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SometHIng always seem to come up. He really needs to fix himself because if he misses the WC, he may not have another change and he will only have himself to blame.

I would also like to see Narine make himself available for the WC. We need a high impact spinner and Davendra and Ashley are clearly not going to make any impact, nor matter the opposition.

To win the WC, and I mean it, we need our best players regardless of whether or not they played domestically.

Russell must be in the picture along with Polly, Dwayne and Simmons.

In reply to Emir

Forget about Narine he will not go to England and risk being called for illegal action, Narine is a businessman. I am surprise that Pierra was not included is either the WI squad or the Trinidad squad so far for the season

In reply to Emir … there is no such must. Only must is play regionally, if you are interested.

In reply to Emir

Narine only plays franchisee cricket where he can cheat. Anything else, and he's not confident about his action.

Russell's knees only hold up for franchisee cricket.

Simmons is done.

Dwayne who?

Polly is now far behind in the pecking order of bits and pieces all rounders.

Lewis I hope gets fit and plays

In reply to natty_forever

Why? And don't tell me it is the rule.

In reply to Emir

These players are clearly showing where their priority lies. Evin knows this series was coming up, yet he chose to play t2o non stop and therefore risk injury. I just hope Hetty and those guys do not get injured in the IPL as well. We have been talking about Evin for test cricket, and since those talks started he has not played any first class cricket. This should tell u where his head is. Highest bidder and that's it. Dekock was traded to Mumbai. Evin may not even play a lot of games in the ipl this season. It may be between himself and Polly.

Don't mention Dwayne Bravo - He is clearly a shell of himself and not a big impact player anymore.
Simmons still has something in the talk I agree.
Narine is a sad case. He's always been a disloyal guy to west indies even as a young player. At least he's consistent. We have to move on from a guy that clearly does not want to play. He's so good, but he wants nothing to do with us.
Polly? The less said better. He has never proven to be a quality international player. I think he is actually quite committed and loves west indies cricket. I don't believe he is good enough

In reply to brians_da_best

Russel neednt bowl 10 overs... if he plays he could be part of a 7 man bowling attack.

In reply to dayne

Its why CWI must be prepared to do what the BCCI and the other big 2, are prepared to do- wage a battle by putting umpires on notice.

Narine needs that assurance of his home board-any attempt by some rogue umpire to call his action will be met by an aggressive response against the umpires

In reply to Emir

Right. So bully the umpires and let him pelt. Smart

In reply to mittheimp

Yeah, but he keeps pulling out of international cricket.

These guys dont want to risk injury and lose out on potential millions they make in franchisee cricket. That simple

In reply to jballer84

Hasn't dwayne Bravo anyways retired?

For a minute I thought he was talking about some other dwayne. Honest. Surely even emir couldn't be that dumb so as to call for retired players.

In reply to brians_da_best

… Narine knows he pelts and where he can pelt. See with Emir he gets really emotional once he sees a tit.

In reply to brians_da_best

He called for a number of washed up guys, so I am sure he isn't as sharp as you think. Not only has Dwayne retired, he's not a good anymore. I have been watching him in big bash, and we are not missing anything. Even Narine isn't the bowler he once was altho still our best.

In reply to brians_da_best

Simmons done? Simmons scored 140 and 60 last weekend against Barbados in brutish fashion.

In reply to methodic … and by playing domestically has made himself available.

In reply to Emir

So you mean that even if he's bowling is illegal he shouldn't be called?

In reply to mittheimp

can you show us this team with the 7 man bowling line-up???

In reply to jballer84

Even if I accept your argument, I'll say so what? The only criteria should be if you are good enough- not only with bat or ball or both, but experience and impact and reputation

Player's self interest is fine and nothing wrong with it. This is a loyalty test and you reward players whop forgo franchise cricket etc.

Sports is about picking the best.

If Cameron get a job tomorrow that pays him 10 times more than what he is taking for the players earning as salary, you don't think he will leave to advance his career?

What about you... won't you take the best job to advance your earning and career and you reserve the right to come and go as you like assuming you are good enough to do so.

Also you must come to accept, as an imperative, the selectors and administrators are not the ones who should define rules about loyalty to West Indies cricket- it is a false test and they do not have the moral authority to do so.

In reply to positiveg

So who determines it is illegal? The same system that banned Gabriel but Broad could get away multiple times with his well documented fuckery over the years?

This is a flawed law and players like Bumrah with unusual actions have no fear because their boards back them and rightly so.

In reply to Emir

But when you move on and up...move on. Don't come back when the other people don't want you. Find somewhere else to go.


Btw if they not playing in our competition how can we gauge them against the others? Shall we go by past performance?

In reply to Emir


What about you... won't you take the best job to advance your earning and career and you reserve the right to come and go as you like assuming you are good enough to do so.

NO. Once you leave you leave.

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

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The other people are Cameron and the selectors- they do not have that moral authority- they do not own WI cricket- the people and players do and many fans wants to see them play.

In reply to brians_da_best

Do you know how to use quotation marks? For a supposedly young person you are a freaking duncy head when it comes to technology.

In reply to Emir

At least I don't call for retired players to play, nor do I make a case for players to come and go as they deem fit.

They can't have it both ways. They either play franchisee cricket, or they play for West indies. That simple

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Ideally I would like them to play, but say for whatever reason they didn't play in our dung heap

then we should use other leagues they played in to gauge their form and impact. And yes for established and experienced players with a good track record, then reputation and knowledge, impact etc is just fine.

Don't be blinded by the rules defined by CWI and the selectors- we are beyond that, or we should be.

In reply to Dukes

That is beside the point, it is not a 7 man bowling attach, but a team that could potentially have 7 bowlers.

Look, don't focus on the playing 11 at this point, but focus on the 17 man squad.

In reply to Emir… okay a wont tell you.

In reply to Dukes

Gayle b
Campbell
Hope
Hetymar
Brava/pooran
Powell b
Holder b
Russell b
Nurse b
Roach b
Thomas b


For example. Not saying that would be the ideal team. Actually cricinfo have said Russel may be picked for ghe last 2 odis. We will see.

In reply to mittheimp

Powell is not a # 6 batsman, so Holder is the # 6.Problem with that team is the reality that 7-11 can be blown away in 5 overs.

In reply to Dukes

agreed... but Russell is also a potential match winner. its an option.. all im saying.

In reply to natty_forever

Well then shut up until you have something good to say

In reply to mittheimp

Let Russell bat # 6,Holder #7, Powell #8
If Russell is going to be a match winner he has to bat early.