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HEADLINE: Sherman Lewis replaces Alzarri for India Test Squad to India
CaribbeanCricket.com
2018-09-18 15:33:28
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Right-arm fast bowler, Shermon Lewis will replace Alzarri Joseph in the 15-man squad for the Test Tour of India which starts Thursday, October 4 in Rajkot.
Lewis made his debut at the first-class level for the Windward Islands in March 2017 and took 30 wickets at an average of 21.66 in the 2017/18 West Indies 4Day Championship. He recently toured England as part of the WINDIES A squad where they played against India A and England Lions.
Joseph, in the last week, underwent two fitness assessment procedures and a CWI medical panel has recommended that he be “allowed to continue his rehabilitation to full fitness for international competitions.”
Joseph suffered a stress fracture last November and has since been in intense programmes to get him back to full strength. Since then, he has also played in an international home series against Bangladesh and the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Joseph will continue his rehabilitation programme under the monitoring of medical officials at the High-Performance Centre at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
In the meantime, some members of the Test squad are already in Dubai and have begun training sessions at the ICC Academy as they continue their preparation for the Test series in India.
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navindesigns
2018-09-18 15:48:46
i have never heard of this yute before
Larr Pullo
2018-09-18 16:04:16
StumpCam
2018-09-18 16:08:32
In reply to Larr Pullo
My thoughts exactly! 
VIX
2018-09-18 16:10:41
vs India-A
West Indies A bowling averages
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10 Ct St
S Lewis 2 4 62.1 7 260 10 4/35 8/165 26.00 4.18 37.3 0 0 0 0
RA Reifer 2 4 64.0 9 211 8 5/50 6/99 26.37 3.29 48.0 1 0 0 0
CK Holder 1 2 44.0 2 205 5 4/57 5/205 41.00 4.65 52.8 0 0 0 0
O Thomas 1 2 24.0 2 130 3 3/66 3/130 43.33 5.41 48.0 0 0 0
^ that musbe why?
Larr Pullo
2018-09-18 16:18:47
In reply to VIX
Damn, he really flew under the radar!
robbo
2018-09-18 16:38:33
Good luck to him.... very tough assignment
tops
2018-09-18 17:13:00
I have allot a time for Lewis. seems a good prospect, I wish him all the best...
Wah happen to the other Joseph from Guyana? He was doing well in A team tours...
Atl_View
2018-09-18 17:24:38
Reifer would have been a better pick..
anthonyp
2018-09-18 17:31:43
In reply to Atl_View
For what? WI already got Holder for slow medium.. They don't need another..
Lewis won't be playing.. Holder, Gabriel, Roach and Keemo in the squad too I think..
Most likely the attack gonna be
Holder
Gabriel
Roach
Bishoo
Warrican
doosra
2018-09-18 18:05:17
yep. didn't notice at all
def flew under the radar
doosra
2018-09-18 18:06:28
In reply to tops
Keon out of favor...probably injured too/?
not sure
Narper
2018-09-18 18:22:36
Jeremiah Louis did better than Sherman Lewis in regional 4 day
Better batsman too
Check 2017-8 Regional 4 day bowling stats
Come in VOR...one dottie pushed ahead of another dottie to replace a dottie 
imusic
2018-09-18 18:24:01
So Lewis gets selected ahead of
Cummins
Oshane Thomas
Obed McCoy
Beaton
Louis
Damn...he must be pretty good and thought of very highly
All the best young man
buds
2018-09-18 18:38:50
In reply to imusic
When they say " Replacement "-It means exactly that! A Dot for a Dot regardless of how terrible. Whatever happen to Devon Smith? 
tc1
2018-09-18 19:27:39
In reply to Larr Pullo
u don't follow WI cricket ?
tc1
2018-09-18 19:28:35
In reply to imusic
he out performed them in 4day cricket
hawk
2018-09-18 21:25:23
cant please west indians...damned when you do and damned when you dont
Atl_View
2018-09-18 22:30:26
In reply to anthonyp
We only need one spinner.. our guys are not wicket takers..so Reifer at least can bat and take a few with his swing.
Str8_Drive
2018-09-19 05:55:22
I hope that this is just a matter of current effectiveness and this move does not indicate that Al JO got injured again or has to remodel his action, still hoping that AL JO will be one for the future.
shivnotout
2018-09-19 08:07:32
In reply to VIX
that musbe why?
check out Lewis away bowling.
