Team Selection

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Tuesday a 15-member Test squad for the Tour of Australia, starting later this month.

SQUAD

Jason Holder (Captain), Kraigg Brathwaite (Vice Captain), Devendra Bishoo

Jermaine Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo

Rajindra Chandrika, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel

Shai Hope, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach,Marlon Samuels

Jerome Taylor, Jomel Warrican



Team Management Unit

Phil Simmons (Head Coach), Sir Richie Richardson (Team Operations Manager), Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach)

Sir Curtly Ambrose (Bowling Consultant), Andre Coley (Assistant Coach), C.J. Clark (Physiotherapist)

Ronald Rogers (Strength & Conditioning Coordinator), Virgil Browne (Massage Therapist)

Dexter Augustus (Performance Analyst), Philip Spooner (Media Relations Officer)

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com



LIXX!!!!!!

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

So Simmons is really back?.......then what was the suspension all about, a dick contest?

In reply to birdseye

Simmo is back...again

Wats de point of de Regional Competition if a player cannot force de selectors to tek notice after 2 1/2 rounds of games gaven at some of the incumbents havn exactly lit up de scene

Absentees:

Chris Gayle
Kieran Powell
Johnson Charles
Lendl Simmons
Dwayne Bravo
Keiron Pollard
Andre Russell
Dwayne Smith
Narsingh Deonarine
Ravi Rampaul
Miguel Cummings
Verasammy Permaul
Sunil Narine
Fidel Edwards

Brainless Selections! Again.

No Surprise Really.

Shai Hope has not scored a 39 in 10 test innings and he continues to be picked.

& Leon Johnson avgs 39.25 in Test Cricket, is still not picked.

Brilliant.

In reply to imusic

Where is Shilly from de TV?

De man just got 11 wickets against the best batting team in the region

BIG BIG BIG LICKS INCOMING


Wonder if we'll see any 1 day tests happening ?

Hope and Gabriel should have been dropped

This is just very poor selection

In reply to Narper

Did they really say this?.........so the man may have been punished for making a legitimate claim about interference in team selection process - its like the police giving someone a ticket for reporting an accident – then decide to check if the report was true.

Did Phil get the team he wanted this time?

Looks like Dave put a muzzle on his mouth.

sorry!
Copy and paste for a pasting

The exact same squad!!!!???

In reply to TheTrail

Dat de test team

In reply to thefacts

Fighting over scraps really...

The WIBC brings to you yet another innovation: The 2-day test squad!!

In reply to birdseye

He grovel and apologised

While we have justifiable fears that this team could get pounded by Oz in Oz....I am hopeful they can surprise everyone and give the Aussies a good fight.

All the best to the team.

In reply to imusic Is that you?

In reply to Narper

fantasy pick

why not try Imran Khan.

OZZIE selectors deciding who dem can rotate....looks like the current team against NZ will tek a rest....A bench team will be named

BTW......Lara 400* record in serious trosuble if Warner plays ....and Smith not too far behind

No effing way i staying up to watch any of this shite!!!!

In reply to Narper
"BTW......Lara 400* record in serious trouble if Warner play"
Me been askin WestDem this ? last week, who will break that record. Me think if they play Finch it gone.
I hope they play the Ausie female team.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com... still no Sports Psychologist.

One would think a mentally weak team would see the need for one.

In reply to natty_forever

I think for OZ they would need a bone specialist...

In reply to Kay... at times some of these fellows have batted, mark you for some it is one innings, as if they can bat. So I say they have the mechanics, however, for example, the way Ramdin keeps getting out, this suggest something mental to me.

All kicks aside.....I really hope this team shock everybody. Peeps writing dem off wholesale...and dat eh nice man.

Remember....a team with a young richards, holding, greenidge, kallicharran, and roberts took a 5-1 hiding and went on to become the core of an invincible west indies team thereafter.

Lets see what happens

In reply to imusic... would an analysis of the "standard" of those you mention with those of today shed some light.

Was their FC averages as poor as these?

In reply to imusic

Are you serious? You sound as if you have been drinking the WIBC's tainted wine and singing from its Hymnal of Delusion

We need to get some perspective!

Check that lineup from 40 years ago and compare it to this:

Rowe was already a test immortal 4-5 centuries-including a triple to his name;

Fredericks & Lloyd were seasoned campaigners;

Roberts was already a terror on the County circuit;

Greenidge had already made 97 & a century on debut a year earlier;

Richards was already a test centurion from a year earlier as well;

Murray, a veteran, had made his debut under Frank Worrell a decade earlier;

Gibbs had 20 years test experience under his belt and was on his way out;

Julien, Boyce & Holder were veterans.

Michael Holding was the only unproven member of the squad but had shown enough promise since U19 days to warrant optimism.

Are Samuels & Bravo-the leading lights-anywhere as good as Kallicharan & Rowe?

Is Taylor as good as Roberts was then?

Is Shai Hope supposed to be the next Richards?

