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Why Is Maurice Foster Rated Over Jimmy Adams?

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 10:16:42 

both St Mary men but surely Adams stands head and shoulders over Foster. Yardmen explain?

 
doosra 2016-12-03 10:28:23 

In reply to Raggs

maybe because what is now left in memory is more imagination and fantasy than reality?

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 10:42:35 

In reply to doosra

maybe because what is now left in memory is more imagination and fantasy than reality?


ok mr poet explain that last statement in a more simple way please

 
Baje 2016-12-03 11:08:24 

At regional level, he was the man.

 
imusic 2016-12-03 11:14:22 

Foster was a way better bat than Padams

Not even close

Herbert Chang was also a better bat than Jimmy

 
doosra 2016-12-03 11:26:25 

1 100 and 1 50 in 25 innings at an average of 30 in intl is not exactly great

i suppose he was a poor man's Hooper and that makes him better than Adams...was it the beauty of his 20s and 30s? big grin

 
doosra 2016-12-03 11:27:02 

In reply to Raggs

things we forget tend to be way better than things we remember big grin

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 11:29:02 

an inform jimmy above anything that Chang or Foster on their top game. he was more likely to hit a bigger score.

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 11:30:13 

In reply to doosra

things we forget tend to be way better than things we remember
ok the simpleon in me can digest that better

 
Drapsey 2016-12-03 12:30:33 

In reply to Raggs

Why Is Maurice Foster Rated Over Jimmy Adams?

Maybe because Foster did the cricket world a favor by declining the invite to that fateful WI tour of India, thereby freeing up the space for the inimitable Sir Vivian Richards.

And the rest as they say is history.

I still love that patented flick off the pads though, Fos.

 
doosra 2016-12-03 12:59:30 

In reply to Drapsey

Jimmy got his finger cut too...but did anyone benefit? big grin

 
Drapsey 2016-12-03 13:29:28 

In reply to doosra

Jimmy got his finger cut too...but did anyone benefit?

We might have to ask Chrissy.

Rumor has it that the cut finger resulted from a successful operation to mitigate the wrath of one Frank Rose as being meted out to his captain, BCL.

 
DIEHARD 2016-12-03 13:50:20 

Because Jimmy was not exciting to watch.

Fos was an aggressive shot maker.

Jimmy a steady accumulator/ solid defender. He survived more than counterattacked.

People have never streamed through the turnstiles or celebrated batsmen like Jimmy

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2016-12-03 14:00:01 

Foster like Carlisle Best later, came along at the wrong time
Windies was brimming with talent.


But that's the problem when the youngsters only have averages to goon..... no context

 
Oilah 2016-12-03 14:03:29 

In reply to imusic

Herbert Chang...one of the better bats that didn't go all the way but was better than some that did. Chang could bat...remember when he and a very young Dujon both put hundreds in Bim in a shell Shield match early 70s.

 
doosra 2016-12-03 15:04:28 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

he played 14 test matches...what's the history?

he didnt do well enough in those 25 innings to command a place?

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 15:29:35 

In reply to doosra

i just remember maurice foster as a good journeyman who when out of regional cricket was seriously out of his depth.

 
DIEHARD 2016-12-03 15:41:28 

In reply to Raggs

Maurice Foster was Devon Shite before Devon Shite

 
Cleg 2016-12-03 15:52:59 

In reply to Raggs

Nuff peeps on here given the choice would STILL pick Ganga aka 95006
...over `Onry! lol

 
Raggs 2016-12-03 16:07:55 

In reply to Cleg

Nuff peeps on here given he choice would STILL pick Ganga aka 95006
...over `Onry!
I can see where your going with that and how it arrives quite nicely to this argument.

 
Halliwell 2016-12-03 16:13:48 

In reply to DIEHARD

lol

 
dayne 2016-12-03 18:50:29 

I do not understand the praises people have for Chang, Basil Williams was a much more consistent batsman at the Test level than both Foster and Chang. Williams was a perfect example of someone who came at the wrong time. Actually he was a much more consistent batsman than Chang at the F/C level also.

 
Shadow 2016-12-03 21:44:06 

In reply to dayne

Chang played one test in India 78/79. How can you get consistence in one match? And contrary to what you said, Chang was very good bat...I remember Bim pace attack demolished yard twice in one day in a shield match and only Chang stood up with 50 in the first innings and 132 in the second. The match was in bim I think.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2016-12-04 04:52:47 

In reply to doosra

In those days cricket was still very much an amateur sport. Men made a choice of going to English leagues or another career outside cricket. Foster was one of those for whom cricket was a parttime undertaking. Around his time the counties were opening up and the professional cricketers like Lloyd were taking over Windies team. Fellows like foster were being shut out.

 
mikesiva 2016-12-04 07:53:37 

In reply to Raggs

To me, it's all about Test cricket....

Adams - 54 Tests, average 41.26

Foster - 14 Tests, average 30.52

No contest...Adams by a country mile.

 
anandgb 2016-12-04 09:33:38 

In reply to mikesiva

Foster was an FC Bully

 
Wally-1 2016-12-04 10:03:07 

In reply to Raggs

Foster by miles, not even close

 
methodic 2016-12-04 10:15:22 

In reply to Wally-1

ok, I tend to agree with that

 
doosra 2016-12-04 11:17:38 

In reply to Wally-1

the same you will say for Samuels tho he'd barely ever passed 35 avg in test cricket

 
doosra 2016-12-04 11:19:51 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

dont see how this explains the point u made about not enough opportunities

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2016-12-04 13:23:02 

In reply to doosra

Ok.

 
alfa1975 2016-12-04 20:50:07 

In reply to anandgb You left out the most salient factor in that FC bully opinion. He made all those runs against the best regional bowling attacks. Bearing in mind that in those days all the top players played Shell Shield, and you were not going to make the WI without playing in it.
An aside- If you are Guyanese, the old Jamaican adage applies:"He who feels it, knows it".(Of course I am talking about the runs against Guyana).

 
alfa1975 2016-12-04 21:08:54 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy Fuzzy, last night I made similar observations,but lost my post in transmission, my WiFi kept going on and off. His detractors cannot countenance the fact that he made the WI team on merit.He was probably one of the last amateurs.He was not fortunate enough to get that extended run.Whilst the WI teams he played on consisted of a majority of professionals.
On each of his two (2) WI tours to England he declined county contracts.
On an ALM flight from Kingston to Curacao,many years ago, he regaled us(My two c-workers and I)for about 2 hours with some of his Jamaica and WI cricket stories/memories.