Richard
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I have.Has anyone?
I have.Has anyone?
There hasn't been much to watch but I'm confident we would beat England without too much troubleYou have watched us play test cricket recently, right?
This should be in Cricket Humour, right Richard?This has to rank as one of the more bizarre threads - serious ones, that is - of recent times...
For all the difference that'll make...?It's an inescapable fact that we're really rather plop at ODIs & have been for years for that matter, but I'm fairly confident we'd beat the Windies in a test series. We got mullered 5-0 by Sri Lanka in our summer and still came back to beat Pakistan in the tests afterwards.
Presumably we'd also have Cook, Hoggard & Harmison back and players like Bell and Panesar seem better suited to the longer game too.
I know you aren't a fan, but I struggle to believe he's not a better test bowler than Plunkett, Tremlett, Lewis or Mahmood.For all the difference that'll make...?
On his day, yes. He is also just as bad the rest of the time.I know you aren't a fan, but I struggle to believe he's not a better test bowler than Plunkett, Tremlett, Lewis or Mahmood.
Lewis?I know you aren't a fan, but I struggle to believe he's not a better test bowler than Plunkett, Tremlett, Lewis or Mahmood.
Do you foresee West Indies playing 5-Test home series again?A 5 Test series would end 2-1 (England) if played in the West Indies. Possibly 3-1 or 4-0 in England with England on top again. The West Indies played better Test cricket last year, but still have not learnt how to win Test matches and certainly not a Test series. Every game would go to day 5 though.
Really? I wouldn't say that as confidently.A 5 Test series would end 2-1 (England) if played in the West Indies. Possibly 3-1 or 4-0 in England with England on top again. The West Indies played better Test cricket last year, but still have not learnt how to win Test matches and certainly not a Test series. Every game would go to day 5 though.
If we ever get good again. Which we will. Just not sure when.Do you foresee West Indies playing 5-Test home series again?
Only 3 of the last 10 West Indies Tests have failed to reach the 5th day. 2 of them were lost and 1 saw day four and five rained out. I'm pretty confident in the West Indies' ability to take the game to the 5th day of late.Really? I wouldn't say that as confidently.
Has it been a choice of touring sides, then?If we ever get good again. Which we will. Just not sure when.
The tendency has been to host two teams in the season - one full series and one shorter series. It's also typically been a headlining team for the full series (Australia, England, India, South Africa) and a less supported team for the second series. I don't think the touring teams have a choice in the matter, but I'm certain that the West Indies will, in general, start playing shorter series due to being one of the poorer sides in world cricket. No longer is a 5-Test series with the West Indies an attractive showcase.Has it been a choice of touring sides, then?
I thought the 5-Test series was simply out-of-vogue at the current time... with everyone except England.
Since June 2003 WI have won 1 test that hasnt been against the minnows.In a 3 match series, West Indies would win 2-0 in England and 3-0 at home.