England in West Indies 2009

One World · #1 January 17, 2009, 03:33 PM

Should be interesting, lets see how Pietersen and angry Flintoff flourishes under Strauss.
Two troubled sides meeting in familiar grounds - hoping for some charismatic performances from Gayle, Chattergoon and Chanderpaul.

January 2009
Sun 25 - Tue 27 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	St Kitts XI v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Thu 29 - Sat 31 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	West Indies A v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
February 2009
Wed 4 - Sun 8 10:00 local, 15:00 GMT	1st Test - West Indies v England Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Fri 13 - Tue 17 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	2nd Test - West Indies v England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Sat 21 - Sun 22 14:00 GMT	Barbados Cricket Association President's XI v England XI Venue TBC Barbados
Thu 26 - Mon 2 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	3rd Test - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2009
Fri 6 - Tue 10 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	4th Test - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Sat 14 14:00 GMT	West Indies Cricket Board President's XI v England XI Venue TBC Trinidad
Sun 15 12:00 local, 16:00 GMT	Only T20I - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Fri 20 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	1st ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun 22 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	2nd ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 27 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	3rd ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun 29 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	4th ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
April 2009
Fri 3 14:30 local, 18:30 GMT	5th ODI - West Indies v England Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

sandpiper · #2 January 17, 2009, 03:35 PM

two sub-par team facing each other in pursuit of their lost glory

One World · #3 January 17, 2009, 03:41 PM

The legacy and pride of England visit to WI, always carries that lost flavour. Doesn't it?

sandpiper · #4 January 17, 2009, 03:49 PM

There is no Gatting, Lamb, Greenidge, Richards, Lara, Ambrose, Walsh, Gooch, Gower, Botham, Marshall, Atherton or Haynes.

so..... its basically number 7 vs number 8. I am expecting a kind of banal series in caribbean archipelago, where we will see people like Gayle, Chanderpaul, Collingwood and Strauss hitting the biggies; fielders are showing poor, naive display of grounding vital catches, missing stumps; where bowlers getting wickets in wayward deliveries and throwing a grimace to their victims afterward; batsmen giving up their valuable wickets for nothing like Mr. Ashraful and co. and all those below par mockeries ...

So, it doesnt worth keeping an eye on that series.

One World · #5 January 17, 2009, 10:59 PM

Your eyes closed or not, the series is about to happen.

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Rommel · #6 January 17, 2009, 11:11 PM

Now this is what I call a real series! Starts in late January and ends in March! When will Bangladesh ever have a long series against a G8 Nation? It seems like all of our tours are 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.

nzfan · #7 January 18, 2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ro1249
Now this is what I call a real series! Starts in late January and ends in March! When will Bangladesh ever have a long series against a G8 Nation? It seems like all of our tours are 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.

Same here we just managed to convince india to play a third test... why does the west indies get 4 tests?

One World · #8 January 23, 2009, 06:17 AM

And now Srilanka is below England in ODI, still sub par?

cricket_king · #9 January 23, 2009, 07:18 PM

Go West Indies!

Yameen · #10 January 24, 2009, 07:55 AM

I always enjoy watching and following Windies-England especially in the West Indies. There is that carnival atmosphere contributed from the fans and also the barmy army.
Something special always happens on such tours, I remember back in 2004 when Harmy took 7-12 and Lara's 400*. There is no Lara this time round to improve on his world record as he likes playing England but its all set to be an intriguing series and cant wait to watch it even though the balance of power currently favours England.

JonBain · #11 January 25, 2009, 04:34 PM

Its an even contest,
come on windies, give the poms a whitewash.

nycpro96 · #12 January 25, 2009, 08:28 PM

we need series like these

nzfan · #13 January 29, 2009, 02:17 PM

In the four day match the West Indies A are 205/1 with lendel simmon on 98 not out and Brain Lara reincarnation Adrian Barath on 89 not out

Tigers_eye · #14 January 29, 2009, 03:19 PM

lol, where is Monty, the great upcoming SLA (according to Rajesh)?

Harmison is having an eventful day.

Right now 244/1 WI-A. Almost a full session left. chuckle chuckle!!

JonBain · #15 January 29, 2009, 03:27 PM

I notice England are not playing Panasar.
Anyone know if he is resting?
Without their best bowler, they're looking like a bit soggy.

If the B team (I insist on calling a spade a spade) do this to them,
England are going to be fighting uphill throughout the series.

Great to see a bit of depth in the grand old windies.

nzfan · #16 January 29, 2009, 04:05 PM

The thing is, this West Indies A apart from sarwan, chanders and gayle is a better team than the west indies. The problem is that the West Indies selectors are terrible

Edit: They finished the day on 343/2 with Simmons 171 not out

Sovik · #17 January 30, 2009, 12:29 PM

simmons is on 249. great going

Sovik · #18 January 30, 2009, 03:26 PM

he was finally out on 282, should have stayed little longer and score his first tripple but a great effort

sandpiper · #19 January 30, 2009, 08:06 PM

Thats astounding ! Kudos to Simmons and Barath on their gritty performance

. Who knows, may be a future Lara or a future Richardson is on the making

One World · #20 January 31, 2009, 02:15 AM

Should Lendl Simmons be given a chance for debut?

sandpiper · #21 February 3, 2009, 08:47 PM

Ok folks, its time to set off now. The first test is about to start at the Sabina Park in Kingston. Traditionally it is one of the most fastest pitch of the Caribbeans. I was also surprised not to see the name of Lendl Simmons in home team's squad. I guess the hosts will take the leverage ahead of this match as the tourists are a bit besieged by off-the-pitch controversies. Waiting for some competitive cricket.

England (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Ryan Sidebottom, 10, Steve Harmison, 11 Monty Panesar

West Indies (probable) 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Devon Smith, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Xavier Marshall, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Brendan Nash, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Amit Jaggernauth, 11 Fidel Edwards

Sabina Park

bdchamp20 · #22 February 4, 2009, 09:38 AM

1st Test about to get under way.

Go West Indies!

Will Edwards vs. Strauss be the new Ambrose vs. Atherton?

bdchamp20 · #23 February 4, 2009, 09:42 AM

Andrew Strauss wins the toss and decides to bat first on what looks like a pretty good batting surface.

Starting XIs
England: Andrew Strauss*, Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Matt Prior+, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, Steve Harmison, Monty Panesar

West Indies: Chris Gayle*, Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Xavier Marshall, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin+, Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Suleiman Benn, Fidel Edwards

bdchamp20 · #24 February 4, 2009, 10:05 AM

Taylor not really testing the batsmen in the first over, bowling outside off and Strauss leaving. Maiden.

bdchamp20 · #25 February 4, 2009, 10:07 AM

Edwards nearly getting an edge off Cook in his first ball. Fidel Edwards is one of the most exciting pacers to watch nowadays. And England and Cook are off the mark.