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...we are not where we should be in batting and not even close...pace or spin.

Those of us looking for success from the current crop of batsman must come down to earth with reality.

Further, our brains trust refuse to deal with the foundational requirements of cricket in the region.

Let us not delude ourselves into believing that this team has even a moderate chance of winning the T20 World Cup.

Our problems are too many and our ability to get them right is vitually non-existent.

Problem identification - devising a plan of action - implementation- and evaluation.

In reply to Courtesy

I disagree. We can win. How did we win the last 2?

In reply to Courtesy

Nobody even suggested we’d come close to winning either of the T20 World Cups

If it wasn’t for D Smith, Marlon, Marlon, Badree, Braff they would be as right as you

In reply to Courtesy
there is some suggestion that we were experimenting to find the right combination for the WC.

my question is, why didnt we do that during the SL series?

In reply to sudden

I thought we definitely did that

In reply to Courtesy

The key to resolving any problem is to involve the right people.

In reply to Courtesy

I have a question for you - which WI cricketer has improved over the last 5 - 10 years

i was thinking Roach but he has gotten to a point and he is there...he is not a killer...he can win you a game here and there...

Gabriel improved a little then didn't go further...

Darren Bravo - no
Hope - no
Chase - not really
Hety - not really
Alzarri - not really


i can say Roach was always where he is or just a wee bit better and Gabriel started poorly and so his improvements just took him to just ok

So technically no one

So

In reply to doosra

what up, partner?

tell me, what is the difference between no and not really in your post above?

In reply to doosra

I agree. The logical step forward is to find out why are we churning out technically deficient cricketers?

In reply to sudden

In the words of Stevie Wonder: "nothing from nothing leaves nothing."

In reply to sudden

If I may have a go?

No = Kelly Ann Conway

Not really = One a dem skanky Kardashians

In reply to SnoopDog

in other words, no difference

In reply to sudden

Right you are!

In reply to SnoopDog

Doosie is a smart lad then

In reply to sudden

That is a known known, as oppose to an unknown known or unknown unknown.

In reply to SnoopDog

or a known unknown

In reply to doosra

Aren't you overlooking Blackwood and Bonner?

Blackwood was out in the wilderness, but returned as WI's first ever substitute batsman and has since gone on to take up the coveted VC position.

Bonner, after being on the periphery for an eternity, finally got himself into the fold.

For me, those two qualify as having improved.

In reply to Drapsey

Does Mayers count

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Actually, Mayers has gone in the opposite direction. He started with a bang and then fizzled.

We're all hoping, for our sake and more so his, that he rebounds.

In reply to Drapsey

When did he fizzle?

In reply to sudden

Since he debuted with a double.

That was some 12 at bats ago.

In reply to Drapsey

and Blackwood continues to shine?

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Read.

Read my first post.

I have every confidence that you know the difference(s) between climax and anti-climax, progression and regression.

In reply to Drapsey

Ok suh

T20 cricket is a roller coaster ride type cricket with far less strategy than ODI and of course test cricket. If your best voopers can voop better than opposing team best voopers you stand a chance of being better the vooping team to win on that day. We can go far in the T20 world cup

We saw one West Indian vooper hit a first ball for six and missed the other five.

This is as good in terms of productivity as playing no risk sensible cricket taking singles.

There are other significant benefits of rotating the strike...but no need to explain this to non-discerning posters...waste of time.

That vooper in question looked like an ass in the end.

In reply to Courtesy

There was zero risk in that first shot
It should have been 12!

‘Same’ productivity

In reply to Halliwell

I repeat:

In reply to Courtesy

Nice

I know a current (available) WI player, Hope, who is very good at strike rotation. So good in fact that he even called out Gayle sometime ago about his inability to do likewise.

It's a pity that Hope is not a constant in our teams across all formats.

In my opinion , many here are akin to
Dogs barking up a Tree .

CRICKET IN THE REGION AINT GOING TO

IMPROVE UNTIL OR UNLESS THERE IS A

TOTAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE WICBC/CWI.

Change Must start from the Top Down ,
not from the Bottom up . The WICBC/CWI
for many years now with regard to our Players those in governance of West Indies Cricket have adhered to the same attitude of those who formed the WICBC , and were of a different pigmentation than Our Players .

UNTIL THAT ASSININE ATTITUDE IS

STOPPED CRICKET IN THE REGION WILL

BE AKIN TO SPINNING A TOP IN MUD !!!!

This behaviour is upholded by many of
the Frauds in the Region who masquerade as Sports Journalists .

MICHAEL HOLDING WAS NOT TRAINED TO BE

A SPORTS JOURNALIST ; BUT HE MAKES

A HELL OF A LOT MORE SENSE IN HIS

WRITINGS THAN THE FRAUDS WHO

MASQUERADE AS SPORTS JOURNALISTS .

Unless or until those in the Region
become critical of The Worst International Cricket Board in the
Commonwealth WE will be akin to
Running Very Fast , but Finding
Ourselves in the Same Freaking Place!!!!!

THE Salient Question is This :

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE REPORTS

THAT THE WICBC/CWI COMMISSIONED ?????

If there were credible Sports Journalist in the Region , THEY would
have asked that Salient Question .

The fact that THEY have not done that
informs me that They are not only Frauds . They are Stooges of the WICBC/CWI .

In reply to Drapsey
Hope is not good at rotating the strike in ODIs. But he is great at playing beautiful drives directly to fielders and accumulating dot balls.

In reply to Drapsey

Maybe because cricket is played on the field and not in your mouth.

In reply to Walco

Walco, we were taught from the time we start playing to place the ball in the gap.
it was the basic for batting.

In reply to Courtesy
Correct and to the point.However I do think there has been an improvement in the shorter formats...ODI and T20.The test record is dreadful...and the SA tests were a reality check.Dont think changing captains was a good idea either for Brathwaite in particular.I worry about the impact the burden of cappo will affect his batting.