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*Official* South Africa in West Indies
- Thread starter James
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Batting powerplay taken.@ Pollard at ODI cricket
Hope Pollard smashes some egg on my face, but he just doesn't look it right now.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
5th fastest in history to 1,000 ODI runs - only Pietersen and Richards (21), Greenidge and ten Doeschate (23) have managed it in fewer than the 24 innings it's taken Amla to reach the landmark.
popepouri
State Vice-Captain
Like this SA team a lot more. AB is capable behind the stumps, obviously not of Boucher's caliber but adds the extra batsman. One change I would make is bring in Petersen for Duminy who is struggling a lot. Other than that, the bowling looks good. McLaren is a much bowler than Albie and although he leaves a hole as a power hitter, Miller looks like a better prospect. There's also Parnell to come back from injury.
Interesting stat. Its a mystery why he has been overlooked for the likes of the well past it Gibbs all this time.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
A lot more I fear. He is far too complacent in his position and who can blame him when Fletcher is the competition chosen by the selectors?
I missed most of our chase but tuned in on time to see the local umpire give a farcical lbw decision against JT because Botha shouted at him for a few seconds longer than usual
.Oh my we are in a mess. All the alternative players are on tour, some perfectly talented players just aren't performing and our local West Indian umpires are even worse than the players.
God help us! If there are not huge changes to the squad after Monday I will not even bother watching a single ball. It simply isn't worth my time to watch people who aren't fit to wear the maroon representing me. I would think that even Mike (a very conservative West Indies fan if he doesn't mind me saying so
) will want changes after this carp.
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I haven't seen it but Cricinfo has a much different description.I missed most of our chase but tuned on in time to see the local umpire give a farcical lbw decision against JT because Botha shouted at him
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Botha to Taylor, OUT, 99.9 kph, gone this time, in bizarre fashion, it pitched in line, Taylor left it, and ushered it on to his pad, and it's plumb
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Yes I saw that and I really can't understand that commentary. Anyone watching could have told you it was going down leg side by a fair distance.
Obviously the match was already over so it doesn't really matter but the manner of the lbw decision gives an insight into just how bad these West Indian umpires are.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
"Mike want changes"?I would think that even Mike (a very conservative West Indies fan if he doesn't mind me saying so
you must be mad!! , as far as i'm concerned these players running around in the great WI shirt ARE NOT CRICKETERS!!, the same old clowns have been letting us down for years so why would things be any different now? i was calling for changes before we played Zimbabwe so that we could see if the youngsters could cut it and in turn create more options for this series but that notion was ridiculed by certain posters 
, we might not have a choice now because a white wash on home soil is simply NOT acceptable.
Xuhaib
International Coach
ask them to invite faisal iqbal also.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Let me clarify that I'm not for dropping Gayle, Sarwan or Shiv anytime soon. It's the Fletcher, Ramdin, Deonarine, Miller's of this World that need to step up big time and provide support to the men that have been carrying our ODI side for far too long. At the moment they are proving unworthy and hurting all West Indian fans with their incompetence."Mike want changes"?
The only thing that keeps me going through these few matches is the thought that soon we will have Barath, Braithwaite and Lil Bravo providing us with much joy and entertainment as they take the places of those mentioned above.
The big 3 have absolutely outstanding ODI records, dropping them would be madness.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed. What's also really concerning is the bowling as well. Would be good to see a couple outstanding bowlers, pace especially, coming throug
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Yep when Roach and Edwards are injured our pace attack lacks fire. JT is excellent but inconsistent and injury prone. Rampaul is not that quick and again ridiculously inconsistent.
Baker is rubbish, Pascal is pacy but expensive, Gabriel and Bess are tall and fast but nowhere near ready. Jason Holder is not quick but tall and has Ambrose like accuracy and menace.
In the short term I think we will have to focus on spin against teams like the Proteas tbh.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
So is Roach injured again? I was wondering why he wasn't playing tonight (wasn't at home to check). Agree on Rampaul though.
So do you think any of Gabriel/Bess/Roach/Holder have the potential to lead the attack? They are all fairly young though I suppose.
The Windies seem to be churning out the spinners, Shillingford (sp?) in particular so perhaps that could work in the short to medium turn. From what I've read from yours and other posts I don't think batting will be the main concern in the future, especially with Gayle and Sarwan still relatively young, but mainly the bowling. it must also be of concern that Roach keeps getting injured.
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