WI tour of India, Oct 2-14

[andy]

I wonder if bumrah has an issue? Not done a great deal of bowling off the field again...and his pace is way down?

[andy]

Kuldeep finally strikes in the 2nd in innings removing imlach lbw! Remarkable the lack of threat from him so far in this innings given the damage he did in the first!

[Arthur Crabtree]

WI collapsing now. Hopefully they'll get the leado ver 100...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Kuldeep finally strikes in the 2nd in innings removing imlach lbw! Remarkable the lack of threat from him so far in this innings given the damage he did in the first!

Responds to Andy's comments!

[andy]

Nearly all over....shame as Campbell and hope fought so hard but all gone downhill since hope got out...first time in 16 innings though that windies have gone past 300....they lead by 41 but 9 wickets down

[sussexpob]

Take the positives. Some resistance and runs for Windies finally

[andy]

100% and good to see hope return to form as well....when he got those twin hundreds at headingley it looked as if that was gonna be the start of something brilliant, but the windies need him to stand up and be consistent....played wonderfully well

[andy]

India getting frustrated.....their best bowler in this game should be bowling now especially with the number 11 in! Surely Kuldeep should be bowling?!

[andy]

Greaves finishes the session with a boundary to bring up the 50 partnership! They've got to tea and it will be a short last session as they took the extra half hour! Fantastic from Greaves and seales! 361-9 lead of 91...heading for a 5th day?

[andy]

Lead goes past 100 for windies! There's a lot to like about Jayden seales....before the series started he said he has no interest in franchise leagues and wants to create a legacy for himself in test cricket...runs in bowls good pace swings the ball bowls with heart and passion and with the bat he is a fighter...been in for 52 balls scored 22 fought in first innings...this is the kind of guy windies need to build the test side around going forward....class act enjoy watching him play the game

[andy]

50 for Greaves! Slightly lucky to get it in terms of jurel dropped seales twice in 2 overs not long ago .but a good fighting knock

[andy]

Around 20 overs in the day then to chase 122.....good effort from WI should take good heart from that batting performance, seales looks gutted can he do a job with the ball? Odds on India knocking this off tonight?

[mikesiva]

West Indies 390 all out

Campbell 115
Hope 103
Greaves 50*
Chase 40

Bumrah 3-44
Kuldeep 3-104

Target 121

[sussexpob]

Lead goes past 100 for windies! There's a lot to like about Jayden seales....before the series started he said he has no interest in franchise leagues and wants to create a legacy for himself in test cricket...runs in bowls good pace swings the ball bowls with heart and passion and with the bat he is a fighter...been in for 52 balls scored 22 fought in first innings...this is the kind of guy windies need to build the test side around going forward....class act enjoy watching him play the game

I seen a graphic in the home series vs Australia that suggested Seales swings the ball more than anyone in the world currently, and its not even close (his average ball was more than double the swing of second place). Also puts him right at the top of everyone measured in the modern day.

[sussexpob]

Its just sad that at the moment, Windies have a bowling attack developing into a very competitive unit, but the batting line up is absolute trash. At the start of the Windies decline post 2000s, it was the opposite in some regards. Lara, Chanderpaul, Gayle, Sarwan was a solid foundation for a team, but they had no bowlers at all in the 2000s.

Now they finally get a settled attack, and I think its fair to say this might be one of, if not the, worst batting line up I have ever seen in test cricket during mylife.

People like Athanaze look a country mile away from being a test match quality 1 drop

And how the hell is Roston Chase batting at 5 for a test match side, let alone being captain.