England Windies - First Test

[sunny-dave]

Just the thing to brighten up a dank and cold January - the Barbados Test kicks off the England tour of the West Indies.

Fabulous pictures on Sky - 10,000 England supporters filling the stadium - like a home match - but with sunshine :)

England drop Stuart Broad and play Curran and Adil Rashid - I'd not like to have been the person to tell Stuart that ... probably the right decision (the pitch seems to have been crafted from plasticine), but still a brave one given that they're using the Duke ball and Broad's record.

Windies win toss and bat first ... now - is it too early for a Red Stripe?

[Tilly2]

Oh well! What's for tea?

[jno]

Red Stripe all round, I expect.

[jno]

hm, this is going from bad to worse. Windies more than 600 ahead. Top England score about 17, top WIndies score 202 not out.

[Tilly2]

Bad, innit!

[jno]

it's like a 1980s revival. ABBA could probably bat better than England too.

[fiction-factory]

I have a dream...

[Tilly2]

...a fantasy.

[jno]

that went down the plughole very quickly, I was thinking they might hang on till tomorrow, but not even close. 381 runs down.