West Indian Tour of Sri Lanka, November-December 2010/11

[McLOVIN]

this is heading for a draw. another Subcon. test that is. Shocking

McLOVIN added 2 Minutes and 8 Seconds later...

lol wicket, as I check in

 

[Cricketman]

Oh how much I would love to see the Windians pull this off... an upset here would give test cricket the upset it needs.

 

[McLOVIN]

Worse thing that can happen here is, SL gets bowled out. Follow on. Bats their way to draw.

 

[shravi]

Very impressive bowling by Shillingford here. He's flighting it beautifully and is forcing the batsmen to play on the front foot. He's not getting the amount of turn he was getting yesterday which had Jayawardene in all sorts of trouble but still a decent amount of turn today.

 

[War]

Damn wish they had gotten Mahela out before the day ended. It will be tough with just one spinner in the team, I really feel that they should have played Benn.

Isn't Benn still suspended or something?.

For the next test realistically, benn should come in for Sammy. But of course given he is captain, he can't. But it shows as most people already know how unfit Sammy is for tests.

 

[shravi]

Agreed. Sammy should not even be in the squad, let alone the captain. He doesn't have enough pace to trouble the batsmen. He barely touches 125 km/h. While he may be nagging and accurate, he can't move the ball. Besides, I think Bravo can play that role with some training (I think it will probably come with age as well) . Bravo lacks a cricketing brain as a bowler. He relies too much on variation and subtleties rather than patiently and persistently bowling to a plan. At his pace, I think he needs to work towards becoming more of a workhorse rather than a strike bowler.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

That Damika Prasad just spoilt my mood

He played a vital knock and now only 200 runs lead for West Indies.

They should get the last two wicket quickely now

 

[CG123]

Assuming this pans out to be a draw, the bottom three teams would have drawn with the top three teams in the space of a few days. (NZ/IND, PAK/SA, WI/SL)

I guess this can only be good for test cricket, all three matches were on roads however, but we'll just forget about that.

 

[Dare]

Isn't Benn still suspended or something?.

O ████, totally forgot about that.
Also I expect Russell to be the one that makes room for Benn in the 2nd test.

 

[War]

Agreed. Sammy should not even be in the squad, let alone the captain. He doesn't have enough pace to trouble the batsmen. He barely touches 125 km/h. While he may be nagging and accurate, he can't move the ball. Besides, I think Bravo can play that role with some training (I think it will probably come with age as well) . Bravo lacks a cricketing brain as a bowler. He relies too much on variation and subtleties rather than patiently and persistently bowling to a plan. At his pace, I think he needs to work towards becoming more of a workhorse rather than a strike bowler.

Well TBF to Sammy. Its the WI selectors who made him captain given all the pre-series controversey over what Gayle did. Deep down he & the entire team knows he is out of place.

On Bravo i think you are way too harsh on him by saying "he lacks a cricket brain as bowler". Thats not true at all, he certainly is a very clever operator & that fact that he tries to take wickets by experimenting alot - instead of just resigning himself to being a workhorse due to his pace. Helps the windies & makes him more of wicket-taking option for them.

War added 1 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...

O ████, totally forgot about that.
Also I expect Russell to be the one that makes room for Benn in the 2nd test.

Most likely. But really it should be Sammy making way.

 

[angryangy]

It's a bold selector that picks Russell for the next Test.

 

[shravi]

Will we ever see Edwards, Roach and Taylor all playing at the same time? It's ridiculous how long I and hundreds of West Indies fans have been waiting for that.

 

[angryangy]

Maybe the question should be will we ever see Edwards and Taylor ever again?

 

[shravi]

Russell could add a few yards of pace just by bending his back a little more. He just has a very 'lazy' action at the moment. That jump before delivery serves no real purpose right now. It's really a bit of an inconsequential hop... He still bowls at a decent pace but I can't help but feel that he isn't taking full advantage of his height.

 

[Dare]

Most likely. But really it should be Sammy making way.

True, but I honestly don't see a better option then Sammy. I know there is Bravo but I would not make him the captain if he isn't signed to a central contract. If they thought Nash can do it then maybe it should have been him over Sammy but I'm not sure that many people would go along with that.
Sammy as captain in the one day teams is perfect. He has a spot in those teams and is one of the best performers over the past 2 years.

Will we ever see Edwards, Roach and Taylor all playing at the same time? It's ridiculous how long I and hundreds of West Indies fans have been waiting for that.

Highly doubt it. All 3(Roach to a lesser extent) are too injury prone for them to be in the same XI.

Russell could add a few yards of pace just by bending his back a little more. He just has a very 'lazy' action at the moment. That jump before delivery serves no real purpose right now. It's really a bit of an inconsequential hop... He still bowls at a decent pace but I can't help but feel that he isn't taking full advantage of his height.

Yea I noticed that too. I think that the coaches will work on that with him. Im sure that Gibson has noticed the same thing.