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Stupid, bad pitches produce inferior players not capable of competing at the highest level.

In reply to Runs

I had a post a few years ago on the said subject. Pitch preparation is a science yet the curators probably cant even spell science.Batsmen need good pitches to hone their skills,likewise pace bowlers require pitches that give them some encouragement. Slow low pitches are good only to spin bowlers and often serve to flatter their abilities.

the curators probably cant even spell science. Lmao. U could be right, doc!

In reply to cricketmad

Aye

In reply to Runs
Need Trump to fix the infrastructure

In reply to Runs

It’s the ungrateful mercenaries that getting our cricket to where it is, the next good player for WI already looking fuh a T20 contract! I hope WI tek a stance once and for all and seh if you choose franchise over us, you are never playing fuh WI again!

In reply to WestDem

That too

In reply to WestDem

Cussbud

Me bwoy Big B said dat

He will no longer play fer CWI?

In reply to sgtdjones

Big B is already a WI retiree. Is allyuh Trinis fcuking our cricket since dat lucky performance at de Champion League. Only if Roti Belly had stopped eating doubles!

In reply to WestDem

Yuh shotting all over today. All guns blazing?

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

He gats a bottle on his table

Soon he will pass out.

In reply to WestDem

Ya still angry how ya amazon warriors
flopped in SA? ...huh

take a big breath and breathe out, see it will soon pass

In reply to Runs

Bro! management is still our biggest problem.

Fix our pitches first
Players are being inadequately prepared

[b]In reply to Runs[/b
Psychological make-up. The will power is not there.

In reply to jcveletta

Tell them star! Willpower to succeed is missing!

That also, but I have seen Jason Mohammed handle a shortball and get out as a schoolboy might have, clueless.
Also, many could not negotiate short pitched bowling during the tests, says to me that they are not prepared to combat it.
It is a well known weakness of West Indian batsmen and opposing teams expose them over and over. I am yet to see anything being done to address this issue by powers that be to prepare our batsmen.

In reply to Runs

Could it be making this team too easy? No competition for keeping your place due to quantity of mediocre players who are prematurely being bigged up by their insular fans! The players these days cannot play cricket proper.

In reply to Runs I see you have jumped on the donkey cart with the rest...wi players aren't competitive or good enough or the current bunch!?

In reply to BeatDball

If you do a study you will notice the few guys who were successful bstsmen worked hard at their game and also played a lot of international games with and without the WI team. Yes, we have produced some natural talent, but because of inadequate resources we have seldom managed to transition them into the finished product, as other nations have done and continue to do. A lot of factors are to be blamed, including poor pitches is my feeling. Both for bowling and batting.
We need to mimic successful teams, look at their preparation comprehensively from under 19 and so forth.

In reply to Runs Well, I just hope WICB take heed & start with the pitches/grounds. WI have to be competitive.....fact.

In reply to Runs

Three ingredients Runsy:
1. Grit/Determination
2. Growth mindset
3. Entrepreneurial spirit to succeed
All three missing from the modern day WI cricketer.

In reply to jcveletta

Agreed, I will add in “well qualified” for the job also, meaning having the necessary skillsets.
Our “University” is not doing an adequate job.

In reply to Runs

Will a bowling machine help?

In reply to XDFIX

Definitely, just ask Shiv