Prithvi and Smarth nearly kill am
scorecard
dayne
2018-09-19 19:11:28
I guess Lewis have some speed, that usually sways the WI Selectors.
mkcharles
2018-09-19 19:43:43
In reply to robbo
Saw him in January when the WWI came to town and he was best bowler including those from BIM. Tall with an easy approach and bowls nice lines with a natural outswing.
He has decent pace if not express and I would guess easily mid 80s but there are lots of things to like about him. Certainly quicker than Jason and Kemar for those of you obsessed with pace.
Got injured when the Lions toured the Caribbean as he was in that squad and was decent enough in England.
This is a good forward thinking pick even if he may not be required in India. Thomas, McCoy and others have done well in T20 but at this moment there is nothing to judge their true 4-day class.
robbo
2018-09-20 11:53:37
In reply to mkcharles
I’ve managed to grab snippets of him here and there on various live feeds... I agree entirely with your description of him and generally like what I see.... the bowlers on the recent A tour of England didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory but from what I could see Lewis looked the most threatening... like all of them he seemed to bowl too short too often but hopefully he’s learnt from that.
Tough assignment a debut tour to India but I suppose in reality he’s unlikely to get a game.... you never know though .... I wish him luck anyway.
openning
2018-09-20 12:50:56
In reply to Atl_View
Reifer would have been a better pick..
Dude, Raymon Reifer bowls too slow and his batting is not up to International standard.
Jason Holder already is in the team, you don't need another medium to slow bowler, whose batting is not up to the standard require for the International level.
Have a look at his stats, and tell us why he should be selected?
Raymon Reifer
tc1
2018-09-20 13:07:50
In reply to openning
you posting seems to indicate that Holder is not up to international level
bird
2018-09-20 13:20:25
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.comfrecking amazing i never thought some one will be test cricket for WI that i never heard of
bird
2018-09-20 13:25:07
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.comfrecking amazing i never thought some one will be test cricket for WI that i never heard of
openning
2018-09-20 13:26:41
In reply to tc1
Jason is a batting allrounder, it will be crazy not to see the difference in his game to Reifer's.
They both plays for a club, that produced one of Barbados best Medium fast bowler, who can also bat.
I've watchedd Dennis Atkinson bowled, neither Jason nor Raymon meet the standard set by him, as a bowler.
analyst-kid
2018-09-20 15:07:33
In reply to openning
Judging by his big runs against a powerful Aus team in the late fifties/early sixties....those guys don't seem to be as good a batsman as Atkinson either!
tc1
2018-09-20 15:08:54
In reply to openning
Dennis was a defensive bowler who played 22 matches for the WI , he took 41 wickets at a avg of 35, Jason has taken 81 wks for an avg of 29
Jason has 2 tons with a batting avg of 30, Dennis has 1 ton for an avg of 31.
Tell me what standard did Dennis set that Jason has not surpassed.
tc1
2018-09-20 15:10:28
In reply to analyst-kid
Stop following Opening and do your own analysis.This is Atkinson that skippered Bim before the 3 Ws especially Sir Everton in the late 60s.
openning
2018-09-20 15:28:10
In reply to tc1
Have you ever seen Denis bowled or you just comparing Dennis stats over his short International career?
BTW, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh were not part of the International system when he played,
England and Australia five test format, was the format of the time.
For anyone that watched the two and want to match Jason with him, has to be looking at colour and not performance.
openning
2018-09-20 15:36:32
In reply to analyst-kid
The local fans, used to say Denis bowled the ball, like it is tight to a string.
tc1
2018-09-20 15:42:15
In reply to openning
I am guessing you seen him bowled and he was a good regional bowler, stop trying to rewrite the game of cricket to suit your adulteration.
openning
2018-09-20 15:54:58
In reply to tc1
I saw him bowled, both at the local and regional level.
I saw him in a match at Bank Hall, bowling to Everton with two slips, a gully, silly maiden and two guys in Everton's back pocket.