This is still a collection of less than mediocre players taht was just white washed by the rebuilding SL and demolished earlier this year on home soil by this very Australia team.

the management and coach is more than the players.

the bowling can do some work but it ent gonna be easy

the batting, Samuels and Bravo need to step up

it feels like a boys vs big men series

boys can grow up to men status

In reply to jacksprat

West Indies in Australia 1975-76 - Test Averages

and in addition...even tho we got 5-1 cutaass...we didn't lie down and die like wimps...the series was closer than the 5-1 margin indicated

Lloyd made 2 tons and 2x50s...Fredericks 1 ton and 1x50, Richards 1 ton and 2x50s, Rowe 1 ton and 1x50, Kallicharan 1 ton and 3x50s...Deryck Murray made 4x50s....even Boyce made 2x50s...Only batsman Greenidge completely failed ....a total 15x50s were scored...Ozzies made 11 tons ( 2 batsmen made 3 tons each) and 11 x50s

at least there is no chopping and changing

In reply to doosra

Looks like this team was set even before the first PCL four-day First-Class match

Deo should have replaced hope...WI need the spin option...Samuels will not bowl

In reply to natty_forever

IVA Richards started playing FC cricket for Combined Islands in January 1972. He made his WI test debut in November 1974 against India. In May 1974 he made his English County Cricket FC debut.

Prior to his test debut, he played 18 FC matches in 2 years in WI domestic cricket and 20 FC matches in 4 months in English County Cricket.

He played a total of 69 FC innings from the time of his FC debut to the time of his test debut.

His overall FC batting average prior to his test debut was 30.91 with 2 centuries. Both centuries were made in England

His FC batting average in WI domestic FC competiton (Shell Shield) prior to his test debut was 27.97




Jermaine Blackwood's FC batting average after 39 FC matches (72 innings) is 35.57

Chandrika's is 26.58

Shai Hope's is 30.09

None of them play anywhere outside of the West Indies.

In reply to Narper

well it was hard to see them change the team that toured SL

In reply to doosra

Exactly. Especially considering it was a 2 match series

In reply to doosra

Hope is not a TEST batsman yet...why take him to a hard tour like OZ...let him stay home and build on his EARLY FC career....he will be irreversibly scarred if the selectors try to force ripe him...and he continues to fail

In reply to Narper

well he may switch place with Chandrika (who's yet to get off the mark vs australia)

i'd like to see little Dowrich find a place in this team. he is a tough youngster

In reply to doosra

Chandrika should have stayed home too...and play a full regional tournament.

Johnson should have gone to open in OZ...he did open in RSA with reasonable success

In reply to imusic

The only way one of these tests goes past 3 days ....

is if a couple of the OZ players goes after Lara`s record.

In reply to thefacts Me thinks lj time has passed.

In reply to DIEHARD

Come on, you can stay up for the two night test match.

In reply to imusic
Nattyforever asked you this:

And you answered with this:


What about the FC & test batting averages of Frederick, Greenidge, Rowe, Kallicharan & Lloyd, et al going into the tour of Australia 40 years ago?

How would you compare the test match pedigrees of allrounders Bernard Julien and Jason Holder going into the respective tours?

To draw a useful analogy between that 1975-76 squad and this 2015-16 squad it would be useful to know their respective averages.

In reply to imusic

I except a whitewash.

But my hope is that two players stand up and make a name for themselves.

Last time we toured OZ, Roach was impressive, and has remained a fixture since.

In reply to Narper

Surely you jest?

In reply to moneybrain

about what?

I hope simmo curse this squad inside out once again !they can not do without you !
Lixxxxxxxxxxxxx and more Lixxxxxxxxxxxxxx

'It is insanity to do the same thing over and over and expect different results' - Einstein.

The WI batsmen were way below even their lowly expectations in the Tests in Lanka. A few experienced batsmen should have been brought back - even if to just let the young batsmen know that they could lose their places for not performing.

The current team was no comparison to the 1975-1976 team - not by a long shot. Paint alone might have found a spot in the 1975 team, because Gordon Greenidge couldn't handle it.

Viv's FC average for the Combined Is was relatively low because he played as a bowling all-rounder and batted way down the order. His outstanding batting talent became evident gradually.

Decimated in Sri Lanka. Will there be a massacre in Australia???
I will not waste time to look or listen. I will sleep all night long. Gone are the days when my household eyes and ears will be glued to the radio and tv all through the night. Alas! alas! alas!

The Aussie fans must be biting their nails in anticipation for the Boxing Day Test....

Hysteria and foaming at the mouth. Calm down and steel yourselves for the licks.

We will loose in OZ but we expected this folks. Expect the following:

Some players will improve, some will remain the same, and some will be shocked by the experience.. Only the strong will survive and West Indies Cricket will be better for it.

Cull the weak administrators and players because, 20+ years of failure has zero sensible excuses...

In reply to johndom90

Dem have to arrange some other form of entertainment for the 29th and 30th

In reply to Narper

Wait we got a boxing day test. The Aussies gave us a xmas present.

