I replayed a lot of our demolishing of Pakistan today. You can confirm if you are able to replay. The stats are the speed guns today.
Cotterall - bowled from 128-138 KPH (138 = 88 MPH). Above 135, runs hardly come off him.
Holder - bowled from 124 -140 KPH. He can bowl 89 MPH but does not most times. If he bowls 135-138 he is as unplayable as any other. He gets hit when he bowls 130-134. Strange is the fact is two of his wickets today came when he bowled his slowest 124 and 126 (slower than Brathwaite)
Russell -from 130-146KPH. Four of his 18 balls today 144-146 (91-92 MPH). But, when he bowls 135 short pitched it hurries batsmen more than others.
Thomas - bowled from 137 - 145 (most of his balls were 141-144 (90-91 MPH)
Brathwaite - bowled from 125-133 KPH. But, his regular 128 KPH was the most accurate of bowlers today.
I did not realize that Holder can bowl up to near 90 MPH. Why does he not bowl faster with his height advantage baffles me? Maybe no one has told him? 
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In reply to Cornfused
I am glad that it meant something to you.
In that brief spell, Russell even managed a maiden over while removing Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail, both of whom fell against the short ball. The maiden itself comprised six short balls.
Despite the intensity Russell was counting them. As per ESPNcricinfo numbers, Russell had seven short balls and eight short-of-length deliveries. "Well, I think it was 16," Russell chuckled afterwards. "You are one short."
Jokes apart Russell knew what he was doing. West Indies had worked out the Pakistan top order's weakness against the short ball. They knew the pitch would be fresh in the first hour or so, especially under overcast conditions. Now it was all about being disciplined and carrying out the plan.
The plan was simple: bowl short. Keep bowling short. Challenge the batsman's ego (Imam-ul Haq). Challenge it consistently (Fakhar). Challenge their bottle (Sarfaraz Ahmed). Force him to commit a mistake (Mohammad Hafeez). Pakistan were left in utter disarray and misery.
As Jason Holder said, getting wickets is the priority if teams are to win in the World Cup. West Indies' strategy is to be aggressive, and it is not one hatched overnight. In the home series against England in February and March, out of the 705 deliveries in the four ODIs, West Indies' bowling group (minus Russell) bowled 276 balls that were short and short-of-length. Against Pakistan, out of the 110 deliveries, 68 were short and short-of-length.
Pakistan's batsmen could not figure how to counter it. Oshane Thomas, playing in his first World Cup, was encouraged by Russell to bounce the batsmen. Thomas observed that some Pakistan batsmen did "not like" the short stuff. When Russell bowled his maiden over, Thomas knew he would be bowling short. "They were backing way ... I sensed that they didn't like it."
In reply to solidrock
good information.
Surya will soon be back on de savages beat
It will be interesting when Gabriel gets back fit, it could be like back to the past with 4 genuine fast bowlers
In reply to solidrock
I really hope that they have a plan B though....not sure that is going to work with OZ...
Keep this thread going and update love the factual analysis, WI are using strategic decisions that are paying off. Brian Lara also shared some ideas I will look for it and post.
Here are Lara’s tips.
MY BATTING ADVICE - Chris Gayle knows his game so well now, a man with years of experience and success at all versions of the game will play his way and with Evin Lewis we are going to get some good starts but also we have to cater for lost of early wickets.
KEY is emphasis must be placed every game on a100 plus run partnership from 3rd, 4th or 5th wicket pair. The earlier the better.
Take what we get up front, apply that partnership and finish with the X factor man Andre Russell, there will be a defendable total on the board.
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#windies #iccworldcup2019 #meninmaroon #gayle #russell #determination #worldcup
In reply to solidrock
I'm not sure your conversion rates are exactly correct. 145 kph is 90.09 mph I believe.
In reply to spider
he rounding up 
In reply to goliath
Not rounding..but doing a ceiling function or something like that
We bowled well..but I was surprised to see Cotterel bowling at Jason like speeds.
Dre Russ was rapid
Shane was fast but not express.
Weren't Cotterel and Oshane 150 + bowlers?
It would be interesting to see how this shirt ball barrage works in less than favorable conditions
In reply to Baje
It likely won't.
Bowlers are tired of being man-handled as little boys in white ball cricket.
So bowlers using their brains for overtime extended periods. I sure hope so.
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