*Official* India in West Indies 2019

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yep their record of developing talent is abysmal.

Lemme add a few more names...

Donavan Pagan
Leon Garrick
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Stuart Williams
David Bernard jr. (I thought he was gonna be our next best AR after Sobers)

 

[Beamer]

Pagan looked all class until he inevitably hot out for 30. Garrick was also a talent but a maverick.

Xavier Marshall was amazing at under 19 level also. The fact not a single one of these names made it is shameful.

 

[Beamer]

I still think the biggest waste was Barath. He had everything you need to be a class batsman.

Something is massively wrong when you really think about it.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Pagan looked all class until he inevitably hot out for 30. Garrick was also a talent but a maverick.

Xavier Marshall was amazing at under 19 level also. The fact not a single one of these names made it is shameful.

I remember being glued to the radio when him and Gayle put on that record 400+ opening partnership. Makes me feel old.

 

[Daemon]

Adrian Barath.. did so well all throughout his childhood at every age group, tonned up against Anderson and co. in an A game and then of course that brilliant ton at the Gabba on debut. Whatever happened?

 

[h_hurricane]

West Indies Legends?
Bowler Tests Wickets Average Strike rate Economy 5wi 10wm
Andy Roberts 47 202 25.61 55.1 2.78 11 2
Wes Hall 48 192 26.38 54.2 2.91 9 1
Kemar Roach 54 189 26.95 51.3 3.14 9 1


Roach is so under rated.

 

[vcs]

He's been delivering consistently for a couple of years now. Never knew he was such a useful biffer with the bat either LOL. He gets very nice shape on those outswingers from wide of the crease.

Needs to stay fit and fix some of his awful overseas numbers to be compared with the greats though.

 

[Beamer]

I remember being glued to the radio when him and Gayle put on that record 400+ opening partnership. Makes me feel old.

Me too! Two yougnsters scoring all those runs at the time

Adrian Barath.. did so well all throughout his childhood at every age group, tonned up against Anderson and co. in an A game and then of course that brilliant ton at the Gabba on debut. Whatever happened?

Mentally lost it. Earned a fair amount of money through the Champions League and the IPL. Never had the same love for cricket. Got dropped from the West Indies side then couldn't even make runs for T & T. Once they dropped him he retired and is now a Jehovas witness. A terrible waste of talent. If this happened to one or two players you would say fair enough, some just aren't mentally strong enough for International sport. But this happens to so many West Indians who dominate at age group level, so something is very very wrong with our system.

He's been delivering consistently for a couple of years now. Never knew he was such a useful biffer with the bat either LOL. He gets very nice shape on those outswingers from wide of the crease.

Needs to stay fit and fix some of his awful overseas numbers to be compared with the greats though.

Yeah I would say he is one of the World's best at the moment but to stay there and really cement his place in West Indian cricket history he needs to perform well on a couple of away tours. England next year is a huge opportunity for him.

 

[Beamer]

There seems to be almost complete consensus among West Indies fans that Paul and Cornwall should come in for Brooks and Cummins. This is very rare indeed!

Just you watch the idiots pick Brooks and play no spinner.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Me too! Two yougnsters scoring all those runs at the time

Man, Busta Cup was great FC cricket, Red Stripe as well...I think the lost it a bit with Carib Beer

There seems to be almost complete consensus among West Indies fans that Paul and Cornwall should come in for Brooks and Cummins. This is very rare indeed!

Just you watch the idiots pick Brooks and play no spinner.

They'll say that both of them justified their spots.

 

[Beamer]

Man, Busta Cup was great FC cricket, Red Stripe as well...I think the lost it a bit with Carib Beer


They'll say that both of them justified their spots.

Do you remember Hoops returning for Guyana and bossing it? Scored ludicrous amounts of runs.

 

[Beamer]

From the soundbites I have heard and the pictures of the pitch, I think Rakheem is very unlikely to play. I think that will be a very bad call as Sabina Park always spins.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Courtesy of Ian Bishop

 

[Daemon]

Some juicy cracks there, but maybe the grass will just hold it all together and they won't widen.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I too agree about the need for a spinner at Sabina Park, domestically Nikita Miller always seems to take plenty of wickets @ 15odd so there is definitely a bit there

 

[Starfighter]

Can't wait to see Cornwall's being not picked being announced soon.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rahkeem's making his debut
Wooo!

Shai Hope out, Hamilton in...No Cummins

 

[h_hurricane]

Of late, I have been itching to watch Indian fast bowlers more than our batsmen. How times have changed.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Of late, I have been itching to watch Indian fast-medium (at best) bowlers more than our batsmen. How times have changed.

Ftfy

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We are already inconsistent with our lenghts...and it's not the 5th over yet