In reply to Trex

Could be the ultimate embarrassment for WI cricket....match finishing in 2 days

In reply to Narper

Man I went to the MCG test on Boxing Day 1996. Was amazed by the sight of more than 85 k watching the match. Proud that the Windies won that match.

In reply to Trex

I notice WI got 12 days to prepare for the boxing day test...after the 1st test

In reply to Narper

The Aussies really trying to give us a chance to extend the test to 3 or more days.

In reply to johndom90

In reply to Narper


Maybe we could get Bravo and Shaggy do a duet...doubt Rihanna available....

The selectors took an early Christmas break, they will resume work sometime next year.

All you hold some strain!

This is just the WI 'test' side, as in "Please ignore the fire alarms! This is just a short test!" The real WI Test side is currently busy entertaining folks everywhere overseas in T20 cricket.

I don't think the selectors had a choice. They decided that this is the best bunch of youngsters in the region so dey have to give them an extended run. Hopefully they improve leaps and bounds.

In reply to imusic

i take it you are being sarcastic. who is going to make the runs in this squad?

In reply to Trex

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

This squad did so brilliantly in Sri Lanka, so why change it? The moral of the story...never change a winning team.

Well..I've been thinking, with this squad..best to bite the bullet, and pretend Holder is an all rounder, he's in better form than Ramdin.

So its ridiculous to keep batting Ramdin 7, I dont have much Hope for Hope and Dowrich to make more runs than Holder against the Aussies, so I'm hoping from 6- 8 can give me 150 runs. We should be 200+ before we're 4 wickets down.

Really though, what the hell happened to Taylor's batting? The man has a Test century, which is more than can be said about Deonarine, Hope, Dowrich or Leon Johnson

1.K Brathwaite
2.Chandrika
3.Lil Bravo
4.Samuels
5.Blackwood
6.Holder
7.Ramdin
8.Carlos B
9.Taylor
10.Roach/ Gabriel
11.Bishoo/ Warrican

Dowrich
Hope

DIEHARD,

YOU SAID AND I QUOTE "We should be 200+ before we're 4 wickets down."!!!!!!!!!

WHAT FCUKING WORLD ARE YOU LIVING IN MATE?

LA LA LAND!!!!

HA!HA!HA!

SHEIK

In reply to Sheik

Every team has to have a plan.

So if thats the team selected with Holder batting at 6, then thats the plan.

I am not speaking of what's likely to happen.

I really shouldn't answer you cos you're a fucktard.

An ugly troll, now crawl back under your bridge...AND FACK OFF

DIEHARD,

"SHOULD" IS USED TO EXPRESS EXPECTATION!!

DON'T TRY TO DENY WHAT YOU SAID MATE!!!

YOU ARE LIVING IN LA LA LAND!!!

FUNNY AS FCUK!!!

HA!HA!HA!

SHEIK

DIEHARD,

ALSO LET ME REMIND YOU AGAIN!!

HOLDER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BAT IN THE TOP SIX IN TEST CRICKET!!

HOLDER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE A FOURTH SEAMER FAR LESS A THIRD SEAMER IN TEST CRICKET!!!

HOLDER IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "BITS AND PIECES" TEST CRICKETER!!!

FURTHERMORE HE SHOULD NOT BE TEST CAPTAIN BECAUSE HE CANNOT MAKE THE TEST TEAM ON MERIT!!!

GET THE DRIFT!!!

HA!HA!HA!

SHEIK

PS

THEN AGAIN MOST OF THESE WONDIAN CRICKETERS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE PLAYING TEST CRICKET!!!

OH RA$$!!!!!!

HA!HA!HA!

You mean the very same team that lost to Sri Lanka 3 zip? I still cannot understand why Devon Smith is left out while they continue to experiment with Hope. I am not against Hope because I believe he is a player with high promise, but he should be pushing for a middle order pick where he normally bats and gets runs.

Although Rajindra Chandrika just got his first hundred in first class cricket last week, since he is not the first choice opener it would have been better to replace him with fellow Guyanese Narsingh Deonarine, who is an ok middle order batsman, and a good off spinner, especially when one thinks of Samuel's suspicious bowling action. In fact he had scores of 18 and 82 at Perth, in 2009, when Johnson was really hostile.

Selectors need to do their research before they pick a team.

The Selectors and Damagementof WICB need several Psychologists too!

This a fairly good A Team!

just checking the schedule and noticed first test dec 10

why squad named 1 month before test start?

In reply to doosra

It's not a month. They get to Australia sooner and have a practice game. So really 15 days before they fly out.

I hope they have some conditioning camp in barbados before leaving.

And I hope, someone adds Chanderpaul to the squad before the first test starts.

In reply to brians_da_best

forget chanda for now

let's do some maths

today is nov 15, first test dec 10

that's 25 days

the squad was named over 5 days ago

that's 1 month by standard arithmetic?
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i mean NZ in the 2nd test, have 2 more to go...

In reply to doosra

New zealand just play 3 tests.

Windies have a couple of warm up games leading into the first test