*Official* India in West Indies 2019

[trundler]

**** me, this is good from India.

 

[Beamer]

Very disappointing to have fought hard all day and to just crumble at the end like this. That's why it's test cricket, you can lose a test in 45 minutes easily.

 

[Beamer]

**** me, this is good from India.

Yep high quality bowling and unlike us they had no weak link at all.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We have to bowl out India for 67 or less in the second innings to have a shot

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rakheem would have given us some valuable runs down the order.

 

[Beamer]

Rakheem would have given us some valuable runs down the order.

Yep I hate to harp on about it but that selection decision has really screwed us over here.

 

[Starfighter]

I see Ishant's back to his old haunts. I remember reading the scorecards when he cleaned in the WI in 2011, gaining the impression he was a much better bowler than he was at the time.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yep I hate to harp on about it but that selection decision has really screwed us over here.

I don't know what to say man. They keep making **** selections time and time again.

A replacement for Keemo Paul should have been Raymon Reifer

 

[Contra]

So happy for Ishant, if he can end his career with a sub 30 average he would have done really well for us overall. Been amazing since 2014 onwards.

 

[Beamer]

I don't know what to say man. They keep making **** selections time and time again.

A replacement for Keemo Paul should have been Raymon Reifer

They really don't help themselves. It's hard to argue against people that accuse them of insularity when the likes of Brooks and Cummins have somehow made their way into the XI inspite of having at least 3 people in each position who deserve it more. Cummins even more so, at least Brooks has scored some runs here and there in A team cricket. Cummins has done nothing at all and can't bat.

Poor Rakheem.

 

[Beamer]

I see Ishant's back to his old haunts. I remember reading the scorecards when he cleaned in the WI in 2011, gaining the impression he was a much better bowler than he was at the time.

He's much improved. His dismissal of Shai Hope was typical of the rejuvenated Ishant. Admittedly he was gifted wickets by Kraigg, Chase and Hety today, but I have seen him bowl some excellent spells over the last few years so he deserves some easy wickets occasionally.

 

[Beamer]

I also have to say I am really not a fan of Floyd Reifer as a coach. We have a really good sample now with a whole World Cup, a tri series in Ireland and now the selection and make up of the Xi for this match. He really isn't impressive and the sooner they get a new coach the better.

Cricketing logic seems to be lacking. Brooks at 3? Hety at 7? Cummins playing? I have to say it reeks of Bajanism.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I also have to say I am really not a fan of Floyd Reifer as a coach. We have a really good sample now with a whole World Cup, a tri series in Ireland and now the selection and make up of the Xi for this match. He really isn't impressive and the sooner they get a new coach the better.

Cricketing logic seems to be lacking. Brooks at 3? Hety at 7? Cummins playing? I have to say it reeks of Bajanism.

If we drop them, they will go and play the Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan card

 

[Beamer]

If we drop them, they will go and play the Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan card

I'll pay for Miguel's flight to London myself . They're welcome to him!!!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'll pay for Miguel's flight to London myself . They're welcome to him!!!

Haha, yeah.

He's as ineffective as Rubel Hossain is in tests. Toothless m********r!!

 

[Beamer]

Haha, yeah.

He's as ineffective as Rubel Hossain is in tests. Toothless m********r!!

Ha! His selection is a real head scratcher. I tried putting myself in Reifer and Holder's position to work out the logic behind it. All I have is they wanted an extra seamer regardless of personnel and that he is Bajan so they know him well.

Whereas Cornwall offers control, a 2nd innings weapon and lots of lower order runs. Just unreal.

 

[TestMatch]

Why is Oshane Thomas not playing? You'd think him, Gabriel and Roach in tandem would be a formidable pace attack. Then Holder and Corwall.

Hetmeyer needs to be dropped for being an idiot. He has so much talent, but always gets out in the most jawdroppingly irresponsible ways.

Kraigg Brathwaite continues to disappoint - at one point he looked like the next Chanderpaul or Cook - and Shane Dowrich is sorely missed.

 

[cnerd123]

43 minute highlights package for Day 1 on the WICB YouTube page

Yes please

 

[Flem274*]

Why is Oshane Thomas not playing? You'd think him, Gabriel and Roach in tandem would be a formidable pace attack. Then Holder and Corwall.

Hetmeyer needs to be dropped for being an idiot. He has so much talent, but always gets out in the most jawdroppingly irresponsible ways.

Kraigg Brathwaite continues to disappoint - at one point he looked like the next Chanderpaul or Cook - and Shane Dowrich is sorely missed.

thomas was blowing hard after a few overs in odi cricket, he needs to get fitter for tests. i will never trust gabriel either, he's the most likely bowler in world cricket to go into meltdown and bowl 120kph long hop no balls with zero warning.

roach is the bees knees, and holder an excellent allrounder. the attack definitely gets built around those two.

 

[h_hurricane]

So happy for Ishant, if he can end his career with a sub 30 average he would have done really well for us overall. Been amazing since 2014 onwards.

He will have to average sub 22 for 5 years to get to that. Chances are slim. All those years of being rubbish messed up that average.

Ishant till end of 2013 took 149 wickets at 38.81. Ever since then, 123 wickets at 27.74.

If he can get to sub 32 and take 400 wickets, history will treat him as a good bowler in the Zaheer-Srinath league and a notch below Kapil.