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Blackwood & Dowrick ought to be rested

 
Yadi 2017-04-17 11:22:24 

Until they return to form ... Shai Hope

ought to keep wicket and bat at #4.

Your thoughts?

 
doosra 2017-04-17 11:37:06 

In reply to Yadi

wunnu love part time keepers

they love to lose you matches

ask the chairman of selecta big grin

 
Slipfeeler 2017-04-17 11:54:05 

In reply to doosra

Why? They are two of the better young test players!

 
Runs 2017-04-17 11:56:57 

In reply to Yadi

Agreed, you cannot pick players who are badly out of form and somehow expect them to miraculously deliver at a much higher level. wink

 
Narper 2017-04-17 12:38:16 

In reply to Runs

Agreed, you cannot pick players who are badly out of form and somehow expect them to miraculously deliver at a much higher level.


Only if dem facing WI bowling big grin

 
silver 2017-04-17 12:41:41 

In reply to Yadi


Blackwood is not test material but Viv say he will be great one day so they keep playing him

 
Slipfeeler 2017-04-17 12:44:51 

In reply to Runs

Blackwood has done it before, came alive in test after a relatively poor regional season, some players just like playing in big matches!

 
Logic 2017-04-17 12:46:13 

In reply to Yadi
Just because this is a Rum Shop it dont mean you have to talk uninformed crap all the time. Even a drunk man could go and check the stats for himself and see that Dowrich's average in his short 8 test career is 34; that that is 3 runs higher than the 31 average of the specialist batsman, Blackwood, you are comparing him to; and a good 8 runs higher than the 26 average of the last wicketkeeper batsman, Ramdin.

And even if you were too drunk to understand averages, you could simply enquire about his last test performance - against Pakistand - in a match winning effort where he scored 107 runs in 2 innings, including an undefeated 60 under pressure to win batting last in the 2nd innings.

Jesus wept, man.

 
Runs 2017-04-17 12:50:46 

In reply to Narper

razz

 
buds 2017-04-17 12:52:55 

Yadi-tek your advise..from the MB.

 
googley 2017-04-17 12:53:32 

wait wait, wasn't Dowrich the new messiah after Ramdin was given the booth? cool

 
Slipfeeler 2017-04-17 12:58:21 

In reply to Logic

I don't understand why people are calling for dropping of the two better test batsmen, while others with less averages are unscathed?

 
Logic 2017-04-17 12:58:59 

In reply to Yadi
OK. Perhaps I over-reacted. Maybe you framed this question to provoke some debate of some sort. That said, it's it still seems like a "The World is Flat, not Round. Your Thoughts?" kind of debate proposition.

Anyway on another, your comparisons with Blackwood are flawed. What is your basis for saying Blackwood is out of form? I would counter-propose that Blackwood is just a technically limited batsman with good hand-eye coordination. Sometimes he will come off, sometimes he won't.

Despite the odd calls for him to be included in the wi limited over squads, the truth is that he has performed fairly modestly for Jamaica in the limited over game, perhaps because his main outlets at long off and long on are more likely to be marshalled from ball one.

 
Logic 2017-04-17 13:00:17 

In reply to Slipfeeler
Sir, I think you better read my posts more carefully. The alliance you perceive may not exist.

 
tc1 2017-04-17 13:12:09 

In reply to Runs


What about Singh , your argument still is valid?

 
Runs 2017-04-17 13:22:05 

In reply to tc1

Singh has batted his way into contention. cool

 
Slipfeeler 2017-04-17 14:45:51 

In reply to Logic

Don't get it twisted, it was a facetious opportunism, clearly intended to undermine your perceived logic or lack thereof!
big grin big grin

 
doosra 2017-04-17 15:13:21 

pick your best keeper...

it;s a specialist position

missing chances can cost you test matches

 
googley 2017-04-17 15:16:20 

In reply to doosra

so Ramdin getting a recal? lol

 
googley 2017-04-17 15:17:12 

In reply to Runs

higher standards! doan hold your breath!! cool

 
Runs 2017-04-17 15:23:38 

In reply to googley

All good

 
tc1 2017-04-17 16:43:08 

In reply to Runs

Singh has batted his way into contention


Does that make sense to you, you allow Singh to be pick after failing in the dung heap, but dropped Shane after failing in the dung heap and have the nerve to speaking about higher standard.

 
Runs 2017-04-17 16:55:28 

In reply to tc1

Singh performed on the A team tour in SL also cool

 
voiceofreason 2017-04-17 17:09:25 



link Logic4/17/17 1:00:17 PM
In reply to Slipfeeler
Sir, I think you better read my posts more carefully. The alliance you perceive may not exist.
smile

 
natty_forever 2017-04-18 06:09:24 

In reply to Slipfeeler... how often he comes alive is the issue.

 
natty_forever 2017-04-18 06:10:03 

If hope plays he bats at 6.

 
BeatDball 2017-04-18 09:32:51 

I like both blackwood n dowrich....but, it's time for vishal Singh to venture.... wink