*Official* West Indies in India

[Furball]

Why so much Munaf hate here? :P

Give India's resources, he's an okay third seamer. Can't field or bat, but does a decent job at holding up an end. Gets nice bounce which will be useful in Australia. And has been one of our best ODI bowlers for quite a while.

Because he trundles in and bowls rubbish, his attitude is terrible and I reckon a cardboard cut out would move quicker in the field than he does. Dire player.

 

[marc71178]

Gambhir, Sachin, VVS and Dravid are coming off quite a bit of cricket and have two warmup games there to get ready.

4 Tests since the IPL is not "quite a bit of cricket"

 

[CricAddict]

Meh, agree to disagree. I for one don't feel, given India's lack of resources, that it's worth risking injury to any of the key players for an unimportant series. Better of getting some match practice in for the rubbish reserves.

We do have 2 warmups in Australia yea? Or am I imagining that? 2 warmups should be fine for experienced guys like VVS, Sachin, Dravid, Gambhir. Ishant could use more match practice but his ankle is supposedly in a bad state, and he's vital to our tour. And MSD is in pretty good (ODI) form as it is.

I agree in case of Dhoni. He could have been given a break after playing nonstop cricket.
But a test match should not be used as a practice ground to test the reserves. That is the purpose the 2 warmup matches can serve. Test the best of the reserves alongside the seniors in the warmups and take the best out of them in the 1-2 spots left vacant.

Ishant postponing his operation till the end of Aus tour is always a risky proposition. A Zaheer like situation in the first test should not happen again. The WI series could well be a good one to look at how he goes. Chuck him if he is not fit. A fully fit Aaron/Yadav/Vinay is better than a half fit Ishant.

 

[Cevno]

Don't mind Munaf in ODI's but should be kept away from the Test side, IMO.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Can't understand so much hate for various players who haven't even had a chance in a test match yet. If it was all aimed at a constant flop like Yuvraj I could understand it.

Surely dropping guys like Sreesanth and Harbhajan has to be a good thing as they have underperformed for a long time, give their replacements a chance before dismissing them as muppets.

 

[Daemon]

Can't understand so much hate for various players who haven't even had a chance in a test match yet. If it was all aimed at a constant flop like Yuvraj I could understand it.

Surely dropping guys like Sreesanth and Harbhajan has to be a good thing as they have underperformed for a long time, give their replacements a chance before dismissing them as muppets.

True. The only problem I have is with Aaron and Rahul Sharma, who both average above 40 in FC cricket.

 

[Prince EWS]

Can't understand so much hate for various players who haven't even had a chance in a test match yet. If it was all aimed at a constant flop like Yuvraj I could understand it.

Surely dropping guys like Sreesanth and Harbhajan has to be a good thing as they have underperformed for a long time, give their replacements a chance before dismissing them as muppets.

International cricket isn't the only cricket that exists though. Picking someone with a legitimately crap First Class record is a stupid in the vast majority of circumstances. Sreesanth's been better at Test level than Aaron has been at Ranji Trophy level.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Fair enough the new guys records might not be great but Fletcher plucked Trescothick and Vaughan from obscurity and they proved they were more than up to international cricket. Maybe he has seen something in these guys he thinks he can work with and ehlp improve them.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Be interesting to see how Ashwin goes in Test cricket, not convinced that he has enough work on his stock ball to be a consistent threat. Mishra's bowling looked all over the joint in England, got no drop whatsoever, I think it's fair enough to look elsewhere.

 

[Prince EWS]

It would've been so gun if Kartik got a random re-call. Alas; not to be.

 

[Daemon]

AWTA. BCCI have treated him poorly.

 

[Flem274*]

Meh, agree to disagree. I for one don't feel, given India's lack of resources, that it's worth risking injury to any of the key players for an unimportant series. Better of getting some match practice in for the rubbish reserves.

We do have 2 warmups in Australia yea? Or am I imagining that? 2 warmups should be fine for experienced guys like VVS, Sachin, Dravid, Gambhir. Ishant could use more match practice but his ankle is supposedly in a bad state, and he's vital to our tour. And MSD is in pretty good (ODI) form as it is.

With that attitude India will lose this series and lose it hard.

 

[Prince EWS]

With that attitude India will lose this series and lose it hard.

Imagine what shivfan would say if saw those posts.

 

[Flem274*]

I imagine he would say exactly what he said for several hundred consecutive posts.

 

[Prince EWS]

I imagine he would say exactly what he said for several hundred consecutive posts.

Indeed, but I just made you imagine it.

 

[Flem274*]

WAC z

 

[hang on]

tendulkar and co. are coming off a long layoff and injuries. i can see the windies, after getting some good spin playing practice in bangladesh, catching them cold.

 

[Howe_zat]

BCCI announces that IPL games would be listed as List A games.

This seems more moronic every time I think about it, though I refuse to get annoyed by something so trivial.

Can anyone explain the thinking behind this?

 

[hang on]

Can anyone explain the thinking behind this?

rhetoric question i presume.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

tendulkar and co. are coming off a long layoff and injuries. i can see the windies, after getting some good spin playing practice in bangladesh, catching them cold.

Can't see it myself. Unless Edwards or Roach rip through them the Windies will struggle to get 20 wickets. They are capable but so hit and miss you wouldn't rely on it happening. Think Bishoo will struggle on this tour.