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I spent a fair amount of time watching the Regional Four Day tournament on UStream...

I must say I was quite impressed by the very sound technical prowess of the Barbados batsmen...

They were head and shoulders above all the other teams in that department....

Kudos to the Bim coaches..

In reply to FanAttick

...and to the Big Bird without whose leadership it would never have happened.

Just a pity the WICB electorate didn't see it fit to replace the hapless Cameron with such an astute leader.

In reply to Drapsey

On the contrary I think the main reason is that they have not yet become victims of the T20 lick it cricket craze which has the tendency to wreck batting technique..

Their batsmen generally played very sound cricket strokes..not to mention the paint like patience that was on display...

In reply to FanAttick These guys are products of the junior cricket system. A lot of formal cricket is now being played at primary school and under 13 level. Many of the guys coming up now have good educational backgrounds and family support structures to append to their cricket abilities and coaching. The likes of Brooks, the Brathwaites, Holder, Chase, Dowrich, Warrican and the Hopes all fit this bill.

In reply to Logic

Please remind some of these jokers that West Indies cricketers are developed at the base, and not by the WICB which provides a platform later on for them to display their talent.

Plus these guys get blooded a couple years ago.

Two years ago they were scoring squat

In reply to jacksprat

Correct! The school system is where it really starts. The kids must receive the best coaching and conditions possible. Ages 10 - 16 is where the hard work gets done, batting, bowling and fielding.

In reply to FanAttick

You are quite correct, particularly when you compare them to my Jamaican batsmen..no resolve..no grit..no freakin common sense when it came to batting. All of them got in, were set, and then BOOM..OUT... so many scores in the 30's & 40's...



That's always been the "Bajan" way of batting, if you'd allow me to say so.

I don't know if this is the "Bajan" way of batting but what I can tell you is that this squad of Bajan young batsmen are superior mentally than the Hinds,Smiths,
Richards,Patrick Browns of the past.

I'm here wondering how Kirk is going to get back in this team with all these young lions performing like this.

In reply to FanAttick


technique nuh trump leadfoot

nat atall

In reply to analyst-kid

Weren't you agitating for Hinds?

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy


And Smith

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

yes I was. But my case for Hinds and Smith was based on their BOWLING value. In the Batting dept...the youngsters have rendered Hinds and Smith obsolete.

In reply to analyst-kid

What about the first game against Guyana? Hinds could still be a force at the FC level, and I daresay he could give Paint a whole heap of lessons in the captaincy dept.

In reply to Larr Pullo

Let Hinds play for leewards

A good few of the players in the squad attended Combermere school and were coached by Roddy Estwick, at one point about 5 or 6 Combermerians were in the Bim squad, over the past 10-15 years Combermere has been the winningest secondary school, winning championships at every age level. Roddy has a very good approach to coaching and instilling the basics, I believe he has also worked with the B'dos youth team.

In reply to clifford

Ok...thanks...Yard used to have a similar system with STETHS the most dominant school in the Headley Cup cricket...while they continue to dominate I'm not sure they are focussing on the basic technical aspects of the game..