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Shai Hope: Records continue
Pity Viv hardly played most of these teams.
In reply to Discourse
Well done Hope!
In reply to Discourse
Well done but the record has an asterisk next to it with the likes of Ireland and Bangladesh.
In reply to voiceofreason
Were there no weak teams when viv was playing?
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Not as many at the start of his career.
Cricinfo is your friend, look at the opposition for Shai's first 50 Vs Viv's
In reply to voiceofreason
You guys acting as though Hope only plays against Bangladesh and Ireland......, did he not score heavily against India?
Besides one is not responsible for the quality of the opposition and to add to that it is not like Bangl Bangladesh and Ireland are way below West Indies... this is our level
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
In reply to DIEHARD
But neither oz nor eng was strong then
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
...or is it that WI was too strong
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
They forget that India, England and Australia were relatively weak times by the time Viv got going
Most teams were inferior to West Indies
In Hope's era.... west indies is the weak team
In reply to hawk
Cyah disagree
In reply to hawk
Relative strength of WI to other countries is irrelevant to the argument.
Runs made and wickets taken are against weaker players on weaker teams than existed in the past
That's all
In reply to DIEHARD
I disagree the vast majority of teams Hope plays against have stronger players, the others are on par Bangladesh is pretty even with The West Indies and Ireland is capable of beating us
Why are we even debating this should we not celebrate that Hope is doing so well?
In reply to voiceofreason
Really?
Was there an asterisk when Kieran Powell became a test immortal against this same Bangladesh?
Kudos to Shai Hope!!
Congrats HOPE, Good batsman continue being consistent.
no asterisk needed
You made your runs and well deservedly too
Record books wont have any asterisk
Asterisk courtesy the Caribbean crabs
In reply to jacksprat
Well said - some WI fans have no class - congrats Shai
In reply to Halliwell
Very personal I see. Maybe you should consider higher standards.
In reply to jacksprat
That Test immortal was achieved in Bangladesh. Bangladesh are a very good team at Home. Did they not just beat West Indies at Home? Just asking.
In reply to Chrissy
Yes Ms. Top of the Class Hypochrissy herself.
In reply to hawk
For me its like the NBA, all these offensive records being broken in the league now...
Doesnt means these guys are THAT much better offensively...just means people arent playing defence like they once did, the rules themselves have changed to make it harder to defend the man with the ball
It seems Bangladesh was not strong then:
Chrissy 2/19/14 8:15:05 PM
I was captain of the West Indies the day Ireland beat di West Indies.
Indeed dat's how my captaincy started. We beat Ireland and Canada and
they rolled over Ronnie.
Signed - di man wid di pacifier in di mouth.
Give tenks dem leff yuh out Ronnie Lil B and Jason - give tenks.
You weren't there.
19freaking69 in a joke match - dat's di last time Ireland beat di West Indies.
In reply to Courtesy
Man you are something else
lol... A joke match
In reply to Discourse
I had an obligation.
Discourse, just for you, my retort:
In reply to Chrissy
Six Trinis
Three jamaicans
One Baje
One Dot in the West Indies 11
But you keep sucking one dot.
It's not only Chrissy who thinks that Bangladesh is a minnow:
Chrissy 9/14/14 4:12:52 PM
in a long time.
...........
In reply to Chrissy
Past. Um is only Bangladesh
In reply to Courtesy
lol, Those who forget the past...
In reply to DIEHARD
You need to give credit where it is due instead of trying to belittle the achievement with all this talk about weaker teams, regardless.....it is a fantastic feat what Shai Hope has done and augurs well for West Indies Cricket
the same weak team you talk about appears on course for victory....
In reply to hawk
Congrats to him indeed.
Don't want anyone to lose sight of the fact that he got there quicker than Viv against a bunch of joking teams
And of course we are losing to them, cos we are an even worse team.
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