A sound batsman and a bowler of medium-pace offcutters, Denis Atkinson made his debut in India in 1948-49, and was a Test regular in the mid-1950s. He was captain for three Tests against Australia in 1954-55, in the absence of Jeff Stollmeyer, and later led West Indies to a series victory in New Zealand. His finest hour, though, came in the fourth Test of that Australian series. Facing a total of 668, West Indies collapsed and were 146 for 6 when Atkinson and Clairmonte Depeiaza came together. In more than a day the pair added 347 for the seventh wicket, a first-class record for 40 years and still the best in Tests. Atkinson contributed 219, his career-highest, and also took seven wickets in the match. On his sole tour of England in 1957 he began memorably, taking 10 for 62 in the first match at Worcester, but later he was overworked and a strained shoulder affected his performance
Link Text
The CWI site give the total stats of one's career;
Denis Atkinson
Jason Holder
imusic
2018-09-20 16:27:26
In reply to openning
You saw Denis Atkinson and Everton Weekes LIVE?
Did you see Christopher Columbus? 
openning
2018-09-20 16:46:04
In reply to imusic
Did you see Christopher Columbus
If he was playing between 157-63, I would had seen him also.
I had the opportunity of going to Private lessons on Saturday, after lessons I would walk to any place that Empire was playing, within the city limits.
So I've walked to Bank Hall, Kensington, Carlton, The Park, Darrell Road.
I had my first bicycle about 61, so after school, I'll go to Bank Hall, sometimes to queen Park to see the practice sessions.
natty_forever
2018-09-20 16:59:27
In reply to openning
So I've walked to Bank Hall, Kensington, Carlton, The Park, Darrell Road.
… "tantamount" to me walking around UWI Mona campus.
imusic
2018-09-20 17:07:09
In reply to openning
If he was playing between 157-63
A.D or B.C ?
tc1
2018-09-20 19:09:04
In reply to openning
Did he got Everton out,Sir E and Keith Boyce knocked off the runs and Empire won the cup.
I have read the same article on Dennis Atkinson as you did, his bowling avg is 35 as Jason is 29.
DIEHARD
2018-09-20 20:35:57
openning
2018-09-20 23:01:58
In reply to tc1
Did he got Everton out,Sir E and Keith Boyce knocked off the runs and Empire won the cup.
Can you tell me what year that Empire won the cup, with Keith Boyce being a bluet?
tc1
2018-09-20 23:15:08
In reply to openning
it has to be 63, since he came to Maple in 64 and went to UK in 65 with John Shepherd.
Everton was voted out as captain for the 64 season at Empire, Keith played football for Empire in 63 and made the bim team as goal keeper.
you being a bluet should remember the date, I recall listening to the tea time score between our Empire vs Wanderers and playing cricket at school.I think Sir E and Keith made 1/2 centuries each.
openning
2018-09-21 01:19:59
In reply to tc1
I am fully aware of Keith playing for Maple, but have no memory of him at Empire, he may had play for a short period.
I'e watched Maple playing against Yorkshire, prior to the promotion to 1st Division.
you being a bluet should remember the date,
Thats when I was growing up in Bim, my friends here knows nothing about cricket.
analyst-kid
2018-09-21 09:56:36
In reply to tc1
What I know about ATKINSON is that he and DEPEIZA made a world record seventh wicket partnership against the most powerful team in the world at that time,Austraila.... in the presence of Weekes Worrell Walcott, Sobers and Collie Smith.
tc1
2018-09-21 14:42:00
In reply to analyst-kid
yes indeed, I know of Clairmonte Depeiza , he from my part of the wood, went to school with my dad and played with him locally.
tc1
2018-09-21 14:53:33
In Reply to Openning
Keith played cricket and football at Empire and make Bim team in both sports while a blue, he also played football at Maple.
Keith as a footballer was more crazier than being a cricketer, just imagine Keith as a footballer, the man played forward , midfield, full back and goalie. he made the team as a goal keeper.
openning
2018-09-21 16:16:22
In reply to tc1
Pelon, CWI has updated it site, time for you and Keith to do the same.
Historical dated is needed for every BCA match played, and all players stat.
This could be a summer job for a number youngsters.
goliath
2018-09-22 13:41:52
In reply to robbo Sorry Robbo - but Chemar Holder was the best of the pacers on that A team tour in England
robbo
2018-09-22 14:09:51
In reply to goliath
No that’s fine... I only saw a limited amount of the cricket via a live feed and Lewis was the the most impressive of that small and limited sample.. to be honest the only other bowler that looked ‘anything like’ was Holder.... I presume you saw a lot more than I did.
goliath
2018-09-23 08:23:38
In reply to robbo I went to the two games at Northampton and took some stiff sun just to see them lose big
robbo
2018-09-23 09:17:11
In reply to goliath
You are a brave man .... it was really hot then 
goliath
2018-09-24 08:26:03
In reply to robbo
