England v West Indies Test/ODI/Twenty20 Series ** Spoilers **

England all out for 428, leading by 58 which isn't too bad. The pitch is doing a little bit so will be interesting to see if our bowlers can cause some damage.
 
In hindsight I wouldn't say it was a particularly disappointing morning with the bat, the first two days it was a good pitch to bat on and that changed today, as proven by how well both sides bowlers have done. We fought hard in difficult conditions to give ourselves a lead and have torn the Windies apart, good day of cricket.
 
As good as Bresnan bowled, he still looks a bit short on pace - Even taking into account the speed guns appearing to read a bit low Bresnan was 6-7mph slower than Roach which I don't think would be normal
 
oli collett said:
As good as Bresnan bowled, he still looks a bit short on pace - Even taking into account the speed guns appearing to read a bit low Bresnan was 6-7mph slower than Roach which I don't think would be normal
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He said after the close of play he was holding his speed back 5mph or so.
Reason being the ball was reversing and he finds it hard to conceal the ball when bowling full pelt, so to him it was more useful to bowl a bit slower with the ability to swing it reverse and traditional with the batsman non the wiser.
 
Was there today, my first test match experience, had a great time but god it was hot! Great bowling displays from the teams!
 
oli collett said:
As good as Bresnan bowled, he still looks a bit short on pace - Even taking into account the speed guns appearing to read a bit low Bresnan was 6-7mph slower than Roach which I don't think would be normal
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Broad has been teh same. As noted before, with it swinging it probably helps them to keep the pace down a bit and have that slightly better control.
 
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