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*Official* West Indies v India in North America
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viriya
International Captain
Dude averages ~35 as a batsman.. what more does he have to do to prove himself an all-rounder?
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Batting higher than 8 on a regular occasion would be a start. At the moment he's a bowler who can bat.
Gnske
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Score runs against non-meme teams
Prince EWS
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Doing it in the top seven would be nice too.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, Kapil is significantly ahead. Mankad too was pretty solid though. Guy has two double hundreds and two 10fers. Not many out there who can claim that. Perhaps none.
OverratedSanity
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Has the number 1 bowler ranking ever been this much of a hot potato? We've had so many over the last few years... Ashwin, Yasir, Broad, Anderson, Steyn just in the last year or so and Johnson and philander had their little spells at the top (either side of Steyn at 1)before that too.
Peaceful5583
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Your location in west Bengal so I assumes you talking about India
I think Yadav in terrific form but I would like ravindra jadeja in place of
Ishan Sharma.I still not believing when he took 201 test wits for India?
If Jadeja play first test, no way WI's 9th wicket can add 95 because
His ability to removes tail easily (ball kept low average ) so he is more handy
For rest of tour, he is better batsman and in form too.
I think Yadav in terrific form but I would like ravindra jadeja in place of
Ishan Sharma.I still not believing when he took 201 test wits for India?
If Jadeja play first test, no way WI's 9th wicket can add 95 because
His ability to removes tail easily (ball kept low average ) so he is more handy
For rest of tour, he is better batsman and in form too.
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Daemon
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West Indies pick uncapped fast bowler Alzarri Joseph for second Test against India in Jamaica | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
Wow. Really exciting prospect, but is this too soon?
Wow. Really exciting prospect, but is this too soon?
OverratedSanity
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Woah. This just got exciting.
Black_Warrior
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This after 6 years of Steyn being number 1. Uncanny how similar it is to the fortunes of the SA test side. They were consistently number 1 for probably the longest period this decade since the Australian team of the 00s, and since being dethroned, the top ranked test teams will keep playing musical chairs just like top ranked test bowlers
Prince EWS
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Doubt he'll play tbh.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
It is sooner than ideal but with Roach bowling at 40% capacity and Taylor calling it quits our fast bowling is suddenly at an all-time low. So they've had no choice but to bring him in IMHO. He has all the physical tools needed to be an outstanding test match fast bowler (pace, bounce, seam, swing, hostility). It remains to be seen if he can develop the patience to bowl the required line and length. There have been a couple of occasions already in FC cricket where he got carried away and bowled too short. As Prince EWS said, he might not play anyway but it's great to have him around the squad.
Anyway, it's about time West Indies fans had something to get excited about in test cricket. My left field lineup is:
Kraigg Braithwaite
Carlos Braithwaite (opens for his club, couldn't be worse than Chandrika, frees up a spot)
Darren Bravo
Marlon Samuels
Jermaine Blackwood (on thin ice!)
Royston Chase
Shane Dowrich
Jason Holder
Devendra Bishoo
Miguel Cummins/Alzarri Joseph (whoever looks better in the nets)
Shannon Gabriel
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Been hearing Langer go on and on about WI fast bowling future though.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
The talent is there. Even in our Under 19 tournament that has just started there are 2 or 3 bowling extremely quickly. The issue is that none of them are ready for test cricket and the FC experience is rubbish because they play on pitches tailor made for spinners and bell opening spells of 3 or 4 overs and then that's pretty much it because the spinners bowl the opposition out.