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So four rounds have gone and now the PCL is on a break until Febuary6th.
Guyana lead the table and tbh they deserve it having bowled and batted well apart from one ridiculous collapse when they lost to Barbados despite only chasing 69 runs (smh) . In the competition thus far most of the better players missing either through "personal reasons" ala Darren Bravo,Kieran Powell,Kirk Edwards, Rampaul or they are with the national team in South Africa. Therefore the comp has been made up of talented youngsters and some regular first class players. This combination has seen scores be inconsistent but in this last round it seemed to be improving.
Pooran finally started some games and looks pretty decent...when you see the fearless way he bats he really does remind me of a young Gilcrist. It's a big call and of course he'll have to work hard and really stay focused to get anywhere near that level.
Beaton continues to look very decent too..Guyana is a side boasting two spinners in Bishoo and Permaul, the latter is the competitions top wicket taker with over 30 wickets already...so Beaton hasn't had loads of overs to bowl but he's still done well and looked dangerous.
Vishual Singh also scored a brilliant 140 for Guyana in the last match...he's often struggled to get in the side with Chanderpaul, Deonarine, Fudadin and Johnson infront of him but since three of those have departed he's come in and really this was his breakthrough innings...the commentators claim he looked a class above so hopefully that continues.
Meanwhile Mindley...the young jamaican bowler has really done well in his debut season.
All in all it's been ok and with the season extended and players now being full pro's i think we'll see the benefits of this within the next few years.
Guyana lead the table and tbh they deserve it having bowled and batted well apart from one ridiculous collapse when they lost to Barbados despite only chasing 69 runs (smh) . In the competition thus far most of the better players missing either through "personal reasons" ala Darren Bravo,Kieran Powell,Kirk Edwards, Rampaul or they are with the national team in South Africa. Therefore the comp has been made up of talented youngsters and some regular first class players. This combination has seen scores be inconsistent but in this last round it seemed to be improving.
Pooran finally started some games and looks pretty decent...when you see the fearless way he bats he really does remind me of a young Gilcrist. It's a big call and of course he'll have to work hard and really stay focused to get anywhere near that level.
Beaton continues to look very decent too..Guyana is a side boasting two spinners in Bishoo and Permaul, the latter is the competitions top wicket taker with over 30 wickets already...so Beaton hasn't had loads of overs to bowl but he's still done well and looked dangerous.
Vishual Singh also scored a brilliant 140 for Guyana in the last match...he's often struggled to get in the side with Chanderpaul, Deonarine, Fudadin and Johnson infront of him but since three of those have departed he's come in and really this was his breakthrough innings...the commentators claim he looked a class above so hopefully that continues.
Meanwhile Mindley...the young jamaican bowler has really done well in his debut season.
All in all it's been ok and with the season extended and players now being full pro's i think we'll see the benefits of this within the next few years.
