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England need to pick up 6 more wickets to win the match and Jermaine Blackwood might play the devils advocate in this match too to prevent England from winning the match. I think England did the right thing in taking the lead over 300 before declaring and now West Indies need 224 more runs to win the match with around 57 overs remaining.
Is anyone thinking that WI is chasing for a win?
6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
Haha I think this was pretty much the plan that England had. Make it like a One-day for West Indies and pick wickets in meantime. It's better if West Indies don't fall for this trap given that we have already seen how quickly wickets fell in the previous innings. They just don't have a very good batting after the number 4. But now I have a feel that West Indies will just ruin things for them and lose this match. England can do anything in 60 overs. I really appreciate Joe Root's captaincy that he was bold enough to take this risk. 6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
Is anyone thinking that WI is chasing for a win?
6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
Haha I think this was pretty much the plan that England had. Make it like a One-day for West Indies and pick wickets in meantime. It's better if West Indies don't fall for this trap given that we have already seen how quickly wickets fell in the previous innings. They just don't have a very good batting after the number 4. But now I have a feel that West Indies will just ruin things for them and lose this match. England can do anything in 60 overs. I really appreciate Joe Root's captaincy that he was bold enough to take this risk. 6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
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Is anyone thinking that WI is chasing for a win?
6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
6 wickets remaining, and they need 240 runs from 60 overs. A one-day style batting may bring them a win :-D
Edit: Wow, three down 
Looks like England is going to win.
Too early to predict something yet. Still 74 overs left and WI needs 287 runs. A draw is very much possible from here if WI starts playing defensive from now. Looks like England is going to win. West Indies could pull off something insane here if they play like how they played in the 1st match. Draw is still the best move here, but they could be looking for a win here. I don't see any hope for England here unless they bowl really well.
3 down, so I think they will slow down now and will aim for a draw.
Draw market is tempted yet? 6/1 was very much for me on the other day.
7 wickets to go with and WI still needs 287 runs. There is minimum 74 overs game still pending if we do not have any sort of rain or so then WI still must bat for 74 overs to ensure the draw. So, from here England must fancy their chances if they can take 1-2 quick wickets from here.
Edit: Wow, three down Looks like England is going to win.
Too early to predict something yet. Still 74 overs left and WI needs 287 runs. A draw is very much possible from here if WI starts playing defensive from now. Looks like England is going to win. West Indies could pull off something insane here if they play like how they played in the 1st match. Draw is still the best move here, but they could be looking for a win here. I don't see any hope for England here unless they bowl really well.
3 down, so I think they will slow down now and will aim for a draw.Draw market is tempted yet? 6/1 was very much for me on the other day.
7 wickets to go with and WI still needs 287 runs. There is minimum 74 overs game still pending if we do not have any sort of rain or so then WI still must bat for 74 overs to ensure the draw. So, from here England must fancy their chances if they can take 1-2 quick wickets from here.
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Edit: Wow, three down Looks like England is going to win.
Too early to predict something yet. Still 74 overs left and WI needs 287 runs. A draw is very much possible from here if WI starts playing defensive from now. Looks like England is going to win. West Indies could pull off something insane here if they play like how they played in the 1st match. Draw is still the best move here, but they could be looking for a win here. I don't see any hope for England here unless they bowl really well.
3 down, so I think they will slow down now and will aim for a draw.Draw market is tempted yet? 6/1 was very much for me on the other day.
Edit : target 312 runs in 85 overs
West Indies could pull off something insane here if they play like how they played in the 1st match. Draw is still the best move here, but they could be looking for a win here. I don't see any hope for England here unless they bowl really well.My prediction is still a draw currently. Rain has ruined the game for England. If there wasn't any rain interference, the English team would probably be mentally preparing for the 3rd match by now.
Edit : target 312 runs in 85 overs
West Indies could pull off something insane here if they play like how they played in the 1st match. Draw is still the best move here, but they could be looking for a win here. I don't see any hope for England here unless they bowl really well.My prediction is still a draw currently. Rain has ruined the game for England. If there wasn't any rain interference, the English team would probably be mentally preparing for the 3rd match by now.
Edit: target 312 runs in 85 overs
That's 3.67 runs per over if Windies plan to chase the target, but I highly doubt they'll go for given the circumstances that they have already lost Campbell in the first over itself. So I think they'll try their best to not lose their wickets and look for a draw. 
Edit: target 312 runs in 85 overs
That's 3.67 runs per over if Windies plan to chase the target, but I highly doubt they'll go for given the circumstances that they have already lost Campbell in the first over itself. So I think they'll try their best to not lose their wickets and look for a draw. Edit: Wow, three down
Looks like England is going to win.
Not 80 overs but around 85_86 overs, don't rule out new ball scenerio in the test match. Ball changes comes after every 80 overs so I am sure England might want to exploit new ball option as well , that means declaration should come soon may be after 3-5 overs.
