Just logged in this morning to find the result - we were 5 down when I last looked on ceefax last night.
I must admit that when I last posted, I did think we were going to lose by an innings at that point, but didn't want to put it in writing, just in case it came true :lol:
I was at Lord's for all of the test in 2004 where we did them for 50-odd in the second innings. That was a stunning afternoon... so I can just imagine what it felt like for the Windies and their supporters :D
But dear oh dear!
I'm not convinced it's as bad as all that (once we get over the "it should have been a draw, WTF were you lot doing?!?") - when a team gets rolled over, it really does get rolled over.
That's one of the reasons I prefer Test matches and 4 day county games. It's a big long battle, like a game of chess - it might look boring 2nd session 3rd day or whatever, but there's this titanic mental struggle going on... and when one side gets the upper hand and starts causing real damage, the other side might well throw down their weapons and run away, just like a real battle...
Luckily it's not a real battle though, and it's only mental scars/injuries...
I assume there's going to be some sort of witch hunt now, in the media and on the web, if nothing else...
How long's this series? I reckon there's a real possibility they might roll us in another innings before we start getting a grip again. I personally don't want us ditching Cook, Bell, etc, before we've been through that though - if they come through this patch they'll be brilliant, and if they don't we can drop them then. If we drop them now, they'll never reach their potential (which I believe is huge), and there's no guarantee that anyone else will do better... (this sort of stuff rubs off mentally on the guys who weren't playing as well).
