.

not funny man

[King Khan]

Poor poor performance by WIndies there. This clean sweep by England should hurt them. The professionalism they showed in IPL individually, its totaly oposite here. At international level they are yet to work out a lot to become a class unit. This WI team now contains nothing but all about IPL hype in them.

[jairamesh]

So a second consecutive touring side leave England empty handed. England have really made their home a fortress across all formats. I don't think any opposition today has been so dominant at home in recent times. As for West Indies, good on paper but as usual it's the case of flatter to deceive. But the main culprit (to contrary views) imo is Sammy. His bowling and more on this tour his captaincy has been horribly lacking. His captaincy is at amateur level always two step behind the curve ball. At crucial juncture points during the Tests, ODIs, and the sole T20 he failed to take instinctive actions allowing the game to flow, and eventually escape WIndies. West Indies won't win anything with the incompetent Sammy at helm. They really need someone like Darren Ganga (based on what I have seen from T20s) leading them or try someone new.