Today's Match Eng v WI 6th ODI

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[Occasional Fan]

St Lucia Met Service forecast (quoted in full): "Apart from a few showers it should be mainly fair." Well, they're concise, you have to give them that! Hopefully we should be in for another great game, and let's hope they're wrong about the showers.

[Whips_off_the_bails]

Good news.

England must pick a frontline spinner this time round. I'd say Giles or Batty in for Blackwell. This means moving Read up the order, of course.

Any other thoughts?

[Occasional Fan]

It might also be quite nice if Michael Vaughan could win the toss! Then we can have the Windies bat first and know what we're up against.

[Mark Kidger]

Dear Notts Fan,

As you seem to have some influence with Chris Read, please ask him very nicely not to get involved in any more runouts. Rikki Clarke in the first game as England were losing momentum at the end and then in the 5th, Marcus Tescothick (which arguably lost England the game as it caused a massive loss of momentum). Any more might be seen as developing nasty and expensive habits.

Thanks very much!

Signed,

A convert to Chris Read's cause.

[Mark Kidger]

Originally Posted by Whips_off_the_bails

England must pick a frontline spinner this time round. I'd say Giles or Batty in for Blackwell.

Clive: Blackwell to be dropped off the side of a boat, preferably in shark-infested waters! :-) Go for Batty against the left-handers. Giles will be a negative selection at best and falls apart when attacked.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Occasional Fan

It might also be quite nice if Michael Vaughan could win the toss! Then we can have the Windies bat first and know what we're up against.

No No NO ,lets get the runs on the board,say we put Windies in and they got 290-300,what pressure our batsmen would be under.Used to be it was an advantage to back 2nd,know what you had to get and all that,but teams seem to get bigger scores now.
let lara win toss,onus on him then.that way you dont get egg on you face.

[Occasional Fan]

Well, Lara won the toss again, and England will bat first.

[Ernest]

Lara won toss,lara put England in,lara was in tune with your thinking.

Hope England get 300........England need 300.

[Mike_Hock]

Batty is in for Blackwell. Good decission?