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  1. Beamer

    *Official* Pakistan in Florida and Trinidad T20s/ODIs Tour 2025

    St Lucian massive. Its a friendship thing, there is no other explanation at this point. Also, I'm starting to think Shai is a bad t20 captain. How the hell can you play a left arm Spinner and not bowl them? Really crazy. We got rid of Rovman for this..... My other thought is that we have...
  2. Beamer

    Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

    Yeah Zach Carter. Massive hitter, possibly the biggest I have seen at under 19 level. Not ready yet though.
  3. Beamer

    Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

    Ignoring off field considerations, I understand Shamar coming in to replace Alzarri. He's nearly as quick and can strike some boundaries if required, so it's worth a go given the lack of T20 ready 140kph plus options at our disposal. Is it possible that our depth is so bad that Charkes or...
  4. Beamer

    Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

    I hope they open with Jewel and Hope, or Alick and Hope. Charles is just being gifted retirement contributions by Sammy.
  5. Beamer

    Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

    Johnson Charles........ I need a break. This last 6 weeks of cricketing nonsense is killing me.
  6. Beamer

    Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

    I actually think CWIs marketing has got slightly better in recent series. It started from a low base though, and the lack of timely squad announcements is infuriating.
  7. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    We are experts at losing in multiple categories. Matches, tosses and also match fees for slow over rates. Not the best tour to watch if you're West Indian.
  8. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Purely a guaranteed win on the teams record, I guess.
  9. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    We just went an entire tour losing every friggin toss....during a whiteball series where the team batting second is highly likely to win. If God were ever sending a message to West Indies management, players and fans, this is surely it.
  10. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    I agree to an extent because I dont think our T20 batting is that great at the moment, especially without Pooran anymore. But our red ball bowling has the skills etc required to be great in that we have the guy who swings it more than anyone else according to hawkeye in Seales (not just in...
  11. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    He was very impressive. Not just his figures, but he showed an excellent understanding of his role. He started by pitching up and swinging it. Then he went wide yorkers to limit Owen and Green. Then he pulled his length back to Connely and then he finished with yorkers. He showed more t20...
  12. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Ok.seriously..... Australia won the toss again. This is getting ridiculous. 7 in a row. We've lost all but one toss in white ball matches this year. Bit of an issue when you have a bowling attack as bad as ours. Might as well go home now,the resukt has been decided.
  13. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Our entire bowling attack is nonsense tbh. In most matches. But Chase in particular, was diabolical.
  14. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    We've basically dozed our way into a T20 crisis to go with the test batting issues. We've won 5 of our last 20 matches. How have we gone from being ranked second in the world to this nonsense in 12 months? That bowling is dreadful, the middle order is out of form, we've lost Pooran and...
  15. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Two thoughts. One, why do they keep playing the same bowling attack when it has spent the last 5 matches getting pummelled? Any chance of some experimentation? I honestly think we've lost the plot in this format. Secondly, any chance we can win a toss? The dew is a significant factor in the...
  16. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Loved the atmosphere yesterday. Funny that if you actually market the match, have reasonable prices and theme it as a party, the crowd will turn up. Who would have thought? I know this is Dre Russ's retirement double header, but you could argue that his performance yesterday lost us the match...
  17. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    So what on earth is our T20 team going to look like tomorrow? The two biggest issues in recent matches have been our opening partnerships (Johnson Charles!!!) and powerplay bowling (everyone not named Akheil Hossein). So I expect Shai to open or they may go with young Jewel Andrew if they...
  18. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    I have a couple of theories. One is that he is weak to average against the short ball. ODI rules and limitations mean he can adapt, survive those balls and score of others. He also stays legside of the ball to open up the off side and so really struggles with pace bowling seaming into him...
  19. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Our bowling is genuinely world class and Seales and Joseph have taken wickets in unfavourable conditions as well, tbf. But I agree that if we had less helpful surfaces and the Aussies were able to score a couple of 350 to 400s, we would still get bowled out for 200ish and have lost by even...
  20. Beamer

    *Official* Australia Tour of West Indies 2025

    Excellent post, thank you. Very clear data demonstrating the difficulty of batting in the Caribbean. I like our dukes ball tbh, I would keep it but produce significantly flatter pitches to compensate for the swing and pronounced seam of the ball (if we even know how to anymore). I think...

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