Durham Bound

3 ball duck

The DofC has reinstated Samit Patel to the T20 squad for the trip tomorrow to Durham, after he missed out on selection for the England squad in the ODI at the Rose Bowl, with Graeme White and Luke Fletcher.also added to the Fox slaughtering eleven.


In the ODI, England posted a score of 288/6, probably a below par score, Ian Bell 126, with his fractured jaw. 


In reply, WI are comfortably on target to go one up in the series, even without Chris Gayle, 117/3 in 19 overs, although the dismissal of Dwayne Smith for 56 might prove to be game changing.. England will need to bowl the tourists out to win from this position in all probability.


Latest score...........................


Two wickets put England ahead on the DL par and when it started raining WI were 127/5 from 23 overs with the DL par at 171.


On resumption, with a DL twiddle, Windies were bowled out for 172, England winning by 114 runs, the remaining showing little of the expected fire-power.


The two ball system appears to play to England's strengths and it was one of these, Tim Bresnan, that did the damage, 4/34.