I must admit, I was a little disapointed with the 4th test, while it was interesting to see someone else's batting collapse for a change, I couldn't help hsrking back to the 'glory days' of the Windies and wondering just how those teams would have coped.

I have a feeling that England's next international may not go as smoothly...


by the bye:

Ooh-Aah,

"...staring down the barrel of a 4-0 whitewash (to mix metaphors drastically)..."

Not as mixed a metaphor as you may think, 'Whitewash' comes from the days of blackpowder shooting and relates to the rapid repainting of metal targets to hide evidence of a poor score.

Walrus