I Declare that Brainless

England 258 all out
v West Indies 427 all out
England 490-8 Declared
West Indies 5-0
close on Day 4

2nd Test

Played at Headingley

Monday 28 August 2017

Twitter @ball_sup

Pint, Black Sheep, Best Bitter on Cask at 3.8%.

DECLARED. Yes, you read that right. After all that, Woakes got his 50. Some biff. Rooty has waved them in. At times, both teams looking to lose this one. There are no good books for Bairstow. Alright, eighteen. Including four boundaries. But, he’s bowled. By bit part spinner, Roston Chase. Reverse sweeping. How can he do that. Having been “behind”. With an under par first dig. Conceding North of 420. Big deficit to knock off. England getting it together. Moving on. Pushing ahead. Reverse fucking sweep. To leave ‘em 327-7. It’s taken another ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE RUNS before Root has done the Imperial Wave. His team are 160 shy of what the Captain thinks is a winning position. And, he reverse sweeps against the offie. I called it live. Brainless. At least he hasn’t got a technical flaw which the oppo is playing on. But, FFS.

Root & Stokes also found ways to get out. Root got tucked up a bit & whacked it to one of the now customary Two Gullys. At least he knows what they’re going to try & do to him. Post Gullys. Short. Fifth stump. Although to be fair, this one tucked him up, rather than tempted him wide. That was at 212 for 4. He’d put 72 in the book. But found a way out. Stokes put 58 in the same book. Then holed out to long off. Who was looking at the rope. 303 for 5.

It’s unfair. But frustrating. They’ve got to a position where they can declare. But, the Big Guns have got set & then found a way to get out.

525/1105