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*Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

Burgey

Burgey

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With the series moving to Jamaica, my mind turned to the former CW member who used to post in the style of a Rastafarian but in fact was a white teenager from the British Midlands. Can anyone remember who that sad soul was?
 
Beamer

Beamer

International Captain
Kenneth Viljoen said:
Every series WI loses this nonsense gets written
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Its so sad that UK and Aussie journos write these pieces without any attempt to have a nuanced discussion with modern stakeholders. Yes the guys in the 70s and 80s were amazing and we're so proud of them, but they have zero relevance in this day and age and with this global cricket economy where the cards are so heavily stacked against us.

Its so tedious.
 
govinda indian fan

govinda indian fan

International Debutant
Beamer said:
Its so sad that UK and Aussie journos write these pieces without any attempt to have a nuanced discussion with modern stakeholders. Yes the guys in the 70s and 80s were amazing and we're so proud of them, but they have zero relevance in this day and age and with this global cricket economy where the cards are so heavily stacked against us.

Its so tedious.
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Thats a overreaction by oz media. West indies are much better test team then pakistan and Bangladesh.
 
govinda indian fan

govinda indian fan

International Debutant
Beamer said:
Its so sad that UK and Aussie journos write these pieces without any attempt to have a nuanced discussion with modern stakeholders. Yes the guys in the 70s and 80s were amazing and we're so proud of them, but they have zero relevance in this day and age and with this global cricket economy where the cards are so heavily stacked against us.

Its so tedious.
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As indian west indies are one team which toured and helped indian team when we were minnows. Sunny still remembers sir gary and rohan kanhai shouting from slips asking him not fish outside off stump during his debut series. Viv inspired a generation of indian batters like sachin and sehwag. If bcci behave like this with west indies i would stop supporting indian team and stop watching them
 
Beamer

Beamer

International Captain
Anyway, onto Jamaica. A couple of thoughts.

1) I'm looking forward to seeing how a day night test works at Sabina. CWI have organised live entertainment, it starts on a Saturday. There are two Jamaicans in the side. Tickets for locals are cheap. If crowds don't come in for this test, we might as well give up on hosting cricket in Jamaica.

2) I understand they are considering changes to the top order snd whether to play a Spinner. Personally, i think no spinner is needed for a day night test and Louis and Anderson should come in for Kraigg and Carty. Let's see what they do.
 
Beamer

Beamer

International Captain
govinda indian fan said:
Thats a overreaction by oz media. West indies are much better test team then pakistan and Bangladesh.
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A series against England or Australia will almost always result in an article like this after a bad performance. Then when we win a test here and there against them it is met with hyperbole. No nuance. Its pathetic.
 
TheJediBrah

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Beamer said:
A series against England or Australia will almost always result in an article like this after a bad performance. Then when we win a test here and there against them it is met with hyperbole. No nuance. Its pathetic.
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Don't take it personally, it's just clickbait journalism. They do much worse to many other people and groups. Most modern media is cancer
 
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halba

International Debutant
Spark said:
Yeah I don't see how you could have Starc above Lyon tbh. He's a good solid bowler, but Lyon has won a hell of a lot of games for Aus. He's frustrated at times too, and gone missing sometimes at the tail end of series, but then again so has Starc.
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Gotta be Lyon. As subcontinent matches esp. in India. Lyon has gotten countless wickets in India. Starc has a very poor record there.
 
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Qlder

International Vice-Captain
My favorite holiday ever was Jamaica so looking forward to this Test. American Airlines kept us locked on board for 4 hours then lost my luggage so I landed in Jamaica with nothing. Walked up to my bar at hotel obviously grumpy so was pissed it took so long to be served.

The barman took one look at my grumpy face and said "relax Maan, you in Jamaica now". All my stress just went away and changed my life forever on how to think about things 😀
 
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