Here are the class of 2014 U19 fast bowlers.
Where are they today? How far away are they from making the WI test team?
Fast Bowlers:
Marquino Mindley
Jerome Jones
Preston McSween
Ray Jordan
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The U19 Squad Of 2014
2019-07-11 16:54:28
2019-07-11 16:55:00
In reply to TheTrail
and people saying Joffra woulda be better had he stayed here
and that the english system didnt help him?
2019-07-11 17:05:01
In reply to doosra
Maybe the WI selectors have done him a favour. 
Seriously, the English structured county system was the key to his cricket advancement.
And he was willing to listen and learn.
2019-07-11 17:06:52
In reply to doosra
Think they played a warm up series against Bangladesh U19 in Guyana..
Archer played one of the games at Bourda and he wasn't quicker than Jones and Jordan.. he was the tallest WI U19 pacer in that series though
That Ray Jordan fella was pelting really hard back then.. could remember him bowling a low full toss and knocking one the Bangladesh players off their feet..
2019-07-11 17:18:37
In reply to TheTrail
But Hetty, Pooran and Allen in the current WI senior team?
Is it that the quality of these pacers were not great?
2019-07-11 17:28:28
In reply to anthonyp
Jones suffered back problems, was ahead of all bowlers. Archer had a bad series against Banglash as well as Jones, remember Jones made the 2012 team as a 16 yo bowling speed was in the high 80s him and Beaton.
Jones never recovered from.his back problems.
2019-07-11 17:34:24
I thought Jerome Jones looked very promising but he hasn’t made anything of his talent...Jordan still plays FC cricket for the Windwards but has lost a lot of pace trying to straighten his arm...Mindley has had success at FC level but to be honest is nothing more than a decent medium pacer not quite good enough for international level.... not heard anything about McSween... he was/is a medium paced lefty.
2019-07-11 17:36:53
In reply to tc1
Wasn’t aware Jones had back problems.. that is a great shame and explains a lot.
2019-07-11 17:37:14
In reply to tc1
So let's see, two young fast bowlers Archer and Jones had injuries
Archer headed for England with his injuries
Jones stayed in Bim with his injuries
2019-07-11 17:42:14
In reply to Baje
Jones stayed in Bim with his injuries
Did/does he have the same options as Archer?
2019-07-11 17:44:12
In reply to TheTrail
you know i read an article from 2016 where Alarri was angry he didn't get picked for this team and took out his frustrations on some part time english tourists. Big up to alzarri man
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We knew we were in trouble when their opening bowler’s run-up went back to the boundary. He was 17, tall, whip-thin and quick — very quick. He was also rather angry as he had just been left out of the West Indies Under-19 team to tour Bangladesh.
Proof that island politriks will get us nowhere
2019-07-11 18:00:48
[b]In reply to robbo[/ Baje/b]
Jones was reaching high 80s as a 17yo, he was a gem of a bowler before his back problems.
Archer, Jones and Akeem Jordan were on Bim under 19 team together, all at least 6-3.
2019-07-11 18:36:09
truth is
few ppl here bawling for joffa din even know he existed prior to england
2019-07-11 18:55:32
In reply to doosra
correct.
2019-07-11 19:22:18
In reply to Jumpstart
Proof that island politriks will get us nowhere
Also, different people handle situations differently at times.
The BCA and selectors do not want to admit they screwed up on Archer.
Meanwhile, Jordan is there pelting his heart out.
BTW, the CWI also "scewed" up Lionel Baker, after he told Leicestershire he is not coming to join their county team,
they (the WI )gave him a couple of test matches afterwards and then told him to go take up fishing,so to speak.
LONDON, England (CMC) — Fast-bowling star Jofra Archer says his snub by West Indies selectors for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup fueled his desire to represent England, and has once again shot down any suggestion of representing the Caribbean side.
The 22-year-old Barbadian featured in three matches for the Young Windies on Bangladesh Under-19's tour of the Caribbean in 2013, but failed to make the final cut for the World Cup staged in the United Arab Emirates the following year.
“It wasn't really anything to do with injuries,” Archer told the Times about his being overlooked.
“I wasn't selected, so I had to think about what to do next. Once I knew it was an option, it was an easy decision to move to England.”
He added: “I was angry with the West Indies, so that helped me with my decision to come and try to play for England.”
The 22-year-old Barbadian featured in three matches for the Young Windies on Bangladesh Under-19's tour of the Caribbean in 2013, but failed to make the final cut for the World Cup staged in the United Arab Emirates the following year.
“It wasn't really anything to do with injuries,” Archer told the Times about his being overlooked.
“I wasn't selected, so I had to think about what to do next. Once I knew it was an option, it was an easy decision to move to England.”
He added: “I was angry with the West Indies, so that helped me with my decision to come and try to play for England.”
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2019-07-11 19:40:55
In reply to TheTrail
indeed. but then again, there was instability in the BCA for quite a while. And i dont expect cricket's version of an eloquent Idi Amin in Conde Riley to shed light on the issue.
But jofra did the right thing....i say that begrudgingly. CWI until skerrit was deeply unstable. Prime ministers were openly warring with the crap policies of hunte and hillaire and later the big idiot and his gang. The cwi would have turned him into a mediocre cricketer
2019-07-11 19:45:45
In reply to allan
But Hetty, Pooran and Allen in the current WI senior team?
are they having a similar impact?
2019-07-11 19:47:50
In reply to Priapus
That's not what he is highlighting. Both had back problems, one went to England and now on the world stage. The other stayed home and if you never said his name I wouldn't know who he is!
2019-07-11 19:49:35
In reply to Jumpstart
CWI until skerrit was deeply unstable.
… kindly show evidence to back this up please. Don't be another, "because is my homie".
2019-07-11 19:56:42
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