When the West Indies travel to Australia...

[Jakester1288]

...will it still be the 1523234th XI, or will any/all of the first XI be back?

 

[inbox24]

No one will ever know.

 

[Pothas]

For the good of test cricket it needs to be the first team and I suspect that it will be.

 

[shivfan]

...will it still be the 1523234th XI,?

that's quite accurate, when you think of the XI that played Bangladesh....

Now, the WICB is taking disciplinary action against the players, despite the criticisms of the mediator and Caribbean governments, while the players are taking legal advice. So, the battle lines are drawn....

 

[brockley]

Most the side came from the college campus team,that would be like us picking our side from the cricket academy,australia under 19 or canberra comets

 

[Days of Grace]

I think they should just cancel the tour and get Bangladesh over instead. Would probably be a more competitive game.

Which other international teams are free at that time?

 

[TT Boy]

Just the Winides. India host Sri Lanka, New Zealand face Pakistan, England is in South Africa and Bangladesh play Zimbabwe.

 

[Jakester1288]

I really, really hope they send their strongest side. As I posted in part one of my article previewing our summer, they could challenge us and maybe even win a game. Not to mention how entertaining they are.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Haha I can't wait for this. Watto will make a triple before going lbw to one slanting in.

 

[GIMH]

Presumably three 20s counts as a triple for Watto

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Presumably three 20s counts as a triple for Watto

Ah, the old "Andrew Flintoff" batting standard.

Some all-rounders can actually bat though, should be taken into consideration I feel.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Some all-rounders can actually bat though

Some can walk as well.

Yet to meet one though.

 

[GIMH]

Ah, the old "Andrew Flintoff" batting standard.

Some all-rounders can actually bat though, should be taken into consideration I feel.

How did Watto celebrate his Test centuries?

Oh, wait.

 

[GIMH]

Some can walk as well.

Yet to meet one though.

 

[Richard]

I think they should just cancel the tour and get Bangladesh over instead. Would probably be a more competitive game.

Which other international teams are free at that time?

Yeah it's plain madness that West Indies continue to play international cricket. TBH, however hard it hits financially, the best short-term solution would be to cancel all tours - I'm sure someone could sue someone else enough to cover the costs eventually.

It's diabolical that the international game is reduced to what West Indies' third team reduces it to. Apart from the fact that it, like the presence of Bangladesh, devalues competition, it does West Indies serious long-term harm as well.

 

[Jakester1288]

Top team, I just heard on sports tonight. Pumped.

 

[Richard]

Until the team actually sets foot on the plane, I'm not going to be believing whether it's going to be the best available (ish) squad or otherwise.

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah I don't think it's certain yet.
Sutherland 'optimistic' of West Indies' best for Tests | Cricket News | Australia v West Indies 2009/10 | Cricinfo.com

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Their first team is crap anyway.

 

[Athlai]

Their first team is crap anyway.

Gayle, Sarwan and Chanderpaul are all high quality players. Then they have quite a few decent to good players in Bravo, Nash, Edwards and Taylor.

After that the talent more or less drops at a rather radical rate.