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Edit : target 312 runs in 85 overs
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Edit : target 312 runs in 85 overs
In test matches, it is not easy to score at 6 runs per over or above and that too against a decent pace lineup which includes players such as Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder. With just 90 overs remaining, I don't think that England can win this one. IMO, they should bat out the remaining overs and try to frustrate the Windies bowlers. That will lower the morale of West Indies team before the next match.
There is actually some chance for England to win this match if they are posting a target of 300+ within 10-15 overs and leave 75+ overs for Windies to chase the target. Of course, this is risky on the part of ENG, but if they want a result out the match this the only way to go and I think that what they are going to do. Only if the Windies decide to play defensively and doesn't bother to win this match, we'll see a draw.Right now they are leading by 270 runs, with 91.2 overs remaining.
So if they bat for another 11.2 overs, and put some 70 runs, then the target for West Indies would be 340 runs. And that will give England 80 overs to bowl them out. The good thing is that no rains are predicted today in Manchester. That may help.
Still, the chances of an England victory remains at 50%. Right now, Root needs to step up his strike rate (or better get out so that someone else can do the job).
In test matches, it is not easy to score at 6 runs per over or above and that too against a decent pace lineup which includes players such as Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder. With just 90 overs remaining, I don't think that England can win this one. IMO, they should bat out the remaining overs and try to frustrate the Windies bowlers. That will lower the morale of West Indies team before the next match.
There is actually some chance for England to win this match if they are posting a target of 300+ within 10-15 overs and leave 75+ overs for Windies to chase the target. Of course, this is risky on the part of ENG, but if they want a result out the match this the only way to go and I think that what they are going to do. Only if the Windies decide to play defensively and doesn't bother to win this match, we'll see a draw.
^^^ England is batting very aggressively. They are trying to score at around 6 runs per over. In particular, Ben Stokes (batting at 41 from 31 balls) is looking all set to blast the West Indian bowlers out of the park. I guess they will declare their innings once they have a lead of around 350, which will give them 75 to 80 overs to bowl out West Indies. It is really getting excited, and I would say that there is still a 50% chance of getting a result from this match.
England leading by 256 runs, with 93.3 overs remaining for today's play.
England leading by 256 runs, with 93.3 overs remaining for today's play.
^^ England do playing aggressive here at least that was their strategy when Butler and Stokes opened the 2nd inning, was looking forward for some firework from both but sadly Butler didn't last long. Yesterday Windies was way too defensive despite taking 2 quick wickets , You don't see any captain removing slips when ball is just 3 overs old. Majority of fielders were covering boundaries, make sense according to situation though.
In test matches, it is not easy to score at 6 runs per over or above and that too against a decent pace lineup which includes players such as Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder. With just 90 overs remaining, I don't think that England can win this one. IMO, they should bat out the remaining overs and try to frustrate the Windies bowlers. That will lower the morale of West Indies team before the next match.
^^ England do playing aggressive here at least that was their strategy when Butler and Stokes opened the 2nd inning, was looking forward for some firework from both but sadly Butler didn't last long. Yesterday Windies was way too defensive despite taking 2 quick wickets , You don't see any captain removing slips when ball is just 3 overs old. Majority of fielders were covering boundaries, make sense according to situation though.
In test matches, it is not easy to score at 6 runs per over or above and that too against a decent pace lineup which includes players such as Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder. With just 90 overs remaining, I don't think that England can win this one. IMO, they should bat out the remaining overs and try to frustrate the Windies bowlers. That will lower the morale of West Indies team before the next match.
England do playing aggressive here at least that was their strategy when Butler and Stokes opened the 2nd inning, was looking forward for some firework from both but sadly Butler didn't last long.
Great start by Windies in my opinion. This is basically an ODI at this point. If Windies dismiss Stokes and Root early, they have a great chance of pushing this match to a draw. If rain interferes again, then it's game over for England anyway.I hope Roach continues to pick wickets regularly in order to put pressure on the English side. Am not expecting much from the other bowlers.
Bottom line is England is playing for win as they can't afford draw, they are already behind at WTC point table and it was supposed to be easy series for them due too home conditions. On the other hand Windies would be very happy if they gets draw or may be historic win if they manage to chase 280ish target (Speculating target) in 70-80 ish overs.
England do playing aggressive here at least that was their strategy when Butler and Stokes opened the 2nd inning, was looking forward for some firework from both but sadly Butler didn't last long.
Great start by Windies in my opinion. This is basically an ODI at this point. If Windies dismiss Stokes and Root early, they have a great chance of pushing this match to a draw. If rain interferes again, then it's game over for England anyway.I hope Roach continues to pick wickets regularly in order to put pressure on the English side. Am not expecting much from the other bowlers.
^^ England do playing aggressive here at least that was their strategy when Butler and Stokes opened the 2nd inning, was looking forward for some firework from both but sadly Butler didn't last long. Yesterday Windies was way too defensive despite taking 2 quick wickets , You don't see any captain removing slips when ball is just 3 overs old. Majority of fielders were covering boundaries, make sense according to situation though.
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