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Is now the second highest ranked West Indian Bowler at 26th in the latest ICC rankings. He is behind Gabriel at 19th.

Bishoo actually improved in the rankings after this series. Go figure.

In reply to dale_staple

Nooo can't be it is a typo

In reply to Runs

ICC mounting an investigation currently. LOL.

In reply to dale_staple

drop the nogoogley sknut!

Second highest even without the googly? That is some mistake ..

In reply to googley

Drop NoGoogley and bring in 1.21 GigaGuts.

In reply to SnoopDog

Not nice. Stop making fun of pregnant people...

What people have to understand is that Bishoo was picked primarily as a bowler in a team whose bowling is in the developmental phase, and in his capacity he has delivered...perhaps he is not as skillful as his counterparts, he is not as sexy as others, but in his own way he delivers, be it long hop, full toss or a ripper. Perhaps he goes for a 100 more often than we would like. (But look at the spinners who bowls lengthy spells...they almost always goes for runs) And maybe he should have taken more wickets than he is taking. But you cannot deny that he is the best option we have as a leg spinner. And he is a specialist night watchman. Plus he gives this place a lot to chatter about. Now that is invaluable.

The selectors, the coaches, and the opposition attest to his place in the team. Nuff said.

His figures would have been a whole lot better if those drop catches were taken

In reply to runout

dude, Bishoo was named emerging player of the year in 2011 by the ICC. He took 21 test wicket mid 2010 to mid 2011, and 19 ODI wickets.

what happened after that? As soon as his performance dropped a little, he was sent packing...and as typical, no support from WICB.

In reply to googley

What kind of support should he have received?

Please be as specific as possible

Thanks

In reply to dale_staple
He bowled well

In reply to googley
Bishoo has a history of finger problems and that hurt his performance. He will no longer be bowling very long spells or 50 overs per innings like other spinners.

poor bishoo can never catch a break

2.2 wickets per inning
just over 3 runs per over
just over 36 runs per wicket

I say drop the facker, WI have tons better than him!

In reply to googley

He still remains the current WI highest wicket taker and highest wicket taker per match, even if his performance might have "dropped a little". Fortunately, the opinion of the current WI selectors is the one that really matters.

The WI fans, however, are a different matter. Many see Bishoo primarily as Indo, and therefore a ready target for ridicule, etc - regarless of performance. It is amazing how the Bishoo haters are also Shiv haters, etc!

In reply to Norm

Garbage, all are ridiculed and all are praised

In reply to methodic

Some are more ridiculed than others!!

Devindra Bishop, rhymes with Long hop.