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Sri Lanka 22/1 (5.2)
Perera 14* Chandimal 6*

Cummins 14/1
Reifer 7/0 (2.5)


Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first vs the CWI President’s Xl at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad.

Sri Lanka 42/1 (11)

Perera 29* Chandimal 9*

Joseph 8/0
Warrican 2/0 (0.4)

In reply to solidrock

Live video here

In reply to positiveg
Thanks.

It seems interesting that Blackwood a test campaigner is left out of the final 11 ( assuming there is no injury ).

Why put a man with a good number of tests behind him in the squad if you don't play him ???

I am not necessarily a Blackwood fan , I am questioning the generic logic of leaving out a man just dropped from the test 11.

202/2....is WI setting up Sri Lanka here? This pitch is dead and slow...QPO is much livelier.

In reply to analyst-kid

we may be giving a little too much credit here.

278/4

In reply to Runs

Thank you for the score, however the WI websites should do a better job providing it.

In reply to dayne

Sri Lanka tour of West Indies at Tarouba, May 30 - Jun 1 2018/

Notice ....very few care about the game.

In reply to dayne

Chandimal 108
Perera 65
Matthews 41

Cornwall 2-72

Our bowlers are absolute dunces, look at how many boundaries and extras alone make up that score smh!

Cornwall bowled 26 overs, more than any other bowler and took 2 wickets. Yet according to those idiot selectors, he is not fit enough to play for the Windies. And check his A team stats. He also bowled more overs than anyone else. And people wonder why our cricket is going to hell.
Discrimination can't done.

In reply to bobby

All teams consistently struggle against Cornwall. However, apparently he is not athletic or agile enough for international level i heard the commentators saying yesterday (he unfortunately drops a few catches which doesn't help when Courtney Browne is in the stands watching, including yesterday) but i agree Cornwall is one of our top bowlers by far and if senior batsmen from other teams are struggling against him this needs to be given some weight (no pun intended)

And CWI of course, bring Sri Lanka, an Asian / spin-specialist team, to the most spin friendly country in the Caribbean to start the tour and give them ample match practice...i mean anyone would dare think CWI have West Indies Cricket's best interest at heart

In reply to bobby

If Cornwall is fit, he should play. Forget about looks. Show then a pic of babe ruth.

In reply to Judgement
The majority of the current West Indies team cannot bat, bowl, field or catch to international standards. So what is the problem? At least Cornwall can bat and bowl.

In reply to bobby

The problem is a (big) obvious one.

SL 422/9

SL 428 all out Warrican 4/81 from 29.4 overs

...watch SL spinners bother WI now

In reply to Bigzinc

In reply to rockstarxxx

Exactly. They don't play 3 or 5 day games for a start

WI 123/1 Powell 46 Brooks 13

In reply to rockstarxxx

WG Grace?
Colin Milburn?
Max Walker?
Jesse Ryder?
Ian Botham?
David Boon?
Arjuna Ranatunga?
Dwayne Leverock?
Inzamam Ul Haq?

In reply to imusic Chris Gayle? … he did say "average player".

Cornwall is very good choice as a WI test bowler, batsman and fielder. Full stop! This is obvious to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

206/7 collapso

In reply to solidrock

Some People are excited to see Cornwall in the WI test team, but they are overlooking Warrican, he has been consistently more effective that any other spinner against international teams lately. Also, how is it the Selectors are persisting with Brooks and Singh over Blackwood, who has shown some potential at the International level more than the two.

In reply to dayne

And more consistent than Warrican at the first class level is Nikita Miller.

It is time for Cornwall to be selected

In reply to openning

Way, way, way time for Cornwall to be selected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What idiots could think Bishoo in 2018 should be selected before Cornwall! Absurdity!

In reply to solidrock

In two weeks time Cornwall will be on his way to England with the A team.

What's happened to this match? Abandoned?

In reply to mikesiva
Looks like it mate.

Is Blackwood injured?

I refuse to believe that a current test player could be omitted from an A team final eleven for any other reason.

In reply to jacksprat

No, he's not injured and Pybus is in charge of the A team. That should tell you everything

[b]In reno body there to give us a score? Only games in WI not updated on a regular basis. We have to wait for the next day to get a score???
Nobody at Brian Lara Stadium?
ply to mikesiva[/b]

In reply to jacksprat

Blockwood is the next Icon Man....

In reply to jacksprat

Blackwood demoted to A team status!

In reply to Brumar74

President XI 277 all out

John Campbell 62
Kieran Powell 60
Rahkeem Cornwall 54

In reply to mikesiva

We have established the Miller has set the benchmark, so the comparison as I understand it was Warrican vs. everyone else including Cornwall.

Just for the record FC stats:

Miller: 36yrs/95 matches/497wickets/ave: 16/ 50 strike rate

Warrican: 26/48/208/19/47

Clearly the younger buck doesn't lose anything in comparison even with the mighty Miller.

The point remains, why the always fuss always about Cornwall if only as a bowler when others can be part of the convo. For the record, I think both should be around the first team squad before a Bishoo and play according to pitch conditions.

In reply to mikesiva

John Campbell a potential prospect as an opener who is capable of bowling several overs for WI. Imagine the added depth of WI if both openers are capable of strong bowling performances.