England v West Indies

[crewearpley40]

Sibley now has to convert that 86 to a hundred

[port perran]

Stokes and Sibley have made steady progress.
If England could reach 450 or thereabouts tomorrow they must be in with a good chance of winning the match.

[crewearpley40]

A calm measured careful approach was taken hitting only the bad balls and an 18 over spell costing extras was just not good

[Philip.]

With rain forecast for Saturday, really need a big score. This England team bat deep so fingers crossed

[Newportnobby]

I'm just hoping there's no batting collapse, but am interested to see how Curran gets on with both bat and ball. Maybe the left hander will play havoc.

[Philip.]

Another glorious day in Manchester 

[Newportnobby]

I looked at the forecast last night and a band of rain was shown across Manchester to the east i.e. tracking the M62. Above and below it was fine.
Still, a much improved batting performance yesterday aided by some, at times, comical fielding by W.Indies.

[Philip.]

19 wickets in two days. It's going to be a long couple of days in the field for England I think.

[port perran]

I agree. W Indies aren't the pushover they were a couple of years ago.

[Philip.]

Wonder what Ben Stokes plan is this morning

[crewearpley40]

Windies 312 required. Have england given themselves enough time to bowl and take all ten wickets

[port perran]

Windies 312 required. Have england given themselves enough time to bowl and take all ten wickets

We shall see

[crewearpley40]

Good start broad

[Philip.]

Good start broad

Good start England, all set up for some Stokes magic this afternoon

[port perran]

Brooks and Blackwood are proving to be rather stubborn and hard to break down.