andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
Nope, not this one...
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*Official* England in West Indies
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King Pietersen
International Captain
Was Monty sledging Powell at the end there? =O
Scaly piscine
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Yes he has, I just can't be bothered finding it.
ozone
First Class Debutant
I thought he was as well. Great if he was, shows he's changed in some way since he was dropped.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Something I have noticed is that the position from the load up is a highly bent arm. When or whether this straightens is the issue. I do wonder what the laws on the timing of straightening are.
From first impression, I'd have to agree, but England are severely lacking on genuinely proven quick bowling talent. I may have favoured Joseph had he performed better in his two WI domestic games. Sky Sports were noting that a metronome may be preferrable on such an unresponsive surface and this could have been where Davies would have factored in.
Meh, no ball pace means nothing to me, especially since he didn't register a legal delivery at over 87mph, from my count.
It is highly interesting. The head going directly down (if you think about it, it can't really go down at an angle) means that he may have problems bowling to left handed batsmen but may bowl far better to right handers.
Lol, that first sentence was gold. Something along the lines of: "Chris Broad to open the bowling, Amraj Khan will have to wait". At first, I thought he said Manraj, I got quite excited.
And badder than ever!
BTW, I see a lot of Shane Watson in Amjad Khan's action, with the exception of the aforementioned 'straightening'/'bending'.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
My guess is that Smith won't be on the return tour to England. Figuring:
Gayle
Barath
Richards/Darren Bravo
Sarwan
Chanderpaul
Bravo
Nash
Ramdin
Hinds
Taylor
Edwards
Baker
Sammy/Rampaul
Benn/Miller/Jaggernauth/Shane Shillingford/Odean Brown*
* Any combination involving two inclusive of one of the two being Benn or Miller.
Gayle
Barath
Richards/Darren Bravo
Sarwan
Chanderpaul
Bravo
Nash
Ramdin
Hinds
Taylor
Edwards
Baker
Sammy/Rampaul
Benn/Miller/Jaggernauth/Shane Shillingford/Odean Brown*
* Any combination involving two inclusive of one of the two being Benn or Miller.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
No. I was just about to make a similar comment about this being the worst two bowling attacks ever to contest a match between the two sides.
Burgey
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Surely no one in this day and age could get to test level without their action having been cleared well beforehand?
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Surely no one in this day and age could get to test level without their action having been cleared well beforehand?
In this case they might have spent so long making sure his action was legal that they forgot to check to see if he is any good.
Jigga988
State 12th Man
Rempaul has done nothing to warrent selection and thus shouldn't really be considered but tbh, dont have much better...we have Lionel Baker, do we really need Darren Sammy, would be more tempted to throw in Roach more as a last resort than anything
can't really comment on spinners, they all are pretty non-existant in the Windies minds atm will definitely be Benn though, got dropped here purely because Taylor got injured and nothing of this was down to what the selectors thought of his performances or his skill levels.
Would probobly hold off Darren Bravo though I would really love to see him bat and I think we need him in the middle order. Do not want to see Barath any where near the team for England for reasons eluded to in his own thread, though it's probable he will be in the team... If Hinds looks as bad as he had done in his last innings in this one he is under some seriouis pressure for that spot and you could easily see Simmons come in...
Jigga988
State 12th Man
The guy's action is totally fine, don't see what all the fuss is about tbh, Mikey Holding actually said that you can't fault his action... conclusive enough?Surely no one in this day and age could get to test level without their action having been cleared well beforehand?
All he does is **** his wrist upon release which is actually a good thing for the bowler and at point of delivery his arm is straight
Scaly piscine
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England should prepare a load of traditional green seamers on the return leg in retaliation - bring Mark Davies in, he'll basically bowl WI out for under 200 single-handed every innings, pick Sidebottom and Flintoff and have the rest batsmen. Should win each Test inside two days no bother.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Never said Bravo and Barath would be in contention for being played. Just bringing them to gain exposure to foreign conditions.
Benn is no definite. Roach hasn't been lighting it up at all. Rampaul has done well so far in the matches he's played.Most wickets
Jigga988
State 12th Man
Fair enough, had no idea Rampaul had took that many wickets, after seeing that would have him ahead of Roach just think Roach adds something different to the team, though I am slightly frightened that he'd turn out like Amjad, they're quite similar
Reckon Benn is a definite though, if Windies didn't drop him for that first game in this seriesthen they definitely wont drop him for the one coming up, there's been talk of an extended run which is really the holy grail for Windies spinners... Only reason he wouldn't play is if Windies come in with two seemers.
