***Official*** Australia in the West Indies 2012

[benchmark00]

tbf we had peter siddle batting at 7 and were missing warner, mussey and wade. of austin and bonner's collective six wickets, only two were top six batsman (cowan and nevill) and only one will be playing the first test so i'm not sure that it's entirely appropriate to assume that four tailenders falling to spin is a reflection of the top order

I'll assume what I wanna assume ****.

 

[Spikey]

he gets nominated and he starts thinking he can tell us what to do. WAC

 

[ajdude]

nominated? you say what

also go bounce on a shaft ****s

 

[Spikey]

Squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Kirk Edwards (vice-capt), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh (wk), Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Kieran Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach

 

[Noble One]

No spot for Johnson Charles?

 

[Spikey]

he was robbed imo

i've forgotten whether Narsingh Deonarine is decent player or not. i know he played against us but uh

 

[ajdude]

**** i can't wait until i can call edwards "captain kirk"

wait what's the deal with samuels? i thought he'd be in the test xi

 

[Spikey]

dead i'm afraid

 

[Noble One]

Narsingh Deonarine will probably end up with a five wicket haul in the Tests if they continue to churn out these wickets.

Seems like he has been around forever and yet still only 28. I recall he played a solid knock with Nash in Perth that took West Indies close to victory. I would suggest that was his best knock at international level.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Narsingh Deonarine will probably end up with a five wicket haul in the Tests if they continue to churn out these wickets.

Seems like he has been around forever and yet still only 28. I recall he played a solid knock with Nash in Perth that took West Indies close to victory. I would suggest that was his best knock at international level.

Yes that knock was very good, and just sums him up really, bats a lot like Shiv but probably a tad more attacking, this year he was the best batter in our four day competition which just ended, must have gotten about five 80s in seven games, it was a little concerning that he never converted one of them into a 100 though but needless to say he's a much better batter than Samuels right now, Deo also bowls some very good off-spin too and got 20 wickets at an average of 16 this season.

I did actually predict the team in the previous pages and i'm pretty happy with it to be honest, the only positions i would change would be Baugh and Sammy, but that's not gonna happen for now so i guess we'll just have to get on with it...

team

Brathwaite
Barath
Edwards (vc)
Darren Bravo
Chanderpaul
Deonarine
Baugh (wk)
Sammy (c)
Rampaul
Roach/Edwards
Bishoo

I just hope we can put up a fight and show the same spirit we did in the ODI's and T20s, it will be tough but i've got a feeling we'll win at least one test!! .

 

[Burgey]

I see Baugh has come and said that the Aussies are weak against spin also.

Who are the spinners that have done all the damage to Australia, Australian spinners have out performed most of their spinning opponents and Aussie spinners are supposed to be hopeless.

It's fair comment in ODIs but there hasn't been much evidence of it in tests lately.

Then again, since SL we've played pretty much on pacier decks.

 

[sachin200]

Warner not in the Test side ?

 

[Prince EWS]

Warner not in the Test side ?

Yes he is. What are you on about?

 

[uvelocity]

clarke: "Brad remains our incumbent Test 'keeper and will be welcomed back into the side whenever he is available again."

 

[Spark]

would be a bit of a dick move to say anything else given the present cirucmstances tbf

 

[uvelocity]

no win situation and probably a nice thing to say so yeah

 

[sachin200]

Yes he is. What are you on about?

I thought I saw Warner in IPL opening ceremony and he is not playing the Tour match.

 

[Spikey]

warner got sacked by CA

 

[NUFAN]

I thought I saw Warner in IPL opening ceremony and he is not playing the Tour match.

He flew over to India because he's a massive Katy Perry fan, I believe.

 

[Spikey]

got made at dougeh and had to settle a score iirc