***Official*** West Indies in Australia 2015/16

[OverratedSanity]

And the props given to Barath for one inning were OTT. WW all but named him as the saviour.

It was a pretty awesome innings tbf. It's difficult not to get excited when you see a teenager play like that.

 

[Tangles]

He was the first black man to captain the WI, and was regarded as an amazing leader, as well as being a great cricketer in his own right,

The other bloke was Clive Lloyd, who was like a father figure to the blokes who came through in the late 70s and 80s. Also a great leader in his own right.

Thanks. Seems like it will take a magical coincidence to get the right captain and board combination they need to get their **** together.

 

[marc71178]

And the props given to Barath for one inning were OTT. WW all but named him as the saviour.

That sounds out of character for him...

 

[straw man]

So the toss happened and still no posts? Excitement at an all-time high for this series then.

 

[NUFAN]

So Australia have won the toss and are batting first.

The test finishing with 3 days is paying $4.50 for those mentioning 8 or 9 day series.

 

[dfrinku]

Steve Smith and Dave Warner scoring more runs in the series than the West Indies is paying $6.

 

[Compton]

Steve Smith and Dave Warner scoring more runs in the series than the West Indies is paying $6.

That sounds like a licence to print money.

 

[Gnske]

Good Chandrika is playing, West Indies already down to 10 men.

 

[NUFAN]

Steve Smith and Dave Warner scoring more runs in the series than the West Indies is paying $6.

I feel like those odds are skinny. WI just need to turn up in one of the Tests and score 600 or so runs. Not even sure if I hope I'm right or wrong with this point..

 

[Burgey]

Was hoping to see Patto first up :-(

Dem crazy eyes

 

[hendrix]

Are we seriously going to see Shannon Gabriel again?

 

[Bahnz]

Any Windies posters able to give us some info on this Warrican chap?

 

[Gnske]

And already the Channel 9 team are struggling to name the West Indian players.

 

[Prince EWS]

Any Windies posters able to give us some info on this Warrican chap?

I saw him bowl a little bit in Sri Lanka. He was very accurate but didn't seem to be doing much with it in terms of over-spin or side-spin.

 

[morgieb]

Stop bowling no-balls.

 

[straw man]

So are Taylor and Roach fully fit or coming off injury as they often seem to be? If fully fit they could test Australia's batting with the new ball here.

 

[morgieb]

Oooh this pitch looks kinda green in some areas. Can see carnage when the West Indies bat.

 

[NUFAN]

Instead of Cricinfo having an in control statistic, I would be interested in seeing a hit the ball where they were intending to hit it stat. I think Burns would perform really poorly at this..

 

[Furball]

Bahahaha I always go through the same thought process if I tune into a Test in Australia an over or so late.

'0/3, wtf have I missed...oh yeah, Australia put the score the wrong way round, Burns and Warner are in, calm down.'

 

[GotSpin]

Poor chappeli being overshadowed here