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As bad as West Indies are, Shami bowled really well. Hope he stays fit for a few years from here on in.
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*Official* West Indies v India in North America
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Yeah, I know his last two years have been not-terrible-to-approaching-decent. Just annoys me we can't find someone better than him with a billion people to choose from.
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I like him
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I dunno, I've gotten pretty chunky recently tbh
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OS posting like Trump though.
Beamer
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Agreed. Shai Hope is a middle order batsman, definitely not an opener. Johnson could be a decent stop gap opening until they decide Evin Lewis is worth a shot or another opener scores enough runs to force their way in.
Basically, the pretty rubbish but learning and developing all the time batting lineup should be:
Braithwaite
Johnson
Hope
Bravo
Blackwood
Chase
Dowrich
Holder
Bishoo
Cummins/Joseph/Best performing young quick
Gabriel
If they need a second spinner, Blackwood, Chase or Hope come out, Holder bats 7 and the spinner comes in. It's going to be a tough year or so but with that side we will definitely see improvement. What they must stop doing is playing Holder and Carlos together to protect the batting at the cost of bowling potency. Let these batsmen learn and improve and give us a chance of actually bowling teams out.
Beamer
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Jerome Taylor outbowled their seamers. He's now retired. KB, Holder and Blackwood scored centuries. They played poorly in one match and really well in the other. The same could happen in this series if they select a fast bowler to partner Gabriel. Ultimately we will lose comfortably but I could easi;y see them winning or dominating a test under the same circumstances.
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I've just caught up with the highlights and stuff - anyone notice where Saha took that catch to dismiss Samuels? I understand that he was standing back since Shami was getting bounce and so he had more time, but he still moved very nicely to pouch that safely in front of first slip without putting in the dive. Good work from him.
Were there any drop catches from the slips this time?
Were there any drop catches from the slips this time?
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There was one from Rahane which just dropped short (or so the third umpire ruled). Would be harsh to call it a drop.
