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marc71178 said:
it was made as a whole team, parts of the team may be 110% behind blewy and parts may not be, but the team wont reach its potential if there is friction within its ranks.
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*Official* CW XI Media Coverage
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it was made as a whole team, parts of the team may be 110% behind blewy and parts may not be, but the team wont reach its potential if there is friction within its ranks.
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Hence I can't be contributing to the failure can I?Neil Pickup said:
superkingdave
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Mail On Sunday
Fans Want Pickup
Exclusive by Martin Jenkins-Christopher
The Mail on Sunday can today exclusively reveal the result of an important poll on the future of the CW side. With speculation surrounding the leadership of the side and rumours that a new coach may want to bring in a new captain, the Mail on Sunday asked you the people who you thought should be the next CW captain after Brendan Goff.
The result was astonishing, a resounding 67% of respondants replied that they wanted to see CW Black captain Neil Pickup installed after his succesful season with the Blacks. A further 20% suggested firebrand Marc Robbins could fill the role. The two would have somewhat different styles as captain, with Marc definately from the Nasser Hussain school of captaincy. Neither of the players were available to comment, as it is likely they are expressing their support for under fire Goff, whilst secretly harbouring ambitions of securing the job.
The fans, though, have had their say and the Pickup bandwagon is up and rolling, and the Mail on Sunday can't see Goff's performances picking up enought to de-rail it.
Next week in the Mail on Sunday: Exposed - The Foreign invaders who threaten our national game
Fans Want Pickup
Exclusive by Martin Jenkins-Christopher
The Mail on Sunday can today exclusively reveal the result of an important poll on the future of the CW side. With speculation surrounding the leadership of the side and rumours that a new coach may want to bring in a new captain, the Mail on Sunday asked you the people who you thought should be the next CW captain after Brendan Goff.
The result was astonishing, a resounding 67% of respondants replied that they wanted to see CW Black captain Neil Pickup installed after his succesful season with the Blacks. A further 20% suggested firebrand Marc Robbins could fill the role. The two would have somewhat different styles as captain, with Marc definately from the Nasser Hussain school of captaincy. Neither of the players were available to comment, as it is likely they are expressing their support for under fire Goff, whilst secretly harbouring ambitions of securing the job.
The fans, though, have had their say and the Pickup bandwagon is up and rolling, and the Mail on Sunday can't see Goff's performances picking up enought to de-rail it.
Next week in the Mail on Sunday: Exposed - The Foreign invaders who threaten our national game
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I want the full 100% accounted for!
superkingdave
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Cloete 6%
Simon 4%
Don't Know 3%
Simon 4%
Don't Know 3%
age_master
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lol, cant have a bowler in charge
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Nnanden said:
old cliche about bowler captains never being any good
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A while after the VB Series.
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Whilst it's an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as "Test Captaincy", I feel that this speculation, both from the media and from other players, over the role is damaging team unity.
As it stands, Brendon is captain and as far as I'm concerned will remain so until either the Board or himself decides that this arrangement should no longer continue.
As it stands, Brendon is captain and as far as I'm concerned will remain so until either the Board or himself decides that this arrangement should no longer continue.
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Warne, Benaud and Kumble aren't/weren't half bad, neither.
All leggies, also!
All leggies, also!
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The CricketWeb Times
CWBCC IN ODI CRAZE?
CricketWeb XI approaching Indian schedules
The CW Board of Cricket Control has been under fire lately for arranging "meaningless" series, especially the latest 5-ODI series with Zimbabwe that came under fire from a variety of experienced Dev League players, including leg-spinner Neil Pickup, Australian seamer Kyle Wright, all-rounder Nathan Hoy and Norwegian wicketkeeper Håkon Mørk. The CW Times can today reveal astonishing statistics that prove that the CW XI is on the way to becoming the new India as far as the Test vs ODI ratio is concerned.
