Australia tour of West Indies

[Dare]

Parchment was horrible, talk about folding and not even looking good at it.

With Gayle and Taylor back, they will replace Parch and Jaggernaut..but we really need to find another players to really solidify the opening batting with Gayle. I was thinking maybe Chattergoon or bringing in someone new?

if Chattergoon is healthy he will play for sure, way better than these 2. If he does play Id take out Smith and bring in Hinds or move Smith down the order like they did in the 2nd test against SL.
If they drop Jaggs for Taylor than they will have 5 Pace bowlers and I don't know if they want to do that.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I was wondering that also. Is Gayle fit to play or not? Next match is already after 3 days.

Well, I found the answer myself: Gayle will return. Taylor is expected to play also.

Gayle to return for West Indies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/7420777.stm

 

[Dare]

I was wondering that also. Is Gayle fit to play or not? Next match is already after 3 days.

Well, I found the answer myself: Gayle will return. Taylor is expected to play also.

Gayle to return for West Indies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/7420777.stm

they dropped Hinds and included Xavier Marshall. Will he get a chance to play in the 2nd test.

 

[khalek]

Gayle and Taylor will give WI hope to win the 2nd test which is a must win for them imo... and i think they shouldn't have dropped hinds for this test... they should have taken marshall for the final test...

 

[angryangy]

Hinds was also unfit.

 

[icyman]

Mitchell Johson is not penatrative enough.Australia needs to replace him with Doug Bollinger.

 

[aussie1st]

Sadly his lover and the selectors won't drop him. Even Noffke would do if the selectors don't feel Bollinger has had enough game time.

 

[icyman]

He was clearly struggling in the First Tests.Also against India,he was'nt that great.

 

[TC Ink]

Lets just hope that he gets no wickets in the next test. (But Australia still win of course!)

Windies were always only an outside chance on the last day IMO. Chasing over 200 against Australia on the 5th day of a test match is always an extremely hard task. Full credit to Stuey Clark, he's awesome.

 

[icyman]

Actually,the Windies blew it.They were in a good postion,end of Day 4.They lost too many in the First session.

 

[icyman]

Dude,thats a cricinfo article.Forum rules do not permit you to post it directly.You may want to post 2-3 lines and then give us a link to the same.

 

[mattfb]

Clark you superstar! What a legend!!!!!

Fantastic figures to win us the game, that is great stuff by the new McGrath.

 

[India2011]

I guess you proved me wrong - it was Clark who made the difference.

 

[khalek]

clark proved that he is a superstar... he is a legend in test cricket... he took 8 wickets in this test at an average of 10... brilliant!!

 

[mattfb]

I guess you proved me wrong - it was Clark who made the difference.

He might not have the speed of Lee, but he has 10x more pressure. Lee might bowl 4 good ones then a short and wide one get hit for four then the netx two overs are shit in the pressure situations.

Clark just has this nagging line and length with just that little bit of nip off the pitch.