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

[Fuller Pilch]

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Pakistan in England 2016 summer. Looking forward to it, we owe them one.

Amir will struggle to get a visa - is struggling to get to NZ

 

[Midwinter]

Will the WI make any changes other than for Gaberiel for Boxing day ?

 

[Gnske]

They need to get rid of Chandrika, but not sure Dowrich is a fit as an opener and they sure don't want to lose Hope that early on Boxing Day.

 

[mr_mister]

bring in Andre Fletcher imo

or bring back Brendan Nash. What happened to that dude?

 

[TheJediBrah]

bring in Andre Fletcher imo

or bring back Brendan Nash. What happened to that dude?

pretty sure he's playing Brisbane grade cricket. Would probably be the best bat in the WI line up if he did get a game.

 

[Compton]

Lara looked in decent nick during that US tour. Joking aside he can't do much worse.

 

[Tangles]

Why should Lara give the Wicb a way out of the mess they have made?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Feel Marsh should have been retained personally. Tough call either way though.

 

[Jono]

Dean Jones: How I lost a Test series against the Windies

lol

 

[Tangles]

Uzi back for Darsh. What an unexpected Christmas present.

 

[mr_mister]

also, Sarwan is only 35. Should def be back in the team somehow

 

[Gnske]

also, Sarwan is only 35. Should def be back in the team somehow

Hasn't played a professional game in over a year now, all but retired.

 

[Gob]

Wrong decision tbh.

Saying this with an eye towards NZ

 

[harsh.ag]

Dean Jones: How I lost a Test series against the Windies

lol

Hahaha this is insane!

Once Simpson agreed, the whole team went hysterical. "You will get us killed," they yelled at me. I personally couldn't give a **** about them as they were going to Adelaide. So when Boony nicked off to Ambrose, I then passed Mark and Steve Waugh going out to bat. Mark then said to Steve, "He is not going to do it, is he?" I then thought, "gee ... they do talk!" I had never heard them speak to each other in the years I have known them.

I noticed Ambrose starting to froth up around his mouth and you could hear a pin drop it was that quiet. What broke the silence was when I noticed a guy who was carrying four schooners who yelled out, "You bloody idiot, Jones!"

Well the next three deliveries were probably the quickest I ever faced! I was thinking, "What the hell have I done?" I have a compound fracture of the right thumb and a hand I can't feel. And when the umpire called "over", I had 11 West Indians and one Australian batsman sledging me!


Mark Taylor was furious. Tubby yelled out, "What are you doing? I have two kids. What are you thinking?" I really couldn't care less about Tubby at the time as he was going to Adelaide as well.

 

[Spikey]

dean jones earned the right to ask Ambrose to take off his sweatbands after he scored a double ton in india

 

[jimmy101]

Great article. Deano always did love to talk about how good he was. This story is obviously jazzed up but what I love most about is that Deano, who was most likely being rested from the Adelaide Test due to his thumb injury, decided to take it upon himself to indirectly sabotage the Aussies' fortunes for the rest of the series. Bit of a narcissist move there.

On another note, he mentions having his thumb broken by Wasim Akram a few days earlier leading into the match vs WI. This reminded me of how much I used to love the Tri-Series back in the day. Such a high level of competition with a much more even balance between bat & ball. 400+ scores in an ODI are just so strange nowadays.

 

[Gnske]

What a sobering experience to have Channel 10 comms for a week and to come back to this

 

[Gob]

there's Bill though

 

[Gob]

looks green. 60 ao

 

[Gnske]

Burns to be bowled through the gate early tbh

Or playing one of those weak angled jabs towards gully as a defensive shot.