South Africa sent home Steyn because he was injured.
Afghanistan sent home Shehzad.
West indies wilfully select a known unfit Russell and then continued to play him.
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The management of CWI are spineless
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Excuses, excuses, excuses...
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
is he that bad tho? if he rest a couple of games you can still get him for a the last 2 or 3?
In reply to Sangfroid
I don't need excuses I saw the light decades ago
In reply to Sangfroid
If I may ask, What is your relation to Russell? Are you a Russell defender??
In reply to doosra
Look they picked him in the Caribbean and he could not play 1 game.
He went to ipl and was unfit all through that. Evertime he hit a six he had to get attention to his wrist.
He couldn't get through 2 overs on a trot.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
And IPL he could be masked. Its just 4 overs and a few overs slogging of club bowlers. When he faced real quality bowlers, he came undone.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
ok he should come home and rest for cpl then
In reply to gvenkat
he would not score against top quality quicks who keep it more in their half than his
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
WI fans were thrilled at the prospect of Superman delivering, wounded knees or not. Why de sudden change of heart?
In reply to doosra
Yep. In general West Indian batsmen don't assess the situation and use their head. The Australia game was there for the taking. Even when Russell got out. But Holder and Carlos had to go after the best bowler.. That's what I call lack of situational awareness.
Look at them making some massive changes against India and Getting licks.
In reply to gvenkat
situational awareness indeed
example again today...when hope and hety were going...fizz comes back ...they should just block he out and war with the others
In reply to gvenkat
Apart from today, can you point to which other WC innings where he was "undone"?
In reply to doosra
And in hindsight, That hetmeyer dismissal was the difference between WI scoring 360 and ending up at 321.
In reply to Sangfroid
What about Australia and England.
In reply to gvenkat
Russell didn't bring anything after
Hety was not going to bat those overs...he should become a bit more selfish then?
In reply to Sangfroid
Are you kidding us?
In reply to gvenkat
We must have two different understanding of what undone means...Russell gave his wicket away in both of those games; unforced errors.
In reply to Sangfroid
No that's what I call it mentally undone. Stupidity.
In reply to Sangfroid
Are you happy with the enforced errors?
Language must be used with care
Wonder who should have replaced Russell?
In reply to imusic
Bravo and Pollard
In reply to imusic
Bravo if you are looking for both runs and wickets and some leadership
Paul if you want more bowling
Pollard do not have the bowling but if you want batting he can, with the possibility of turn his hand over
In reply to imusic
Carlos, Fabien, maybe?
In reply to imusic
In reply to doosra
If we can agree that a half-fit Russell has done better than all of the so-called bowlers thus far except for Thomas, then why replace him with Bravo and Pollard? Why not swap Carlos and Cottrell for these two?
In reply to birdseye
Prove it, with stats. Can you?
In reply to doosra
Paul if you want more bowling
Pollard do not have the bowling but if you want batting he can, with the possibility of turn his hand over
Also, none of those mentioned here has a better ODI record than Russell. None.
In reply to Sangfroid
Silly Billy factor in we are talking about a severely injured Russell
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Like you slow upstairs...in spite of his handicap, he has done better than most. What so hard fuh u undastan? Results na matta?
In reply to Sangfroid
It would have to be Carlos
Fabian would be interesting but I would pick him ahead of Gabriel. Carlos is a straight swap for Russell.
In reply to Sangfroid
You are trying hard. But how would you or anybody know if roach nurse Carlos or Fabian would've taken a five fer today? Nobody knows so that argument that he played an get one out of 3 is nonsense.
Despite oshanes wickets cottrell was the best bowler today and all tournament.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
And it took the perennially unfit Russel to break the Bangla opening partnership.
If it weren't for him, who knows, the score might've been 322 without loss.
A side question here, Fuzzy. Can you put forward a reasoning for Holder to open the bowling while Thomas and Gabriel are fit and available on the field?
Sure, he was the most economical of all the bowlers, but with 321 on the board, why wouldn't he go for the kill (if I may say that)?
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
In the IPL it was clear that Russell was not fit....and that was T20 cricket...there was always a question whether he would be fit for the 50 overs world cup
I would always pick a fit Russell....but he is rarely fit these days....even after a year long lay off when he was banned for missing the drug tests
How fit are Roach and Gabriel???
ALSO....are they ever fully fit? How many tours now have they gone on unfit?
What is the CWI method of assessing fitness????
The excitement of ALL....locals and foreigners ....the PRONG threat to all teams have dissipated to an embarrassing level....we are already the laughing stock at this World Cup....the Pakistan aberration of total surrender is now a distant memory.
Chris Gayle has been a big let down too.
In reply to Drapsey
Our assassins only have pea shooter. So it dosen't matter to me
In reply to Narper
You should have been accustomed to this from Gayle at big tournaments. Maybe he'll blow away Afghanistan and we will all hail the uniboss
In reply to Drapsey
given how they bowled had they opened the bowling maybe the score would have been 100 -0 in 6 overs
In reply to sudden
Could very well be, however, that's what allowed them to crush the Paks, so why not use that same methodology against their brothers?
This JHo guy is the total opposite of Captain $ammy who used to hide himself from frontline batsmen.
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
U giving Superman , I mean Superboy and World boss a pass.
In reply to Drapsey
at no stage in our bowling we looked like we could get anyone out
Andre Russel has to be in the final 11.
How else could he, in his own words "help them win a World Cup."
In reply to Drapsey
And it took the perennially unfit Russel to break the Bangla opening partnership.
If it weren't for him, who knows, the score might've been 322 without loss.
Are you miss Cleo?
In reply to Drapsey
Guess what? Oshane din open de bowling against Pakistan and he has taken 5 wickets in 2 innings where he din open de bowling and 2 in two innings where he did. So maybe, just maybe he bowls better with a slightly older ball
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
you mean clueless. You have fully fit polly and big Bravo home waiting to get a go.
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