West Indies Domestic Season 2008/2009

[Shri]

Bravo will be playing IPL.

Is the bowler Bravo in your avatar?

 

[Beamer]

A lot of niave people would have called for him to be in the team as opposed to someone like Devon Smith who is whilst being shocking against spin, is in many respects proven against the swinging ball so I'm glad to see the selectors havn't thrown Barath in the deep end.

I agree that it would be ideal for Barath to debut against Bangladesh after the England tour. But I take issue with Smith being proven against the swinging ball as he has been absolutely terrible on the last two tours of England. They even dropped him once and were willing to give Sylvester Joseph a go at the top of the order! Am I the only one who saw him get out caught between keeper and gully driving against the swinging ball? And if he manages to survive the swinging ball he will immediately miss a straight one or give it away against the spinner.

It would have made sense to take Barath as a reserve opener to get used to the team environment and play some FC matches. Dale Richards should be given the openers spot for the 2 tests in England as he has earned the chance. There is simply no way Devon Smith should be there and I pray that he gets outperformed in the tour matches to force the team managements hand.

Anyone know is Pascal is a decent swinger of the ball? I know he's got some decent pace but that's about it

He gets some good outswing with the new ball when he pitches it up. Unfortunately he has short bowling syndrome as he knows he has some serious pace and so does not pitch it up as much as he should do. He is quite an exciting talent as he has that rare ability to give batsmen the hurry up even on the slowest of pitches (he was very impressive in Guyana).

I think he has a good future at the highest level but I'm not convinced he earned a pick above Rampaul who has been very impressive since his return from injury. Pascal is fairly similar to Taylor and Edwards in terms of his pace and trajectory so I would back Andrew Richardson to make more of an impact of the England tour with his accuracy and extra bounce.

 

[Beamer]

Also Kraigg Braithwaite is a remarkable young batsman. I have not seen him myself but I have some Bajan connections who have and they are very excited about him.

From what I have heard he does not have the shots all around the wicket that Barath,Lil Bravo and Kieron Powell have but he can top them all when it comes to protecting his wicket and time spent at the crease even though he is only 16.

He does not have very much of an off side game at this stage but he is very strong through the leg side and will simply stay at the crease until he gets a scoring opportunity on the leg side.

I would back him for a fairly early international debut (maybe 18/19 years old) simply because he is so mentally strong. He seems like an experienced player in a 16 year old cricketers body.

 

[roseboy64]

Is the bowler Bravo in your avatar?

No. Jerome Taylor during England's 51ao.

 

[roseboy64]

Also Kraigg Braithwaite is a remarkable young batsman. I have not seen him myself but I have some Bajan connections who have and they are very excited about him.

From what I have heard he does not have the shots all around the wicket that Barath,Lil Bravo and Kieron Powell have but he can top them all when it comes to protecting his wicket and time spent at the crease even though he is only 16.

He does not have very much of an off side game at this stage but he is very strong through the leg side and will simply stay at the crease until he gets a scoring opportunity on the leg side.

I would back him for a fairly early international debut (maybe 18/19 years old) simply because he is so mentally strong. He seems like an experienced player in a 16 year old cricketers body.

Hopefully he'd have developed an offside game by then. Bravo and Simmons play too much to leg for my liking.

 

[roseboy64]

So final round of games coming up.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Hopefully he'd have developed an offside game by then. Bravo and Simmons play too much to leg for my liking.

Bravo has much more of an offside game than Simmons though. He's much less likely to get bogged down. Simmons, however, seems to only have a legside game unless the ball is short and wide.

 

[roseboy64]

True but when Bravo came in he was much more likely to play legside than he is now.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Bravo's always been a very adaptable player though. I wouldn't necessarily put Simmons in the same category, given how long it took him to take his game to another level in FC cricket. Talented no doubt, but I'm not at all convinced he's of international class.

 

[shivfan]

Trinidad really collapsed against the Combined Campuses....

That wouldn't have helped Barath's average for the season.

 

[roseboy64]

True, my prediction a couple weeks ago of them finishing 5th seems to have happened. Will do the highest performers and rankings later tonight or tomorrow after today's final day of the season.

 

[roseboy64]

Team  	      Mat  	Won  	Lost  	Tied  	Draw  	Aban  	Pts
Jamaica 	12 	7  	2  	0  	3  	0  	106
Windwards	12 	6  	5  	0  	1  	0  	79
Leewards 	12 	5  	4  	0  	3  	0  	77
Trinidad & T 	12 	2  	2  	0  	8  	0  	70
Barbados 	12 	4  	4  	0  	4  	0  	60
Comb CC 	12 	4  	5  	0  	3  	0  	60
Guyana 	        12 	0  	6  	0  	6  	0  	33

 

[roseboy64]

Most Runs

Player  	Mat  	Inns  	NO  	Runs  	HS  	Ave  	100  	50  	0
N Deonarine  	11  	20  	2  	1068  	198  	59.33  	2  	7  	0
(Guyana)
RS Morton 	11 	18 	0 	1010 	231 	56.11 	3 	5 	0
(Leeward Islands)
FL Reifer 	12 	21 	0 	1002 	140 	47.71 	3 	5 	1
(Combined Campuses and Colleges)
A Barath 	11 	20 	1 	845 	192 	44.47 	2 	4 	2
(Trinidad & Tobago)
DR Smith 	11 	19 	3 	833 	155 	52.06 	2 	4 	0
(Barbados)
RO Hinds 	8 	12 	0 	792 	240 	66.00 	3 	2 	1
(Barbados)
TL Lambert 	12 	22 	0 	759 	143 	34.50 	1 	4 	0
(Jamaica)
D Ganga 	12 	21 	5 	739 	96* 	46.18 	0 	6 	2
(Trinidad & Tobago)
RN Lewis 	12 	22 	4 	720 	85 	40.00 	0 	5 	0
(Windward Islands)
DE Bernard 	12 	22 	3 	657 	97 	34.57 	0 	5 	1
(Jamaica)