With the VB tri-series coming up in Australia, the CW XI could play as many as nine ODIs, and are guaranteed six. However, there has been no promise of a Test series, except for a vague statement from a CWBCC board member that it will be "a while after the VB series". That would leave the CW team with a very poor ratio of Tests to ODIs since the World Cup:
4 Tests in Pakistan
5 ODIs in Pakistan
2 Tests in Bangladesh
3 ODIs in Bangladesh
7 ODIs in Chairman's Trophy
3 Tests v Sri Lanka
5 ODIs v Zimbabwe
6-9 ODIs in VB Series
That gives a neat sum of 9 Tests to 26-29 ODIs since the CW World Cup - a ratio only matched by the most ODI-crazed nations of the subcontinent. Compare that to the statistics of the 2003 and 2003/04 seasons, only Pakistan had played more than 75 % ODIs - and New Zealand and India had played exactly 75 %. The average percentage stood at 67 % - a ratio of 1 Test to 2 ODIs. If the CW team does reach the final - not too unlikely given the CW World Cup results - the team will have played 29 ODIs and 9 Tests, which means 76 % of the CW matches have been ODI cricket.
With the CW population crazy about cricket - and especially Test cricket, as has been shown by numerous polls - it baffles several prominent players that this has been so. Dave Watt, a promising fast bowler, commented to the Times' journalist that "basically we want more Tests", which is understandable. Mr Pickup went into more depths about these sentiments, stating that "if the stats...are correct, we're really disadvantaging ourselves in the longer game. The board owes it to the players and the fans to redress this imbalance as soon as possible to help the side through its Test woes."
With crowds peaking in CW Test matches, and the ODI matches against Zimbabwe reaching a new level of indifference, one has to ponder the decisions of the CWBCC in this respect. Given the poor record of the CW Test side, one also has to ask whether this is because the Test players do not get enough international experience - especially as the Test side is so different from the ODI side, with only Andrew Cloete, Marc Robbins, Brendon Goff, and Neil Pickup as the regulars in both forms of cricket.
CWBCC IN ODI CRAZE?
CricketWeb XI approaching Indian schedules
The CW Board of Cricket Control has been under fire lately for arranging "meaningless" series, especially the latest 5-ODI series with Zimbabwe that came under fire from a variety of experienced Dev League players, including leg-spinner Neil Pickup, Australian seamer Kyle Wright, all-rounder Nathan Hoy and Norwegian wicketkeeper Håkon Mørk. The CW Times can today reveal astonishing statistics that prove that the CW XI is on the way to becoming the new India as far as the Test vs ODI ratio is concerned.
With the VB tri-series coming up in Australia, the CW XI could play as many as nine ODIs, and are guaranteed six. However, there has been no promise of a Test series, except for a vague statement from a CWBCC board member that it will be "a while after the VB series". That would leave the CW team with a very poor ratio of Tests to ODIs since the World Cup:
4 Tests in Pakistan
5 ODIs in Pakistan
2 Tests in Bangladesh
3 ODIs in Bangladesh
7 ODIs in Chairman's Trophy
3 Tests v Sri Lanka
5 ODIs v Zimbabwe
6-9 ODIs in VB Series
That gives a neat sum of 9 Tests to 26-29 ODIs since the CW World Cup - a ratio only matched by the most ODI-crazed nations of the subcontinent. Compare that to the statistics of the 2003 and 2003/04 seasons, only Pakistan had played more than 75 % ODIs - and New Zealand and India had played exactly 75 %. The average percentage stood at 67 % - a ratio of 1 Test to 2 ODIs. If the CW team does reach the final - not too unlikely given the CW World Cup results - the team will have played 29 ODIs and 9 Tests, which means 76 % of the CW matches have been ODI cricket.
With the CW population crazy about cricket - and especially Test cricket, as has been shown by numerous polls - it baffles several prominent players that this has been so. Dave Watt, a promising fast bowler, commented to the Times' journalist that "basically we want more Tests", which is understandable. Mr Pickup went into more depths about these sentiments, stating that "if the stats...are correct, we're really disadvantaging ourselves in the longer game. The board owes it to the players and the fans to redress this imbalance as soon as possible to help the side through its Test woes."
With crowds peaking in CW Test matches, and the ODI matches against Zimbabwe reaching a new level of indifference, one has to ponder the decisions of the CWBCC in this respect. Given the poor record of the CW Test side, one also has to ask whether this is because the Test players do not get enough international experience - especially as the Test side is so different from the ODI side, with only Andrew Cloete, Marc Robbins, Brendon Goff, and Neil Pickup as the regulars in both forms of cricket.
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No full comment for the CWBCC at this point in time, but we will say that plans for Test match tours to South Africa and somewhere on the subcontinent (likely India) are in the works. Further details of these tours will come as the ICC assign them to us.
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Don't we have a 10 year plan?Mr Mxyzptlk said: