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NAME YOUR T20 SQUAD

 
XDFIX 2019-03-10 17:10:06 

Windies was blown away by England

 
sunfish 2019-03-10 17:17:11 

In reply to XDFIX

I've been thinking about this and the only missing members of the t20 squad are Rovman, Andre and Evin. I will not count Bravo and Pollard because they traditionally chose the franchises over West Indies.

Would the 3 above have made a difference?

 
XDFIX 2019-03-10 17:17:55 

Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder(c), Roston Chase, Shannon Gabriel, Derval Green, Oshane Thomas

 
sgtdjones 2019-03-10 17:20:44 

In reply to sunfish

Would the 3 above have made a difference?


Do you blame them, who would want to be embarrassed in such fashion?

 
DIEHARD 2019-03-10 17:29:21 

In reply to sunfish

Gayle, Lewis, Hope, Pooran, Pollard, Powell, Russell,Rutherford,Allen, notebook Williams, Cotterel

Khary Pierre, lil B, Thomas,McCoy

 
solidrock 2019-03-10 17:31:39 

A real T 20 to start preparing for coming World Cup 2020 should have been at least the following

1. Gayle (not sure he will be around)
2. Green - as an opener and a pacer (since Lewis is sick)
3. Brandon King
4. Pooran - wicket-keeper (Hope should not keep in this format)
5. Hety (although has a tough head)
6. Kaven Hodge or Rutherford
7. Cornwall
8. Allen
9. Brathwaite (until we have a better captain choice) or Russell
10. Cotterell
11. Mcoy

Others around this squad should be Athanaze, Melius, Carty and Pierre

 
Barbrady1 2019-03-10 17:38:13 

Gayle
Lewis
Hope
Hetmyer
Pooran
Rutherford
Cornwall
Allen
Pierre
Holder
Russell
Paul
Thomas
Cotterell
Gabriel

 
XDFIX 2019-03-10 18:04:26 

Bad call, Windies did not play its best T-20 team!

 
WICFan 2019-03-10 18:53:56 

In reply to XDFIX

C. Gayle
C. Hemraj
J. Blackwood
K. Pollard
N. Pooran
R. Reifer
C. Brathwaite
F. Allen
K. Pierre
S. Cottrell
O. Thomas
--
S. Hope
S. Rutherford
O. McCoy

 
Mrcricket 2019-03-10 18:54:27 

Gayle
Lewis
Hope
Bravo (someone who can actually bat)
Hetmyer
Pooran
Russell
Holder
Cornwall
Roach
Gabriel

our batting is too dependent on a 40 year old Gayle. Hetmeyer and Pooran are ones for the future but they are not quite ready.

 
rillo 2019-03-10 21:00:10 

In reply to solidrock

The new captain is already on the team in Hetmeyer.
Braithwaite will never replicate that feat. That was his moment in the sun.
Pick an all rounder in his place or a spinner batsman.

 
positiveg 2019-03-10 22:52:21 

In reply to XDFIX

Bad call, Windies did not play its best T-20 team!


Exactly and most these guys were available

 
timeless99 2019-03-11 05:13:42 

Hope should be no where close to the t20 team am still not convince he is an international cricketer he gets out like someone that's disinterested

 
natty_forever 2019-03-11 08:54:22 

My issue is … we were using the T20I for further fine tuning of the ODI squad, suh why change the batting order and team composition?

 
Veracity 2019-03-11 16:48:40 

In reply to Barbrady1

Sorry - Holder, Hope, & Bravo should not be close to any international T20 team.
Any player that's the first inclination is to defend when the ball is bowled should not play T20 cricket at the international level.
Ex: Gayle's first instinct is not to defend and I believe this is one of the reasons for his represented success.

Likewise, Bishoo should not be close to any international T20 team.

Look at the WI T20 teams that have won World Cups. Like other cricketing nations we need to have players that are 20-20 specialist.

 
natty_forever 2019-03-11 16:50:03 

In reply to Veracity … well this was to continue world cup preparation, which turned out to be a farce as the ODI team was not used as I expected.
They batted in this order for the ODIs and should have been maintained.

Gayle
Campbell
Hope
Bravo
Hety
Holder
CB
Nurse (or a replacement)
Allen for Bishoo
Cottrell
Thomas (or McCoy if you want to take a look)

 
DIEHARD 2019-03-11 18:45:37 

In reply to natty_forever

well this was to continue world cup preparation, which turned out to be a farce as the ODI team was not used as I expected.
They batted in this order for the ODIs and should have been maintained.


Is this sarcasm?

Cos to be fair, batting #3 in a T-20 could very well be considered the equivalent of 6 in an ODI, in relation to game situation, power plays, slog overs so on.

TBH, you cant prepare for an ODI playing T-20s..it was bullshit, and i think just the usual copy and paste laziness from the selectors and incompetence from the CWI.

EWCB could easier get Chris Jordan the 4000 miles to Gros Islet than CWI could get Rutherford the less than a 1000 miles to the same venue

 
BeatDball 2019-03-11 19:09:10 

In reply to Mrcricket Why persist with SHope & Lil Bravo in this format? They dont have that instinctual aggression for this format. Full stop.

evil

 
DIEHARD 2019-03-12 05:13:59 

In reply to BeatDball

Both top 10 in 2018 CPL, Not much better than them in runs and SR.

They may be the T20 version of Devon Smith

 
granite 2019-03-12 09:36:01 

We don't have a T/20 team,who can we safely count as a world class T/20 player,Gayle appears to be more 50 over man in recent times,but iffy in T/20.Who else.Check NZ,Oz,India,SA and England, even Pakstn looks better equipped than Windies.Watch the Afghans too.We have many "hit or miss" 20/20 players unlike other countries where,although it's 20/20,some thinking is required.

 
natty_forever 2019-03-12 09:51:26 

In reply to DIEHARD

TBH, you cant prepare for an ODI playing T-20s..it was bullshit, and i think just the usual copy and paste laziness from the selectors and incompetence from the CWI.
… disagree, as I could see a few games in England being reduced to 20 overs matches.

 
natty_forever 2019-03-12 09:52:29 

In reply to granite

We have many "hit or miss" 20/20 players
and this is new?

 
archangel 2019-03-12 17:29:16 

Pierre should have been there instead of Bishoo.
Rutherford
King

A lot of the players who played the T20 played as if they didn’t have anything to play for.

At least if you brought in the specialist they would try to prove themselves.

 
Fuzzyb 2019-03-12 18:00:59 

Where is Kemo Paul

 
Azharuddin94 2019-03-12 21:57:48 

what happened to Krishmar Santokie?

 
XDFIX 2019-03-13 06:30:44 

In reply to Azharuddin94

Past his sell by date