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Looks pretty close to full strength tbf.Anyone knows why Paul Stirling is in an emerging Irish team at this point of his career?
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Looks pretty close to full strength tbf.Anyone knows why Paul Stirling is in an emerging Irish team at this point of his career?
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Pretty much, most of the Test regulars are in there.Looks pretty close to full strength tbf.
The irony is loud on this one. Each country/island possesses a dish that includes various ingredients coming together to make the food stand out.checking out my usual west indian haunts, it's just the usual reaction to the test just gone.
drop one **** player for another. your island is ****. my island is less ****.
It's definitely a bandaid solution, but I think at the very least King should be there. If Shai was happy to keep I'd have him ahead of Josh as well.Brandon King played some fc cricket in the domestic season so he appears to have made himself available, Shai Hope has said he wants to play some red ball cricket before playing tests again.
Pooran is probably the only other white ball player who West Indies would slot into a test XI at the minute.
I got that alert and though I haven’t read Lara’s book yet , I will get a copy now to judge how it comes over and in what contextGotta love this drama,
Viv Richards and Carl Hooper have strongly hit back at former West Indies team-mate Brian Lara for "gross misrepresentations" in his book - Lara: The England Chronicles. In a joint statement released on Sunday, both former West Indies captains have rejected Lara's "claim" that Richards made Hooper "cry once a week", describing it as "categorically false", and asked the latter to "issue a sincere apology for the harm caused."
"Sir Vivian Richards and Mr. Carl Hooper are deeply disheartened by the gross misrepresentations made about them in Mr. Brian Lara's recently released book," the duo said in a statement put out by Hooper. "The allegations presented not only distort the reality of their relationship but also impugn their characters in an unjust and harmful manner."
Richards, Hooper hit back at Lara for 'gross misrepresentations' in his book
The duo's joint statement called Lara's 'claim' of Richards making Hooper cry categorically falsewww.espncricinfo.com
The Caribbean Cricket Podcast guys did a live show on Monday where what to do with Alzarri was discussed. Since we don't stand a chance to make the WTC finals, why not bring in one of the better performers from the domestic circuit in and groom them well like how we brought Shamar. Alzarri is a better white ball bowler than red ball. His style of bowling is back of a length and gets too predictable. Looking at how Jayden attacks outside the sixth stump and seeing Alzarri bowling without his head is frustrating.A couple of thoughts on our test team moving forward after the last test.
What do we do with Alzarri? He is partially effective, taking wickets at around 30-35 pretty consistently. But he has been around for 8 years now and doesn't appear to be improving in red ball cricket. He bowls at 90mph but his lines and lengths are inconsistent. Jayden Seales has been playing for a couple of years only and looks like a far more effective campaigner, taking his wickets at 25 a piece and generally looking more effective. Shamar has looked rusty here but achieved more in one match at the Gabba than Alzarri has so far in all his test appearances. When Roach comes back, what do we do? I think we have to drop Alzarri.
Sinclair the batsman? I rate him really highly as a young batsman and think he will eventually be good enough to bat in our top 6. But we can't deny he looked awful against Wood's pace. I hope he gets to play some A tours as a middle order batsman to test his skills, with a focus on playing high pace. His bowling is solid enough but not test class. I would say it is Roston Chase standard or just a little better. His future is surely as a batsman who can bowl some decent spin. He can never play ahead of Motie again, put it that way.
Agreed r.e Alzarri. I'd rest him for a few tests and see how some others do.The Caribbean Cricket Podcast guys did a live show on Monday where what to do with Alzarri was discussed. Since we don't stand a chance to make the WTC finals, why not bring in one of the better performers from the domestic circuit in and groom them well like how we brought Shamar. Alzarri is a better white ball bowler than red ball. His style of bowling is back of a length and gets too predictable. Looking at how Jayden attacks outside the sixth stump and seeing Alzarri bowling without his head is frustrating.
As for Sinclair, he was genuinely shellshocked. I'd back him to face the fire again.
Let me fill you in on a bada$$ stat. Kirk's played 5 tests, the same amount as Rajendra Chandrika...Agreed r.e Alzarri. I'd rest him for a few tests and see how some others do.
I hope you're right r.e Sinclair. I'd rather he was batting than McKenzie.
The guy (Akeem Jordan) that they brought in to replace Jeremiah Louis can come in for Alzarri who is ****I would bring Imlach in for McKenzie and Motie in for Sinclair or Shamar Joseph depending on conditions.
Windies have a test series against South Africa coming up in a couple of weeks and Joseph has went off a few times now with cramp and you can tell he's played little cricket since Australia.
If Roach was available then they would need to consider dropping Alzarri.