posted May 16, 2009

Benn is a good player got KP today and has soo much variation, will develop nicely - Why don't the WI go with 2 spinners when Bravo is fit?

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posted May 17, 2009

Yes, Silva, I come on here to talk cricket, but the WUMs just seem to get on my nerves, and I end up arguing with them....

These days, I tend to spend more time here, which is a WUM-free zone:

http://www.cricket-match-special.com/index.php

If anyone is getting as tired of 606 as I am, they're welcome to join me....

chelsea, Gayle is a more successful Test captain than Lara, Adams and Hooper. Why would the WICB change the captain, just to please some England fans who are outraged, because he dared to say he prefers 20/20 cricket?

Gayle averages jsut under 40 in test cricket, which is what Strauss was doing not so long ago. He has a better Test average than any other WI opener, so why would the Windies replace him?

The bigger problem is the other opening slot....

Pickles, it took a major change in thinking for the WI selectors to pick ONE spinner!

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posted May 17, 2009

Selectors can hardly do anything if the players do not perform.Other than Sarwan and Chanderpaul there is no one as consistent in that team.Edwards in bowling is the only competitive bowler.The team is lacking quality players.Selectors have stuck so long but none except a few Windies players have proved that they are international quality players.No wonder Widnies is loosing many series.

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posted May 17, 2009

"Selectors can hardly do anything if the players do not perform."

Can't one of the selectors or maybe even better one of the West Indian cricketing greats such as Viv Richards or Michael Holding could persuade some of the West Indian players currently playing in the English county game like Pedro Collins and Wavell Hinds whether they would like to return back into international cricket with the added incentive that they would be offered a central contract and a guarantee that they will be given a decent run in the test and also one-day teams.

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posted May 17, 2009

Things are not as bad as you guys are painted it....

You have to look at where the WI are coming from. A couple of years ago, winning a home series against Engalnd would be unthinkable, even with Lara in the team. Now, that's changed.

There are only a few vacancies left in the team, IMHO....

1) Gayle
2) A.N. Other (Simmons?)
3) Sarwan
4) Nash
5) Chanderpaul
6) BRavo
7) Ramdin
8) Taylor
9) Benn
10) Edwards
11) I think this should be a legspinner....

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posted May 17, 2009

It is high time Windies solve there problems;be it bad selection of players or bad performance of players.

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posted May 18, 2009

There's alot of truth in what's been said about the Windies' performance. At this present time, i was under no illusions that they would beat England, away from home.

But i thought they would've been more competitive than what they're showing here. One of the commentators on TMS was saying that they were having a chat with Sulimen Benn and all he kept saying was how cold it was and he couldn't feel his fingers.

To be fair to the Windies though, some of the other test playing nations would've definately struggled against England, if they played in May. Although it's no excuse for the lack of deterination and enthusiasm from some of the players.

I hope the selectors say goodbye to Devon Smith. As much as i like his style of batting, he is incapable of maintaining any kind of concentration required in test cricket. Lendl Simmons hasn't contributed a great deal in this series, but i like his attitude and composure in the middle. With a little more experience, he might be the opening test match batsman that we're looking for.

And Lionel Baker is just a harmless up and down seamer, would probably have his line and length in ODIs, but not in test matches. Taylor has been disappointing, but he doesn't look like he's back to full fitness, due to his inconsistancy.

We need someone who can bring something different to the table, whether it's extra bounce (Richardson) or raw, lively pace (Pascal, Roach). Oh well it could be worse, there's always Daren Powell...

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posted May 18, 2009

Yeah, I'd give Simmons one more series to get his act togehter, and to prove he's no Ryan Hinds....

I think Pickles makes a good point. If spinners are the ones taking wickets in the domestic competition, why don't we go in with two spinners - a lefty (Benn or Miller), and a rightie (Jaggernauth, Wallace or Brown)?

And I agree about the conditions in May being alien to most teams. When is the last time Engalnd lost a Test match in May?

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posted May 18, 2009

And I agree about the conditions in May being alien to most teams. When is the last time Engalnd lost a Test match in May?
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Just to illustrate your point shiv, i remember going back a few years, when bowlers like Richard Johnson and Ed Giddins were going through batsmen in May/June, but not having the same success, later in the season, when the conditions were a little more batsmen-friendly and the ball wasn't talking as much.

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posted May 18, 2009

I think Pickles makes a good point. If spinners are the ones taking wickets in the domestic competition, why don't we go in with two spinners - a lefty (Benn or Miller), and a rightie (Jaggernauth, Wallace or Brown)?
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Pickles is absoulutely right. We should play to our strengths and at this present time, the spinners have been our most successful bowlers. That's probably more due to the state of the flatness of pitches in the Caribbean. But it worked well for Kumble and Harbahjan for years on simular type pitches in India. Besides Edwards, Taylor and Bravo, there's not alot of pacers/seamers coming through.

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