on Shai Hope must be enormous.

In reply to Dukes

Wow..bowled like a dunce

9.1
Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, out Bowled!! Gone! Ramesh Mendis exults. Regulation offbreak from Ramesh Mendis, Shai Hope goes deep in his crease to whip,but misses, brushes the pad and hits the top of middle and leg. Hope was fooled by the loop, should've been forward to that, instead went back and paid the price. His poor run with the bat continues and West Indies have lost three already

Shai Hope b Ramesh Mendis 3(9)

If anyone needs to play 4 day cricket to get his mojo back it is Shai Hope.Meantime I would bring in Hetty and Pooran and drop Hope and Warrican.I would put Chase in at #7 and hope he can recapture the sort of form he had 3-4 years ago.

In reply to Dukes

Hope can score a thousand runs in 4-day cricket…he will still flop in test cricket

In reply to Dukes



agree re Hope
not sure why the same logic not applied to Hetty and Pooran?

In reply to FanAttick



Yep!

In reply to doosra


DATA, DATA,DATA,DATA,DATA

Bangladesh tour in 2018

1.Brathwaite averaged 5.50

2.Powell averaged 6.00

3.Chase averaged 8.50

4.Hope averaged 9.75

5.Hetty averaged 55.50

BANGLADESH Spinners

1.Hasan Miraz 15 wickets @ 14.07

2.Islam 10 wickets @ 13.40

3.Al Hasan 9 wickets @ 18.33

In reply to Dukes

who and where are we playing again?

what year was that?

In reply to Dukes

Bangladesh tour 2020

Kyle Mayers avg 87
Nkrumah Bonner avg 57

In reply to FanAttick

It is 1 thing to have the data but it is a whole new thing to be able to INTERPRET IT!!!!!!!

Here is a clue, EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY.

Oh boy.................

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

In reply to sudden

INABILITY TO PLAY SPIN ON TURNING WICKETS ON THE SUBCONTINENT

Sorry to shout but some are hard of hearing.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

In reply to Dukes

i dont know if i am making that argument for him

but on talent yes he is no worse than many presently there

it's been 2 years since he last played tests / fc cricket

In reply to Dukes

as Fan pointed out, Mayers and Bonner made runs in Bangla too

and talking about data- the qualitative explains the quantitative, if you know what uh mean

In reply to Dukes

When you use statistics in certain instances you are only going to get the tallest midget among the population, not a the tall giant you are apparently seeking and at he end of the day, it still won't give you the outcome you are looking for.

What is needed is a better first class system from the grass-roots level with a longer playing season- all year.

You also need better tour preparation, so for example, our boys did not have a first class match, we need 3 warm up matches before the first test.

In reply to Emir



how do you reconcile that with your Solozano take?

In reply to doosra

one subject is Muddie, the other is Tittie

In reply to sudden

could be that

In reply to Emir



I was the person way back in early 2020 who castigated CWI for scheduling white ball visit by Ireland during our domestic first class season and then touring Sri Lanka for more white ball cricket before the season was complete.The folly of devaluing our first class season has resulted in our top players not playing any first class cricket, once their test careers/ODI careers have begun.Paradoxically it is that devalued first class season that allowed Jermaine Blackwood to return to the fore.




That is not dealing with reality.MONEY TALKS and that in these financial times is a non-starter We could want it all we can but it is not going to happen.
We need to ALWAYS,put our BEST TEAM on the field and that is not taking place.The best batsmen in white ball cricket are our best batsmen in red ball cricket.There was absolutely no difference between our test team and ODI team back when we were champions.Hetty and Pooran are our best batsmen.Do they need to play 4 day cricket? Absolutely. Everybody does!!!!!

In reply to Dukes

But Hety and Pooran don't want to play test cricket.

In reply to Emir



ALTERNATIVE FACTS

In reply to sudden


3 years later he has become a power hitter.
His muscle memory is block and hit, we see it in all of our power hitters.

I tell de boy Shai Hope he has to remove de fear of failure in test cricket...he head hard. De boy can bat.

In reply to Courtesy

Good point. They all need a sports psychologist

In reply to sudden
It amazes a youngster who has played only sixteen tests, 30 innings, 5-50, no tons, averaging of 27.93, is getting so much traffic.