“This is the worst cricket ever …these guys are playing like novices…some of them should learn the basics before they even travel with an international team.”
At the moment, the West Indies team is engaged in a series of matches against New Zealand and the words expressed above, I feel certain, may have been in the minds of the commentators but because of courtesy, could not be expressed openly.
In the first place, this Test series after the Zimbabwe ordeal, was not even mentioned in cricketing circles in this country, much less for the Caribbean most likely, except Barbados, my Bajan friend told me.
At the moment, the regional Four-Day series is in progress, although that in itself is a misnomer, as there appears to be “no progress” in terms of the standard of the games being played with small totals, cheap dismissals and at times inaccurate bowling. Even the new rules appear totally skewed, with fast bowling points being encouraged, even when the bowlers are not good and spin bowling being discouraged by the lack of points.
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Interesting reading! Hmmmmm
In reply to Slipfeeler
I just read it and found this piece interesting..
Even the new rules appear totally skewed, with fast bowling points being encouraged, even when the bowlers are not good and spin bowling being discouraged by the lack of points.
So a captain has some interesting decisions to make. If he can use all spinners and bowl a team out for less than 200, his team is not rewarded maximum point value because he hardly used his seamers! Doesn't seam fair, does it?
Conversely, if he has a 4 prong and gets the same results, he ends with more points in the end.
I just think that they have to
examine why there aren't more fast bowlers in the system. I think the graveyard pitches have a lot to do with it.
Shane Dowrich scored against Zimbabwe in a match, the West Indies fail to win, cannot excuse his appalling glove work, he is probably the worst West Indies wicket-keeper ever in the last 20 years.
Here comes TheTrail with his Ramdin protests
Mr. Writer - “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”
In reply to SirGarny
I think the graveyard pitches have a lot to do with it.
The BL ground... Clearly they aint learn
Some of the Writer's comments are off-base IMO, Chase has the highest batting average in the present team, he has scored an away century and two fifties out of the Caribbean in contrary to what the Writer wrote. Dowrich century in Zimbabwe was of importance, he came in at a time when the game could have swung either way, a WI collapse could have happened.
On one hand, he is saying that the batting and bowling in regionals are weak. Then somehow he expects the test side to be strong? Is he blaming the selectors for the standard of cricket in the region?
