Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Yep, Brathwaite was into his 14th hour at the crease in the last few days. Cribbage had lured me away from watered-down policy though, and I lost.Hope you didn't listen to me.
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**Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies
- Thread starter BeeGee
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This Bangladesh team is joke. They can't even take on pacers that are ranked 8th in the world rankings. Can you imagine what would happen if they were facing the Australians or South African pacers? they should be removed from test status completely until they get their infrastructure right.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
They are good at home.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
They've won one test match at home in their entire history.
They might get thrashed less at home, but they are a long way from good.
They might get thrashed less at home, but they are a long way from good.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
They drew 0-0 against us and although we are not the highest ranked team in the world - our team is test standard.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Taylor and Roach are a better opening combination than plenty of other Test attacks and you'd expect the Windies to probably beat Pakistan, Sri Lanka and have a crack at England and India at home.
But yeah there's been no improvement from Bangladesh.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
So what does Gabriel have to do to step up to the next level? he's hitting speeds of 150 and can maintain that in a spell...so is it just a matter of him starting to move the ball slightly either way to get the rewards? His run-up seems to have improve which i guess Amby has had him working on...now it's a matter of getting him to move the ball now which he can do as i've seen it with my own eyes...he just needs the confidence to keep working on it.
Anyway what can i say about Roach? he's just getting better and better and like i've said before he's clearly a world class performer. No doubt the major tests will come in India and SA later this year but right now he can do no wrong. I just can't wait to finally see Narine backing him up...it's crazy how they've only played two tests together (smh) and both of those were won against NZ.
Anyway what can i say about Roach? he's just getting better and better and like i've said before he's clearly a world class performer. No doubt the major tests will come in India and SA later this year but right now he can do no wrong. I just can't wait to finally see Narine backing him up...it's crazy how they've only played two tests together (smh) and both of those were won against NZ.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
In material terms using the strict accounting definition of the word material there has been no improvement away from home.
But if we split hairs about it they have Shakib and Rahim both of whom are test standard players now. Five or Six years ago they had nobody.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
The funny thing is Hendrix Taylor and Roach as a pair haven't even played with Narine yet
..Clearly we have an attack then could potentially be right up there..especially the way Roach is heading (top four pacer at the moment imo). It's just a matter of sorting the batting unit longterm...looks like Kirk Edwards is coming to the end...hope Blackwood can get a score if we bat again.
OverratedSanity
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Hope Roach kicks on and goes on a good injury-free run. Have always believed he could be an awesome bowler.
Flem274*
123/5
Bowl more than fast pies.
Get Holder in.
And stop whinging about not having the thrower who only cares about T20.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
You must be confused Flem!!..Shilly doesn't play t20s these days....
WindieWeathers
International Regular
Not the next best thing by any means...and we do have Beaton, Cummins, Cotterrell, Delorn Johnson, Ray Jordan etc waiting in the wings...but as Mitchell Johnson has shown over the last year..when you have pace and control you can be major force. Gabriel has the pace and now he just needs to work on the other areas...lately he's been averaging two wickets per innings which isn't all that bad.