*Official* West Indies v India in North America

[Gnske]

U shud know..

I do enjoy my scat as much as the next Coprophile.

 

[Jono]

was waiting for Furball to come in the minute vcs posted a pic of Amla's beard

 

[Black_Warrior]

Ashwin now has 4 centuries against West Indies. Botham had none.
The real conversation isn't whether Ashwin will get to 800 or whether Ashwin is the next Kapil. The real conversation is Ashwin vs Botham now.

Will Ian Botham make it to India's All Time XI?

 

[vcs]

Yeah I highly doubt that, especially with this totally profound insight



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He's so far up his own anus it hurts.

I know, imagine if Harbhajan had come out with something like that when he made his back-to-back tons against NZ.

Ashwin definitely spouts a lot of cliched bollocks (so does Kohli). Don't find him anywhere near as insightful as people claim.

 

[Jono]

when you've done as many press conferences as Ashwin on behalf of the Indian team because no one else cbf fronting up you probably only have cliches left

 

[Black_Warrior]

I don't get this running joke about Ashwin and press conferences? What's the background here?

 

[OverratedSanity]

http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-importance-of-being-rohit-sharma-at-no-5-1442987

Very satisfying read. Although Rohit will probably smash a hundred in the second innings and seal the spot.

 

[Beamer]

The sun is shining in St Lucia today . Well for now at least.

 

[duffer]

The closest no ball I've ever seen.

 

[duffer]

No way, that had to be a no ball?

 

[MW1304]

Did that really just happen? Did I watch all of that happen?

Who the **** is the third umpire there.

Edit: According to cricinfo the third umpire is West Indian. Just makes it all the weirder.

 

[duffer]

Pretty scandalous

 

[OverratedSanity]

Third umpire got paid off surely. How can this **** be allowed to happen despite the benefit of replays? It's just an embarassing display of ineptitude.

 

[vcs]

I like Blackwood. His defensive technique could probably use some work, but some of his ball-striking is brilliant.

 

[vcs]

You can hear all the Hindi chatter on the microphone. Sadly, no gaaliyan as of yet.

 

[vcs]

LOL, what a stupid decision. Just saw a replay of that non no-ball.

 

[Howe_zat]

If only WindieWeathers were still here to respond calmly and appropriately to that.

 

[vcs]

Ashwin's been brilliant this spell. His wicket was a bit of a freebie (edged down the legside) but he looks like creating a wicket-taking opportunity every other ball. Lovely flight and turn.

 

[Beamer]

If only WindieWeathers were still here to respond calmly and appropriately to that.

I'll step in. Clearly a case of a Bajan thiefing a Trini. Absolutely awful umpiring, but West Indian umpires are the pits so I'm not surprised he messed up like that.

Regardless, Bravo needs to work on the short ball. That's too many times now. He's such a talent, dismissals like this speak to criminal levels of under-achievement!

 

[Ferraz]

Now that you mentioned it, is Bravo still considered a "talent" after 40-odd tests? Seems to be going more down the Hooper route than the Lara one (though, not as disappointing as Hooper as yet).