Most Wickets

Player  	Mat  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	5  	10
RA Austin  	12  	543.1  	109  	1444  	60  	6/123  	8/123  	24.06  	2.65  	54.3  	3  	0
(Combined Campuses and Colleges)
S Shillingford 	12 	456.4 	107 	1067 	56 	6/57 	9/92 	19.05 	2.33 	48.9 	2 	0
(Windward Islands)
OV Brown 	12 	426.3 	82 	1143 	52 	6/85 	11/112 	21.98 	2.67 	49.2 	3 	1
(Jamaica)
GC Tonge 	12 	302.1 	46 	1104 	44 	7/58 	9/89 	25.09 	3.65 	41.2 	4 	0
(Leeward Islands)
A Martin 	11 	368.1 	87 	957 	42 	7/81 	11/120 	22.78 	2.59 	52.5 	3 	1
(Leeward Islands)
NO Miller 	7 	365.1 	110 	621 	38 	8/41 	10/98 	16.34 	1.70 	57.6 	2 	1
(Jamaica)
I Khan 	8 	273.4 	50 	729 	38 	5/33 	7/66 	19.18 	2.66 	43.2 	2 	0
(Trinidad & Tobago)
D Bishoo 	10 	394.3 	65 	1179 	38 	6/64 	9/98 	31.02 	2.98 	62.2 	1 	0
(Guyana)
RO Hinds 	8 	315.2 	74 	716 	36 	6/89 	9/132 	19.88 	2.27 	52.5 	1 	0
(Barbados)
AS Jaggernauth 	12 	428.0 	104 	1075 	36 	6/47 	7/87 	29.86 	2.51 	71.3 	3 	0
(Trinidad & Tobago)

 

[roseboy64]

Most Dismissals

Player  	Mat  	Inns  	Dis  	Ct  	St  	Max Dis Inns  	Dis/Inn
PA Browne  	11  	21  	42  	42  	0  	7 (7ct 0st)  	2.000
(Barbados)
C Walton 	12 	21 	38 	36 	2 	5 (5ct 0st) 	1.809
(Combined Campuses and Colleges)
LOD James 	7 	13 	31 	27 	4 	4 (4ct 0st) 	2.384
(Windward Islands)
DC Thomas 	11 	20 	30 	29 	1 	4 (4ct 0st) 	1.500
(Leeward Islands)
G Mohammed 	11 	21 	29 	25 	4 	4 (4ct 0st) 	1.380
(Trinidad & Tobago)
DO Christian 	11 	18 	23 	18 	5 	5 (5ct 0st) 	1.277
(Guyana)
ADS Fletcher 	9 	9 	18 	17 	1 	3 (3ct 0st) 	2.000
(Windward Islands)
CS Baugh 	5 	10 	15 	14 	1 	3 (3ct 0st) 	1.500
(Jamaica)
KH Hibbert 	7 	14 	15 	14 	1 	3 (3ct 0st) 	1.071
(Jamaica)
D Ramdin 	1 	2 	6 	4 	2 	3 (3ct 0st) 	3.000
(Trinidad & Tobago)
CA Morris 	1 	2 	5 	5 	0 	3 (3ct 0st) 	2.500
(Barbados)
JN Hamilton 	1 	2 	2 	2 	0 	2 (2ct 0st) 	1.000
(Leeward Islands)
SSW Liburd 	8 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 (0ct 1st) 	-
(Leeward Islands)
D Hicks 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.000
(Guyana)

 

[roseboy64]

Bests:

Bowling(Inns):

Player  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	Econ  	 	Team  	Opposition  	Ground  	Match Date  	
G Wallace 	10.0 	2 	20 	8 	2.00 		Jamaica 	v Leeward Is 	Basseterre 	9 Jan 2009

Bowling(Match):

Player  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	Econ  	 	Team  	Opposition  	Ground  	Match Date  	
G Wallace 	37.0 	6 	73 	11 	1.97 		Jamaica 	v Leeward Is 	Basseterre 	9 Jan 2009

Highest Scores:

Player  	Runs  	Mins  	Balls  	4s  	6s  	 	Team  	Opposition  	Ground  	Match Date  	
RO Hinds 	240 - 218 35 4 		Barbados 	v Leeward Is 	Philipsburg 	23 Jan 2009 	
RS Morton 	231 	450 	403 	22 	4 		Leeward Is 	v Comb CC 	Charlestown 	27 Mar 2009 	
DS Smith 	212 	- 	325 	18 	4 		Windward Is 	v Guyana 	St George's 	9 Jan 2009 	
RS Morton 	210 	- 	300 	21 	2 		Leeward Is 	v Barbados 	Crab Hill 	21 Mar 2009 	
O Phillips 	204 	515 	396 	23 	4 		Comb CC 	v Leeward Is 	Charlestown 	27 Mar 2009

Most Hundreds: Ryan Hinds(Barbados) - 3
Runako Morton(Leewards) - 3
Floyd Reifer(CCC) - 3

 

[roseboy64]

No WICB player awards for regional champs Jamaica

 

[shivfan]

No WICB player awards for regional champs Jamaica

Funny, that....

I guess Jamaica played well as a team, but very few individuals stood out. Unlike Guyana, where Doenarine carried the batting.

However, I thought leggies Odean Brown or Gavin Wallace would've got some mention.