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Firstly, a big up to all the players, support crew/producers and administrators for making it happen.

Issues to Address:
Teams unbalanced. Look at St Kitts batting line up vs TKR for example

What is Going On
Tallawahs- it is bad for our cricket when they falter so miserably time and again

Foreign Players:
Necessary for market share globally and to bring an international flavor, but
Many of them have let down their team- Asif Ali for example, has been a massive liability

Pitch Condition:
Love it, low scores brings batters and bowlers in an even contest. We don't want an IPL circus with teams making 200 plus runs, taking bowlers out of the equation.

Foreign Captains:
It is bad for our cricket, why is Green cappo for Warriors?

Umpiring Standards:
Terrible, horrible, less than club standard. There should be a one review system

Team Performance:
Tallawahs continues to underperform and I am afraid young Jamaican fans will become disinterested in the game- bad for cricket. We need new local ownership of this franchise in particular and more top Jamaican players selected, similar like TKR.

[b]In reply to Emir[/Downright

Downright honest assessment but your bias was palpable

In reply to InHindsight

I really didn't see any bias.

In reply to granite

No words for de Patriots who are at de bottom of de Table? Dey eh bad for we cricket? Is it because de Captain is a Trini and dey have about 4 Trini players in dere line up?

In reply to Emir

Kindly point me in the direction of these players. Jamaicans need to be taught the game all over again.

There will always be a cellar dweller. Franchise need to spend wisely.

Where did Patriots finish last year.

The batting team that adjusts best to the conditions, will win it all.

Recommendation. When multiple matches are expected to be played at a venue, illiminate the toss. Visitors bat first.

You right on this one....I am still trying to figure out why ump Wilson was skin teething with Polly but reading the riot act to Pooran when both men were not happy with his decision!!

In reply to Emir
"Asif Ali for example, has been a massive liability"
More so than Chris Lynn?
Glen Philips use to be carrying the tallawahs batting, but he is having an off year so far.

Wait is six Trinis on de Patriots squad. No wonder VOR complaining

In reply to tops

Phillips having an off year and still 7th among de leading run scorers?

More than half de balls de Tallawahs face are dot balls (53%). It means dat dey have to maximize de Boundary balls and hit sixes thereby having to take more risks. On dese low and slow wickets dats a recipe for disaster

Let's be honest, West Indian batsmen have technical deficiencies and are unable to put the balls in areas to get singles. So they struggle and have to start voopsing to catch up.
!5 years ago the late, great Sir Everton Weekes told me that a T20 game should be seen as 120 balls. He felt that 120 runs were the minimum any team should make - a run a ball and put away the bad balls for 4s and 6s.
However, our players feel all they have to do is fling their bat, while not understanding the basics of batting. You must first be able to bat before you can survive successfully in T20s.
If this does not change and our older players, who were grounded in the 3 & 4 day games and Test Cricket retire, West Indies will no longer be a force in T20 cricket.

In reply to Maispwi

In reply to Emir

I did not think the umpiring was that bad because I could only remember about 3 howlers for the most. The navel before wicket was the worst.

In reply to bobby

Agreed. Several other countries are hungry and improving.

Am just happy zouks not on all you lips

In reply to natty_forever

INDEED.

A former Poster said to me only yesterday...THE Pitches are his biggest problem....which is a segway from Emirs post..

THE PITCHES kind of force the players to bloody well think!

In reply to powen001

A good batsman will play on any type of wicket and be successful

In reply to powen001

Both teams play on the same pitch and I like the fact the pitches keep bowlers in the game instead of slug fest of scores around 200.

In reply to Emir

I see Humpire Wilson is conspicuously featured.

In reply to natty_forever

Yep, one step closer to the popular American Sport, Baseball.

In reply to Drapsey

Wilson is a poor umpire, period.

In reply to Emir

De Trinidad Tri-Cycle Riders ah mean de Trini B Team sorry sh mean de Patriots will now probably have to win all dere remaining games to qualify for de semis

In reply to Drapsey

They copied us, so what if we copy a few things. See we copy games lasting 3hrs under lights and right away more money making. Do no be a dinosaur.

With so many teams sharing two grounds, how much practicing is done?
However the spinners are having much success as usual in the WI.