wat evr hapnd 2 Merv Dillon

[kegman]

any 1?

 

[Craig]

I would say he is out of favour with the West Indies selectors.

The way this injury crisis is going, he may soon be going to England.

 

[Sehwag309]

Saw him on Cricket PPV

He is playing for New York in the Current American Pro Cricket Series

Here is a pic of what it looks like to play cricket in the US of A

 

[Craig]

It must be unusual playing cricket on a baseball pitch.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

i would say the pitch doesnt even look straight..

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

20-over stuff from what I hear. Ganga is playing there also and Collymore was there before his callup.

 

[Revelation]

he had a terrible tour of SA and i agree with the decision to leave him out. If its a thrust for the future then Dillon hasn't a role to play there. Personally i would rather to see a few losses now and a great team in a few few years than an average team for the next few years. Incidentally, while many are criticising, here is what the WI has done under Lara's 2nd stint. Ranking is at the time of playing. WI's ranking of 8th has not changed.

Australia (4 Tests): 3-1 West Indies [Aussies ranked 1st] West Indies and India are the only team to beat Australia in the last few years.

Sri Lanka (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [SL ranked 6th]

Zimbabwe (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [Zim ranked 9th]

South Africa (4 Tests): 3-0 West Indies [SA ranked 2nd]

England (4 Tests): 3-0 West Indies [England ranked 4th]

Bangladesh (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [Ban ranked 10th]

England* (4 Tests):2-0 West Indies [Eng ranked 2nd]

*Still in Progress.

WI has faced some very tough opposition in the last 18 months. We managed to beat the two teams below us and a team with the #1 bowler in Murali, above us. We haven't played Pakistan, India or New Zealand, who were recently whitewashed 3-0 by England. Now i'm not saying that we're going to thrash those teams, but teams like India and Pakistan still give you a chance, not like South Africa, Australia and the improving England.

 

[Swervy]

he had a terrible tour of SA and i agree with the decision to leave him out. If its a thrust for the future then Dillon hasn't a role to play there. Personally i would rather to see a few losses now and a great team in a few few years than an average team for the next few years. Incidentally, while many are criticising, here is what the WI has done under Lara's 2nd stint. Ranking is at the time of playing. WI's ranking of 8th has not changed.

Australia (4 Tests): 3-1 West Indies [Aussies ranked 1st] West Indies and India are the only team to beat Australia in the last few years.

Sri Lanka (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [SL ranked 6th]

Zimbabwe (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [Zim ranked 9th]

South Africa (4 Tests): 3-0 West Indies [SA ranked 2nd]

England (4 Tests): 3-0 West Indies [England ranked 4th]

Bangladesh (2 Tests): 0-1 West Indies [Ban ranked 10th]

England* (4 Tests):2-0 West Indies [Eng ranked 2nd]

*Still in Progress.

WI has faced some very tough opposition in the last 18 months. We managed to beat the two teams below us and a team with the #1 bowler in Murali, above us. We haven't played Pakistan, India or New Zealand, who were recently whitewashed 3-0 by England. Now i'm not saying that we're going to thrash those teams, but teams like India and Pakistan still give you a chance, not like South Africa, Australia and the improving England.

iagree...i think that the teams that can be unrelenting with the pressure will easy beat WI coz they are so young, but talent wise, I think there are a lot of players in this WI team who hold their head up and look good, and if the opposition arent paying attention then WI can pull out some good results

 

[marc71178]

Australia (4 Tests): 3-1 West Indies [Aussies ranked 1st] West Indies and India are the only team to beat Australia in the last few years.

It's only 18 months since England beat them...

 

[garage flower]

As the young quicks continue to struggle with injuries and erratic form, I think Merv will get another recall over the next 12 months.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

he had a terrible tour of SA and i agree with the decision to leave him out.

Dillon didn't take wickets in South Africa, but IMO he looked more like taking wickets than any other bowler. Very unlucky on that tour.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

WI has faced some very tough opposition in the last 18 months. We managed to beat the two teams below us and a team with the #1 bowler in Murali, above us. We haven't played Pakistan, India or New Zealand, who were recently whitewashed 3-0 by England. Now i'm not saying that we're going to thrash those teams, but teams like India and Pakistan still give you a chance, not like South Africa, Australia and the improving England.

The only team we beat convincingly in the last year and a half is Sri Lanka. By all rights we should have thrashed Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[steds]

I don't even think that Zimbabwe should be counted, with the state that they're in at the moment

 

[Revelation]

but we weren't thrashed, okay. The series results would show that the WI won.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Dillon didn't take wickets in South Africa, but IMO he looked more like taking wickets than any other bowler. Very unlucky on that tour.

He looked pretty decent in the one day games vs England as well.

 

[Revelation]

Steds, we played Zimbabwe last August before this crisis flared its head.

 

[steds]

sorry

my mistake

 

[steds]

but still-they were hardly the best team in the world then either

 

[marc71178]

And neither were the Bangladesh side that drew a game in the Windies back in May/June!

 

[Revelation]

but we didn't lose either. That and the fact that that game was marred by quite a bit of rain.