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5 Reasons Leeward Islands Hurricanes Not In WICB Super50 Final

 
XDFIX 2017-02-17 22:27:06 

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buds 2017-02-18 05:07:01 

LI wanted to ein without Bonner to show that they have the local players to win without any outside help..
They castigate the WICB yet the local entities tend to do the same myopic nonesense.
LI bowling suck..

 
dayne 2017-02-18 07:43:34 

The 5 Reasons given could have been summed up as, the LI played poorly against the best team in the Region, I think the LI team, up to the last game, played well, since they have been the worst team in the Region for a few years now.

 
Maispwi 2017-02-18 08:12:17 

In reply to buds
Hosein from Anguilla or Nevis?

 
doosra 2017-02-18 08:29:26 

In reply to Maispwi

Isn't he a TT

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 09:12:22 

In reply to Maispwi

Hosein is from Trinidad.

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 09:24:18 

The Hurricanes did not give heed to the line; horses for courses, thus their neglect to select the little master blaster and dasher Nkruma Eljego Bonner, the 28-year-old Jamaican leg spin bowler and right-hand batsman. Although Bonner, may not have been at the top of his game in the early qualifiers, there is no doubt on whether he has the goods. Bonner has proved that he can be a big match winner and not to select him proved myopic on the part of the Hurricanes.


Must be a myopic, insular Yardie who wrote this drivel. Bonner averaged 21 this tournament and he played all 8 matches. I would have played him still though as he cannot do much worse than Peters and Hughes.

 
Pacy 2017-02-18 09:29:55 

In reply to XDFIX

I would way Leewards's major issue is that their trump Quick "Alzhari Joseph" did not do well.

With good Cornwell and Hossein doing well and batsmen firing, all they wanted was their Quicks firing.

All said, after a long time i am seeing Leewards perform good through a trournament

 
XDFIX 2017-02-18 09:43:59 

In reply to voiceofreason

I would have played him [Bonner] still though as he cannot do much worse than Peters and Hughes.


The VOR, not blind Bartimaeus, commendable! - you are making the writer's point!

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 09:47:11 

In reply to Pacy

That is true. The 317 should have been restricted to 250-280. Be that as it may LICA's failure to organize a proper tournament to identify talent is the biggest problem. This is the main reason why we are recycling mediocre players on a consistent basis.

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 09:48:06 

In reply to XDFIX

I am making the writer's point but he made it based on favoritism rather than good reasoning based on the facts.

 
TanteMerle 2017-02-18 09:55:38 

Well Bim is no diffrent.

Why de hell Stoute in the team is beyond me.

I Bim plays the same team, Ja should win.

Bim has no firepower at the top.

Kraigg i still too slow.

If he bats 50 overs, he ill kill Bim.

100 to 120 not out.

Soaking up too much balls
and pressuring the other batsmen.

No Matrix to push at the top.

My prediction Bim will lose.

 
XDFIX 2017-02-18 09:57:24 

In reply to voiceofreason


I am making the writer's point but he made it based on favoritism rather than good reasoning based on the facts.


Writer - Although Bonner, may not have been at the top of his game in the early qualifiers

I rest my case, other posters may tell you Trumpism is alive here!

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 10:03:16 

In reply to XDFIX

5 Reasons Leeward Islands Hurricanes Not In WICB Regiona


This conclusion is what I am not in agreement with.

My point is based on his 21 ave this series and 32 ave career wise there is no way the writer could be sure that he would have made a difference so to say that we lost because of his omission is clearly not based on logic so it must be favoritism.

Like I said play him cause he is the best of a sorry middle order this season but based on his track record there is no way that anyone could say that his presence would have made a difference in the result.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2017-02-18 10:15:32 

In reply to TanteMerle

Kraigg is known, so the dasher batsmen must play their role and not be making excuses about Kraigg. kraigg is given the anchor role; bat deep into the overs. The others have to bat around him.

 
aliaskid13 2017-02-18 10:31:48 

Article seemed a little biased in the way it was written.

There were many reasons why we lost but it really comes down to too many bad decisions in the selection of the team. Otto at 3 was always going to be a gamble. The man at 3 has to be a solid batsman capable of batting deep into the innings. He isnt. Bonner should never have been droped from the team and hughes still in it. Tonge should never have been dropped for peters. He has been the most economical seamer on the team. Only reason to leave him out is to bring in an extra spinner if its a low, slow track. Loius showed some ability with the bat which by the way is very similar to what you'd get from tonge, and theyre both far more effective with bat or ball than Peters has been all season. So you can see just how badly they messed up the team selection.

Powell
Hodge
Otto
Bonner
Hamilton
Hosein
Cornwall
Tonge
Loius
Campbell
Joseph

Thats how you pick a team.

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 10:47:26 

In reply to aliaskid13

A little biased you think. Bonner's absence is not one of the reasons why we lost.

The biggest problem we have is that LICA needs to have a proper 3 day/ 1 day tournament so we could have a proper pool to select players from. We just recycling the same mediocre players like Peters, Willett and the like.

Now instead of suggesting Bonner as one of the reasons here is a crucial one: Marlon selfish Samuels. The decision to select him and have him use us just to play two games to be eligible for selection was a major blunder. As a result Leewards could not get a replacement player and perhaps we could have selected another player from outside the sub-region to replace him but we did not have that luxury. Due to injury Cooper was replaced by Louis.

 
XDFIX 2017-02-18 10:56:32 

In reply to voiceofreason

Perhaps the writer should have made the broader point of team selection, a la aliaskid13, but to accuse the writer of favoritism is balderdash!

 
black 2017-02-18 11:15:15 

I for sure thought that this Leewards team was unstoppable but hindsight is the best indicator. Here is why I think they lost.

1. Too dependent on one person for heavy scoring.

2. Weakness in the the bowling got exposed.

3. Weakness in batting got exposed.

4. JA peaked at the end of tournament.

5. Overconfidence caused Leewards to not prepare, adequately.

 
Pacy 2017-02-18 11:35:11 

In reply to voiceofreason

A little biased you think. Bonner's absence is not one of the reasons why we lost.


That is true. There is no indication through the tournament that he had it in him to contribute.

 
buds 2017-02-18 12:29:43 

In reply to XDFIX

None of the players from LI are better than Bonner so its just crazy to have left him out..

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 12:43:23 

In reply to buds

None of the players from LI are better than Bonner so its just crazy to have left him out..
smile Must be you who wrote that article.

 
positiveg 2017-02-18 12:57:54 

In reply to voiceofreason

I agree, buds wrote it
lol lol

 
voiceofreason 2017-02-18 13:06:43 

In reply to positiveg

Carole Maye aka Buds. Makes sense now. smile

 
imusic 2017-02-18 16:06:08 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

kraigg is given the anchor role

It have another role he could play?

 
Baje 2017-02-18 22:25:00 

In reply to TanteMerle
Matrix led his team to victory today, and probably got paid well to do it.

 
Baje 2017-02-18 22:29:18 

In reply to black

Unstoppable? Look! They were in the weaker division, and still came second. At that point, you should have realized it was all over.
Openers looked good throughout. They had no real penetrative bowling to speak of on those good wickets. If Hughes had fired, maybe they had a chance.