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Ok, I'm going to ask it

 
black 2017-04-23 11:28:43 

No one in West Indies coaching knew Narine had batting potential?

 
Jabari18 2017-04-23 11:30:48 

In reply to black

Has been known in TT

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:34:22 

In reply to black

Haven't we all seen him...he is HIT or MISS

Kohli could afford many misses in IPL

 
black 2017-04-23 11:34:29 

In reply to Jabari18


Has been known in TT


So it took his IPL Team to move him up the order?

 
black 2017-04-23 11:35:30 

In reply to Narper

Haven't we all seen him...he is HIT or MISS


T20 is hit or miss.

Some, hit more than others. lol

 
TanteMerle 2017-04-23 11:35:43 

In reply to black

Narine opened in the Big Bash.

rolleyes rolleyes

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:36:15 

In reply to black

But a WI team can't afford more misses...recently we are more miss than hit wink

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:36:42 

In reply to TanteMerle

Tell de newbie back room Black big grin

 
Andy99 2017-04-23 11:39:02 

In reply to Narper

But a WI team can't afford more misses...recently we are more miss than hit wink


But he bats at 9 or 10 so moving him up and him going early for single digits is no loss for WI.
And he doesn't waste time, so if he is gonna score runs he is gonna get it ultra quickly and if he is gonna out he is gonna out without soaking up alot of dot balls.

 
Andy99 2017-04-23 11:39:53 

Plus way back when in his debut series, Ganga sent him in at #3 in the Caribbean T20 final

 
black 2017-04-23 11:39:54 

In reply to TanteMerle and Narper

Narine opened in the Big Bash


You're still making my point.

 
black 2017-04-23 11:41:10 

In reply to Andy99

Exactly.

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:41:38 

In reply to black

So it took his IPL Team to move him up the order?


BO....Big bash team moved him up first wink

 
Baje 2017-04-23 11:41:49 

He batted early in one T 20 against Pakistan and some folks were questioning why capn sent him ahead of capn

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:42:42 

In reply to Andy99

Didn't WI recently promote him to #4 or #5 and it failed

 
black 2017-04-23 11:43:34 

In reply to Narper

BO....Big bash team moved him up first


But, it was not West Indies.

 
Andy99 2017-04-23 11:43:39 

In reply to Narper

IDK, did they?
How many innings 3, 5 10?

 
Narper 2017-04-23 11:45:55 

In reply to Andy99
Naah....one time I can remember

WI have enough cowlashers to promote Philip in T20I

We have seen over and over that T20I is a much higher standard than IPL

 
BenGman 2017-04-23 11:47:43 

I believe Narine opened for Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean T20 for 1 match years ago... before the CPL. I think the match was @ Kensington Oval... I'm looking for the scorecard. The last Caribbean T20 tournament was in 2013, so Narine was recognised as an opener in a major T20 tournament long time now.

 
Andy99 2017-04-23 11:49:27 

In reply to Narper

I just checked the highest he has bat is #6 twice and he has a 28 off 16 and a 1 off 5.
So that a good success rate in T20 although thats still low in the order.

KKR have many cowlashers too, Uthapa one of the most successful openers in IPL has been kept down because of Narine. They have lashers down to #9, all better records than Narine I believe

 
sgtdjones 2017-04-23 11:55:11 

In reply to Andy99

Andy

I played against Narine and Cooper in a windball tourney about
10 years ago.

They both opened the innings and gave us a good beating.

Dem two lashed us all over Chapman park.

Narine is a pure hitter and can bat.

In the IPL his purpose is simple lash dat ball before five overs are completed.

He is not out there to play Lara's innings.

Fellow posters here don't understand the motive of promoting up the order.

 
Andy99 2017-04-23 11:55:56 

In reply to sgtdjones

Correct, last year in the windball competition he hit 6 sixes in an over.