If he can make the step up to the next level we might have a player there..

In reply to FanAttick

Like others before him…..the longer he stays on the WI bench, there will always be “something about him”.

For our fan base……our best players are often those that don’t play

There was something about Julian

Then there was something about Xavier Marshall

And Deo ( the poster child for this)

In reply to imusic

He looks a cut above everyone I’ve seen this season - including those on the test team!

Athanaze goes for a well played 97..tough luck

Wi batsmen dont think he had two hundreds for the taking in tbis match and give way his hand with some unecessary loose shots

In reply to velo

He was caught in two minds ..wouldn’t say he played a reckless stroke..
I didnt see his 1st inning dismissal…
He has class though…

In reply to FanAttick

How dare you use my trademark phraseology?

You will be served!!!!

In reply to sudden


I Hap-la-Gize

In reply to sudden

As I recall…..admin was he first who used that phrase on this board.

You plagiarizing

In reply to imusic

correct is right

there is something about Julian

is the most signature and infamous of all statements on ya


the archives doh lie...sudden even admitted it...come heen fana

In reply to imusic

If that is true he did not register it and it was not use in this way

In reply to sudden

see link in my above post

In reply to sudden

Lol

In reply to doosra

Courtesy has been discourteous for a while

You know, you are very perceptive. That "there's something about Julian" just crossed my mind. I'll leave it alone for now but it's really interesting the very first phone conversation I had with Hunte and the reason I said what I said

In reply to doosra

See my reply above

Commentators were waxing lyrical about Athanaze …..Good to see others saw what I saw
I’ll go out on a limb and say that he’s potentially the best looking left handed WI batter since Lara and Gayle….with a better allround technique than Gayle….looks equally at ease against spin and pace….scores at a rapid clip without looking like he’s forcing it…I would love to see him in the test team vs India….

It also shows the ineptitude of the selectors who picked him to replace Bonner in the Saffie leg of the recent tour of Zim and RSA and had him warming the bench…I would not have dropped Bonner in the way that he was but once selected Athanaze should have played..

In reply to FanAttick
Agree

In reply to FanAttick

Is that west indian pace.....because we don't have many bowlers who regularly bowl at express pace

In reply to Jumpstart

I haven’t seen him vs express pace but I think he has the technique to give a good account of himself….
One thing that I noticed was that he takes a leg stump guard but gets in line quite well…so by the time the bowler delivers he his well across to cover the line of the ball

In reply to FanAttick

Would you use him in place of Weed?

In reply to camos

Yeah…or alternatively he could bat @4 and Blackwood drops back to his customary #5. Mayers @6, Holder @ 7, Da Silva @8

Longer term though Athanaze looks a shoo in for that #3 position

The only reason I’m hedging on him batting @3 vs India is that I wouldn’t want to put too much pressure on him so early..give him a couple tests at #4 to get his feet wet then I’m sure he’ll be ready for the step up

In reply to FanAttick

VOR wanted Alick 5 years now

In reply to FanAttick


I wouldn't be as timid as you - I say throw him at #3, swim or sink!

In reply to doosra

Look at the names that Athanaze beat:

Shubman Gill
Prithvi Shaw
Harry Brook

In reply to imusic

Talk Nah