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HEADLINE: Much to ponder as England defeat leaves WINDIES in danger of missing semis

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2019-06-16 21:26:32 

Following their 8-wicket defeat to England on Friday, the West Indies will need to be near-perfect if they are to advance to the semi-finals of the 12th staging of the Cricket World Cup. The Caribbean side now sits 6th on the points table; only having picked up a solitary point following their opening-day win over Pakistan. The West Indies have now lost to Australia and England, while sharing a point with South Africa in their abandoned match at the Rose Bowl last Monday.

Holder and his team continue to sweat over Andre Russell’s knee issues. The 31-year-old limped off the field in the match against England, this was after missing the West Indies’ clash versus South Africa four days prior as a result of the injury to his knee. The question has been raised as to whether the West Indies should opt for replacing the Jamaican or not, this seems unlikely as Holder has stated that Russell is worth the risk. This is a risk which the West Indies acknowledged when Russell was selected for the tournament, having stated that he was being included primarily as a batting all-rounder.  Yet the West Indies insists on not just asking Russell to bowl, but even using him as first change bowler.

There were, however, positives from the game against England; Nicholas Pooran and his partnership with Shimron Hetmyer. The 89-run partnership came off 99 balls; the duo took WINDIES from 55 for 3 to 144, before a frustrated Hetmyer fell to Joe Root. The pair did all the hard work, but Hetmyer’s inability to cope with the slower bowlers got the better of him. Pooran, on the other hand,  went on to get his maiden ODI half-century, but the wickets kept tumbling around the Trinidadian and when play broke for an injury to the England captain, so did the left-hander’s concentration and with him went WINDIES’ hope of posting a challenging total.


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dayne 2019-06-17 03:41:34 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

It would be a better move to play a fit person instead of Russell, especially against Bangladesh, the WI needs maximum effort.

 
stroke 2019-06-17 16:41:55 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

I agree a player that is not fully fit should not be selected as payof the playing eleven. Apart from the boneheaded batting and field placement in addition to selecting poor teams I am watching a disgraceful performance with Bangladesh chasing down 321 runs that West Indies could not defend.