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***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Chin Music said:
I thought the reasoning behind it was to give his bowlers more time to bowl at Windies before stumps when there was more help for them. If they had taken more one wicket then that decision might have paid off.
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We would have had two wickets if Smith didn't drop braithwaite....
 
Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Regular
Nas207 said:
Astonishing stuff. WI definitely not back, but holy **** is Joseph a star. Probably the greatest spell of quick bowling since Ambrose?
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I think they will only be truly back if they produce batsmen in the class of Lara , Richards and Sobers again ..

However Test Cricket rewards fast bowling like no other format..

You can be a side in complete turmoil, but if you have some fast bowlers at your disposal you always have a punchers chance against even the best teams..Fast bowlers are gold dust in Test Cricket.
 
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Nas207

School Boy/Girl Captain
Silver Silva said:
I think they will only be truly back if they produce batsmen in the class of Lara , Richards and Sobers again ..

However Test Cricket rewards fast bowling like no other format..

You can be a side in complete turmoil, but if you have some fast bowlers at your disposal you always have a punchers chance against even the best teams..Fast bowlers are gold dust in Test Cricket.
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Feel like WI can always produce fast bowlers. Shamar Joseph has literally just walked off a beach. The batting is the main issue since domestic cricket is dead
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Silver Silva said:
I think they will only be truly back if they produce batsmen in the class of Lara , Richards and Sobers again ..

However Test Cricket rewards fast bowling like no other format..

You can be a side in complete turmoil, but if you have some fast bowlers at your disposal you always have a punchers chance against even the best teams..Fast bowlers are gold dust in Test Cricket.
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Don't need to go that far tbh. Sarwan, Chanders and Richardson would be good enough to make them consistently competitive
 
Q

Qlder

International Debutant
Picking this as the ODI XI for Friday

Smith (c)
Head
Short
Labuschagne
Fraser-McGurk
Green
Inglis +
Sutherland
Abbott
Zampa
Morris

[Hardie, Bartlett]
 
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Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
Yeah in that situation you have to trust your partner for 1-2 balls an over and hope they don’t get an unplayable one. Smith did nothing wrong.
 
TheJediBrah

TheJediBrah

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Chubb said:
Yeah in that situation you have to trust your partner for 1-2 balls an over and hope they don’t get an unplayable one. Smith did nothing wrong.
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As Burgey pointed out earlier, if Smith doesn't take the single there they probably bowl 2 bouncers at him and Haze has 6 balls to face next over

If I'm being harsh I would say that Smith maybe should have gone for a few more boundaries than he did at the end and tried to finish it quicker, or even worked some more 2s which were on offer
 
Beamer

Beamer

International Vice-Captain
Having had some time to reflect on this a bit more, I think basically we won due to an all time great bowling performance from Shamarh. It's obviously amazing that we've found him and bowling like that will win us lots of tests in the future.

But I don't want to get too carried away with the whole '7 uncapped players' thing. Our batting was only really passable in this test, if that. Two of the debutants batted solidly in Hodge and Sinclair, but Greaves was pretty hopeless and Athanaze struggled. McKenzie looked super but found ways to get out and not carry on.

So I hope they don't keep this exact side together just because they won. I hope they make sensible decisions based on the upcoming 4 day tournament. If Brandon King scores loads, he should come into the side. Holder should come back for Greaves and any young batsman scoring centuries consistently should be invested in.

With Seales to come back, the attack looks good. This win was awesome, I loved it, but we need to keep progressing now.
 
Slifer

Slifer

International Captain
Beamer said:
Having had some time to reflect on this a bit more, I think basically we won due to an all time great bowling performance from Shamarh. It's obviously amazing that we've found him and bowling like that will win us lots of tests in the future.

But I don't want to get too carried away with the whole '7 uncapped players' thing. Our batting was only really passable in this test, if that. Two of the debutants batted solidly in Hodge and Sinclair, but Greaves was pretty hopeless and Athanaze struggled. McKenzie looked super but found ways to get out and not carry on.

So I hope they don't keep this exact side together just because they won. I hope they make sensible decisions based on the upcoming 4 day tournament. If Brandon King scores loads, he should come into the side. Holder should come back for Greaves and any young batsman scoring centuries consistently should be invested in.

With Seales to come back, the attack looks good. This win was awesome, I loved it, but we need to keep progressing now.
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My thoughts exactly. Wi are still at the bottom of the heap, but this win should inspire us to realize the possibilities. The bowling attack should depend on the wicket with Roach, Seales and Shamar being sure things, then a spinner or one of Holder/Azhari.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Beamer said:
Having had some time to reflect on this a bit more, I think basically we won due to an all time great bowling performance from Shamarh. It's obviously amazing that we've found him and bowling like that will win us lots of tests in the future.

But I don't want to get too carried away with the whole '7 uncapped players' thing. Our batting was only really passable in this test, if that. Two of the debutants batted solidly in Hodge and Sinclair, but Greaves was pretty hopeless and Athanaze struggled. McKenzie looked super but found ways to get out and not carry on.

So I hope they don't keep this exact side together just because they won. I hope they make sensible decisions based on the upcoming 4 day tournament. If Brandon King scores loads, he should come into the side. Holder should come back for Greaves and any young batsman scoring centuries consistently should be invested in.

With Seales to come back, the attack looks good. This win was awesome, I loved it, but we need to keep progressing now.
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I reckon Greaves could be a better pick for the ODI side. His List A batting record is much better, particularly the last season or two where he gunned it despite not bowling (I think he just wasn't fit to bowl?)
 
F

fishyguy

U19 12th Man
I dont want Jason Holder back..he sucks.... Future is Joseph/Joseph/Seales/and a 4th bowler TBD...Batting wise Shai Hope needs to be included he is obviously the best batsman in the islands....no idea why he wasnt playing in Australia.. Tejnarine is pretty bad as well and Braithwaite is quite terrible too
 
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