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***Official*** West Indies in Zimbabwe and South Africa
- Thread starter roseboy64
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Samuels looked good again, Brilliant spell by Steyn and Ntini after tea to wrestle back control to Sth Africa.
Chanderpaul again showing why he is becoming the hardest man in International cricket to dislodge with a slow, patient and gritty 64* from 214 deliverys. He might have to step up it up tomorrow morning with not much in the shed.
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Tbh, when I saw a headline saying "WI call up Browne" or whatever, I thought "WTF, Courtney Browne's back?! 
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Stapel
International Regular
From the commentary I have read, I conclude the slow outfield has cost the Windies more than 50 runs. Is the outfield today as bad as it was yesterday? If so, the 243 might very well prove to be a tougher target than it appears. I really like to see a real fight out there that keeps exciting until the last day. That's still a fair possibility!
Corli
U19 Cricketer
The outfield is awful - top shots that deserve four slow up and the batsman ends up getting only two. I walked around on it yesterday during lunch, and our front lawn is in better condition than that outfield. One of the pitches that isn't being used has got huge chunks of grass missing as well.
In other news, McKenzie gone with a poor shot, which brings Mr. Average 19-when-not-playing-against-New-Zealand Amla to the crease. He's not a bad short leg, though.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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But you've seen Baugh bat at Test level right? Domestic stats mean nothing when you're that terrible in the big show.
roseboy64
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Bastmen improve and anyway Baugh should be next in line to Ramdin. If he fails then Browne should come into contention then. Doesn't make sense for him to improve his keeping, and it has, because it wasn't up to scratch and he still performs with the bat but can't get a look.
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roseboy64
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Yeah injured.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Carlton Baugh has shown no evidence of improvement and does not deserve to be picked for West Indies right now. Hell, he averaged less than 15 last FC season! One half-century in 9 innings. The season before that he had 1 half-century in 10 innings and averaged 23podd! For a guy who is far from a brilliant gloveman, that's hardly awe-inspiring. "He still performs with the bat"...?
Baugh has fallen away from his early promise and I wait to see what he can do this season to salvage his career. Patrick Browne hasn't been much better, but from all I've read and seen of him, he's a much better wicketkeeper.
roseboy64
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TBH you're right about his batting. Must have been thinking of something else. Anyway, read that he's on the same level of keeping with Browne and Ramdin so not much there. Not saying he'll do well but he should still be ahead of Browne in terms of replacing Ramdin.
