***Official** West Indies in England***

[aussie]

Was afriad this would happen to Flintoff again. But on the bright side these breaks will onl help to prolong his career & will give some of the other seamers in the country a chance to establish themselves this summer.

 

[Tom Halsey]

But on the bright side these breaks will onl help to prolong his career

I don't know why no-one has thought of that before... get injured, prolong your career.

 

[aussie]

Yo, the sarcasm is useless since clearly thats not what i'm trying to say.

 

[simmy]

Who needs Freddy when we have Ryan and Saj in reserve?

 

[Richard]

For someone who grew up seeing the Windies dismantle England repeatedly it's pretty depressing viewing.

Didn't know you went back to 1988 and before.

 

[Richard]

Was afriad this would happen to Flintoff again. But on the bright side these breaks will onl help to prolong his career

I don't know why no-one has thought of that before... get injured, prolong your career.

Indeed - not sure what Colin's on there, TBH. I'm currently (as I say... several times... ) hoping Flintoff's career isn't over in earnest now. The only thing that will prolong his career is if they found-out that there was something perminant they could do to resolve the problems that he keeps on having.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Yo, the sarcasm is useless since clearly thats not what i'm trying to say.

You said "But on the bright side these breaks will onl help to prolong his career".

The breaks are due to injuries, and injuries categorically don't prolong careers.

 

[Arrow]

My West Indies X1 for Old Trafford

Gordon Greenidge
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Clive Lloyd
Garry Sobers
Jeffrey Dujon
Michael Holding
Colin Croft
Curtley Ambrose
Courtney Walsh

If they managed to round that side up Im confident they would beat the current WI team.

Its quite clear that the WI are no longer a serious international side. Their batting is horribly brittle and the bowling horribly impotent. They simply cannot attack from any angle.

 

[Richard]

"No longer" is a very poor way of putting it. Even if they weren't currently (which is highly debatable - only one Test ago they played very well to secure a draw from a none-too-easy position - even if with an amount of help from lost play) then there's no reason to presume it'd be terminal.

 

[roseboy64]

According to good sources Marlon Samuels is/was on a plane to England.

 

[Perm]

According to good sources Marlon Samuels is/was on a plane to England.

Good news IMO.

 

[Woodster]

If it is to be Samuels, it was a fairly predictable selection wasn't it ? Any other possibles to replace Sarwan ? (batsmen obviously, not as captain)

 

[steds]

Didn't know you went back to 1988 and before.

It's well documented that the "boy" in "BoyBrumby" is a cunning facade to disguise the fact that the poster is in his thirties.

 

[steds]

I don't know why no-one has thought of that before... get injured, prolong your career.

 

[Richard]

It's well documented that the "boy" in "BoyBrumby" is a cunning facade to disguise the fact that the poster is in his thirties.

Well... yeah, but ... actually, haha, just rememberd. Actually, DB'd have been 12 in 1988, 10 in 1986 and 8 in 1984. Quite old enough to remember WI thrashings.

Thought you were younger than you are, DB. Sorry 'bout thaaaaaaat.

 

[GIMH]

I thought he was 29 tbh

 

[Richard]

I thought he was about 30, TBH... had forgotten that he'll be 33 this Dec.

 

[Woodster]

Hoggard expected to be out for OT Test aswell, just announced.

 

[pasag]

Hoggard expected to be out for OT Test aswell, just announced.

He just wrote in his column today that he thought he'd make it. Sucks.

 

[GIMH]

Is that the same as the column he does for the Times?