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HEADLINE: West Indies Test Squad for Bangldesh seires
CaribbeanCricket.com
2018-07-02 13:01:13
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – WINDIES Captain, Jason Holder and his team are within reach to an improved Test-ranking if they can beat Bangladesh, starting July 4 in Antigua.
Holder along with teammates, Shane Dowrich and Shannon Gabriel all had upward movement in Test-Player rankings since the series against Sri Lanka. Holder is now 54th in batting and is 6th in the all-rounder’ list and a career-best 25th among bowlers, Dowrich is 51st among the batsmen and Gabriel is now at 12th place following his man-of-the-match 13 for 121, giving the 3rd best haul ever by a West Indies bowler.
The chance to move from 9th place is possible if the WINDIES win a match in the series. Here are some scenarios:
Drawn series – Bangladesh 75, Windies 72
Windies win 1-0 – Windies 75, Bangladesh 69
Windies win 2-0 – Windies 77, Bangladesh 67
The 13-man squad to face Bangladesh for the Two Tests reads:
Jason Holder – Captain
Devendra Bishoo
Kraigg Brathwaite
Roston Chase
Miguel Cummins
Shane Dowrich
Shannon Gabriel
Shimron Hetmyer
Shai Hope
Keemo Paul
Kieran Powell
Kemar Roach
Devon Smith
The Selection Panel “expects to see a greater effort from the top 5 batters and see them return to the focus and discipline we know they are capable of in the upcoming series against Bangladesh. After some very competitive cricket against ICC 6th ranked Sri Lanka that ended in a one all draw. We congratulate the team on a drawn series but recognized that victory was within our reach. The Selection panel also acknowledge and commend the strong performances of captain Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel and man of the series Shane Dowrich.”
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positiveg
2018-07-02 13:05:26
Hope at the end of the series we are ahead of them
jacksprat
2018-07-02 13:34:00
Talk about rewarding failure & mediocrity!!
Some Guys Have All The Luck!!
natty_forever
2018-07-02 13:52:56
In reply to jacksprat… however, when that's all you have
failure & mediocrity!!
… what do you do?
jacksprat
2018-07-02 14:23:51
In reply to natty_forever
Why should this particular set of failures & purveyors of mediocrity have a monopoly on opportunity?
They are no better, nor worse, than dozens of others who arrayed around the regions. In this "eat a food" culture, a change of personnel will not necessarily change the result but another set will get to "eat a food", which is all West Indies cricket seem to be about these days.
Atl_View
2018-07-02 16:07:47
Please help me understand this team selection. You are allowed to play 11 people and we at the most are just playing 4-5 players.
There must be a strategy in there somewhere.
XDFIX
2018-07-02 17:34:04
West Indies Test Squad for Bangldesh seires
When since we all spell series with a twang?
rhatid
2018-07-02 19:59:48
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
So I see Jamaicans are not a part of the West Indies team anymore. So I don't expect to see any Jamaicans on the team when they play in Jamaica. And I hope there will be no spectator in the stand.
dayne
2018-07-02 20:03:39
Well I wish the Selectees better fortunes for the upcoming series, It might be the last one for at least two players if they do not produce.
jacksprat
2018-07-02 21:10:13
In reply to rhatid
The stands will be empty whether or not there are Jamaican in the team. There have been instances where there were no jamaicans in the team-1968 versus
England and 1977 against Pakistan, come to mind-when Sabina Park was jam-packed on each day of the test. Jamaicans tend to be among the least insular in that regard.
Last year the stands were empty for the Pakistan test, as has become the norm in recent years. Blackwoods inclusion in the final eleven would not have changed that fact. People just do not care about West Indies test cricket and the board is not doing much to foster intrest.
rhatid
2018-07-02 21:16:42
In reply to jacksprat
I agree with you totally.
Star
2018-07-03 07:59:00
In reply to rhatid
Spectators in the stands don't matter to CWI when they are guaranteed a yearly financial handout from the ICC.