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Will the West Indies ever rise again?
- Thread starter Lillian Thomson
- Start date
Camo999
State 12th Man
Agreed, won two global T20 titles within the last 5 years. It's the ECB and CA quaintly carrying on with test cricket against half strength teams as if nothing has changed who are behind the curve. Think test cric needs some dedicated windows, there should be less of it, and big 3 need to pay up if they want touring teams to be at full strength.
Delighted to see Marlon and the Universe Boss called up for the one day leg. Might at least see some entertainment.
Delighted to see Marlon and the Universe Boss called up for the one day leg. Might at least see some entertainment.
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flibbertyjibber
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Was no before and still no.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
They had a good day 26th August 2017.
flibbertyjibber
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Na, they had a good day on 25th, the 26th was a very good day.
SillyCowCorner1
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What is this now? Like the Solar Eclipse?
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
13 years on and they're awful.
Second Spitter
State Vice-Captain
Anglo-Caribbean Union. Because in the Spanish-Caribbean Union they play béisbol.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
In the 2000s we had a passable batting lineup (Gayle, Sarwan, Shiv, Lara) and no bowlers worthy of the name.
Now we have world class seamers and plenty more to come, hopefully a decent spinner in Cornwall.
But the batting is a joke. Until this changes we will always be 8 or 9 in the rankings.
a massive zebra
International Captain
Very harsh considering they won a Test series against your own team recently. Their current bowling attack is much better than it was 13 years ago and probably one of the best of its generation. I don't think any side in the world could have handled Bumrah yesterday.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
England aren’t particularly good either.
Slifer
International Captain
Wi's problem is clearly their batting. Even against England the lower order bailed us out more often than I would've liked. Teams like india, Australia and rsa will continue to destroy us at home (possibly nz as well.). Obviously, we have no chance away. But as pointed out, we did hammer a decent England team recently who swept SL away, same SL team swept rsa away. So England aren't that poor.
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
Until this series they'd had a pretty good run at home; beat England, easily beat Bangladesh, drew with SL & came within an over of drawing with Pakistan.
They're terrible away from home but have been like that for over 20 years. Least worst was probably under Gayle for a while where they scrapped pretty hard in a few series.
They're terrible away from home but have been like that for over 20 years. Least worst was probably under Gayle for a while where they scrapped pretty hard in a few series.
kyear2
International Coach
There is some talent though. Shai Hopeand Pooran have skills to work with and can have a future. Hetmyer needs to apply himself, period. It's almost embarrassing at times. Chase can be solid, but I have little hope for the rest.
Must say don't like the idea of Cornwall in the team, but I imagine it's just me probably.
Slifer
International Captain
India did to wi what they did to SL . SL swept rsa away. Wi are a poor batting side and that's essentially what let them down immensely this series. India are just better in each department than the wi atm. No need to panic. Our batsmen need to pull a Steve Smith and work on themselves with extensive net sessions.
the big bambino
International Captain
The problem with WI batting might be the persistent one over the state of pitches that seem to favour fast bowling. Some of the WI batsmen do better on tour than at home. Braithwaite by about 4 runs, Hetmyer 7. Hope and Bravo more so. Though Blackwood and Holder to better at home. There is a pretty distinct comparison for the seamers as well. They do much better at home. Could be the pitches are exaggerating the effectiveness of the bowling while suppressing the development of the batting.
Starfighter
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the big bambino
International Captain
Not that its conclusive either but I wonder what the batting averages look like.