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HEADLINE: Cricket Australia XI plotting to embarrass West Indies in tour match at Allan Border Field

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2015-12-01 07:05:51 

A GREENHORN cricket team including several players who have not yet played first-class cricket is plotting to embarrass the once great West Indies.

Tour matches for visiting international teams are these days generally half serious affairs, designed to give the touring team some match practice before Test matches.

Results are almost irrelevant — but not for the rookie Cricket Australia XI which will take on the West Indies in a four-day match starting on Wednesday at Brisbane’s Allan Border Field.

CA XI captain Jimmy Peirson, an up and coming Queensland wicketkeeper, wants to take down a Test playing nation.

And the CA team is probably a decent chance of beating a largely anonymous West Indies team without the likes of Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy.

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BeatDball 2015-12-01 07:22:11 

Not surprised at all.

 
Disciple 2015-12-01 08:59:12 

They don't need to plot anything. Just show up and they're sure to embarrass Holder's Heroes.

 
defeyeant 2015-12-01 10:16:55 

next Australia will ask all their test bowlers to bowl with the other hand to even the odds.

 
Kay 2015-12-01 10:37:53 

Dem should send their women team to play the warm-up... smile

 
shivnotout 2015-12-01 11:21:08 

In reply to Kay

Dem should send their women team to play the warm-up.
lol lol

 
MasterP 2015-12-01 20:33:17 

and right now WI scrambling at 35 for 2, Braffit just out.

 
dayne 2015-12-01 22:47:53 

It looks like they will be embarrassed, 93 for 5, Holder needs to back up his words and stand up to this situation.
This team needs more than one practice match, this is bad, especially against players who are just starting to play F/C cricket.

 
mikesiva 2015-12-02 03:53:52 

In reply to dayne

Windies make 154-6 at stumps...not the most impressive start to the tour. Not one half-century from the bunch of them...Kraigg out for 21, Chandrika for 10, Samuels for 19, Blackwood for one, Ramdin for a duck, and Holder for 26. At least Lil Bravo is 49 not out....

I'd say, mission accomplished....
rolleyes

 
rillo 2015-12-02 07:03:53 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

So faqr so good. They keeping their word and Holder is not. Holder is not surprising anyone.