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***Official*** West Indies in Sri Lanka 2015
- Thread starter Migara
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Howe_zat
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It's still amazing to me how **** the West Indies are too
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Been this way for just a ridiculously long time though.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Droppable shot IMHO. He's been off the boil for 12-15 months now since having an excellent couple of years on the sidelines. It's time to bring Dowrich in.
You can't be having that from a senior player against the oppositions gun bowler just when you're forging a partnership to get you back in the match or even ahead of the game. Senseless.
Migara
International Coach
Decent bat and part time spinner. As with many Lankan part timers, they become better once they keep bowling in test matches. Jayasuriya was wasted at this sense. If Jayasuriya debuted post 2005, he would have been a major spinner for SL.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
The customary collapse after a spirited bowling performance.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I've barely seen him play at all but I think he's been picked purely on the strength of his batting, with his bowling just a bonus. He doesn't always bowl in domestic cricket when he plays which is probably a fair sign that he's not really a proper allrounder, but he's done well so far and he does look an okay bowler from the little I've seen.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
It barely affects the ENG season to be fair, just the early May tests which the ECB always tends to play the weakest team if two teams are touring ENG in a summer. IPL is over long before the main tests in July/August/September
The country IPL affects the most is West Indies in that it played during the primate months of their international home season. This year was a perfect example of it with WI having one of their biggest money earning home series vs ENG & IPL was going on & by default all their stars where in IPL - totally unfair to WI.
Now that the dumb cricket champions league is scraped, there is a possible window open their in September/Oct where IPL can move to and ease the WICB.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
A bit of an wild exaggeration this.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
While I understand why one can say its a droppable shot, one has to feel a bit sorry for Ramdin a bit overall in his slight decline in batting form which hasn't been 12-15 months mind you.
The amount of stress he had to deal with as WI captain - with the selectors giving him crap teams, the lack of trust he must have towards the WICB for unfairly removing him as captain in a victimizing manner for his perceived leadership role in the India tour pull out and fact that he as senior player is very pissed at the new pay structure - he is playing like a man that has a lot on his mind.
OverratedSanity
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Pretty sad to watch. Obviously teared up when he was talking about how the current players don't really give as much of a **** as before.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
wow an emotional plea.
Can anyone direct me to some good writing on West Indies cricket.. a bit about the last 20 plus years and the decline. Thanks
Can anyone direct me to some good writing on West Indies cricket.. a bit about the last 20 plus years and the decline. Thanks
OverratedSanity
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For anyone who's watching, how's the pitch. Another Mumbai 2004? Brathwaite getting 4 seems so random.
Prince EWS
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Yeah, bit of a surprise considering he only had 3 First Class wickets in 81 games before today.