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Four-Day standouts will catch the eyes of WI selectors
openning
2022-03-05 03:41:45
CONSISTENT performances in the West Indies Four-Day Championship serve as a pre-requisite for possible selection to the regional Test team for upcoming tours.
So says Cricket West Indies (CWI) lead selector Dr Desmond Haynes, who affirmed that once players prove their worth in domestic competition, their chances for potential selection to the senior team increase.
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This thread is for fans that think a couple of fifties is consistent
imusic
2022-03-05 04:08:59
In reply to openning
This thread is for people who know Haynes full of shit
Because if Devon Smith make a million runs, or Imran Khan takes a bucket of wickets, neither of them still won’t get selected.
Brerzerk
2022-03-05 04:14:56
THEIR CHANCE INCREASE doesn't mean the WILL or even SHALL get picked. Surely that is one of many factors.
imusic
2022-03-05 05:06:20
In reply to Brerzerk
Then one o could ask, what’s the point of the FC competition if the leading performers in that competition don’t get selected to the test team…
Like Permaul
And Devon Smith before him
And Nikita Miller
And and and……..
Maispwi
2022-03-05 10:38:03
In reply to openning
Haynes shud really stop making dese utterances. What consistent white ball performances did he base his selection of Roach on?
openning
2022-03-05 17:16:14
In reply to imusic
Because if Devon Smith make a million runs, or Imran Khan takes a bucket of wickets, neither of them still won’t get selected.
There comes a time where performance is ignored, just look at Mark Ramprakash, Easton McMorris, Peter Lashley and Devon Smith
How many heisman trophy winners get cut before the season start,
Have a look at all our great players, all of the average over 40, with tremendous performances year after year in the regional competition.
Dessie is speaking from experience, I will go after him, if he continue picking a player with a regional average in the twenties, because he scored a ton, in this regional competition.
Performance and consistency should be the motto.
Onionman0
2022-03-05 17:39:02
In reply to openning
Good interview...... Performance in regional league should be the criteria......Dessie will slowly but surely get his way pass the other selector cum head coach Simmons and impose his stamp in moulding the team on merit......,intersting to hear that captain supported Campbell inclusion in the team... although captain do not have voting power ...,his opinion ....matters.....way forward....
Brerzerk
2022-03-05 18:03:38
In reply to openning
some men behaving as if the man said that'd be the only criterion.
over the history of WI cricket seasoned club and FC players have always played in teams for many reasons.
To mentor others, love of the game etc. When player/coach Freddo dropped a young 'un opened and thrashed JA for a double what do you think he was doing?
imusic
2022-03-05 18:47:06
In reply to Brerzerk
Permaul is a player coach?
Devon Smith as recent as 3 years ago?
Miller?
Is either performances matter or they don’t. Yuh cyah be a little bit pregnant.
openning
2022-03-05 18:58:19
In reply to imusic
Is either performances matter or they don’t. Yuh cyah be a little bit pregnant.
Consistency matters, not a one off.
In response to a question ask to Sir Everton by a close Antigun friend, as to why Viv was selected ahead of Jim Allen, Sir Everton said, When Jim was scoring the occasional hundred, Viv was consistently scoring fifties, why we see now, Viv is scoring hundreds and Jim is scoring the occasional fifty.
imusic
2022-03-05 21:33:09
In reply to openning
If Permaul, Devon Smith and Nikita Miller weren’t consistent..,,,who is?
WICFan
2022-03-05 22:56:49
In reply to imusic
5 games split over 4 months after such a long break isn't enough either.
There needs to be an 'A' Series of some sort to get some of these guys like Athanaze and Carty more games to work on their technique.
Windiesfan78
2022-03-05 23:17:10
If Chase doesn't perform with the bat, it may be time to give Reifer a chance. Who is with me on this? 
openning
2022-03-05 23:25:27
In reply to imusic
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f Permaul, Devon Smith and Nikita Miller weren’t consistent..,,,who is?
Is Permaul not in the test squad and Miller retired from regional cricket?
Devon selection would be like your betting at a horse race.
How many more test should this guy fail, for Larr to see the bar is too high.
openning
2022-03-05 23:32:56
In reply to imusic
Devon Smith
A belligerent left-handed opening batsman from Grenada, Devon Smith was drafted into the West Indies squad ahead of the Test series against India in March 2002, after making 750 runs for Windward Islands in the Busta Cup, though he made his debut 13 months later against a far tougher opponent. In his first Test, against Australia, Smith scored a blazing 62 in a losing cause, but failed to score in the next Test. A good eye compensates for his lack of footwork and throughout the series he showed promise, but it wasn't enough, and he was dropped to smooth off the rough edges. In 2004, he was selected to open against England, and he immediately pulled his team out of a hole with a stroke-filled century. But just as he began to settle into a groove, a freak net injury left him with a fractured thumb, and he missed the next two Tests. He was axed after another failure in the Test series against Australia in 2005-06 and spent two years in the wilderness. He returned to play in the one-dayers against India in 2006-07 and was picked for the World Cup squad where his form was solid rather than spectacular. He failed to move out of first gear against England in 2007, and he followed with a horror tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa that was only saved by his ODI career-best 91 in Johannesburg.
He was dropped again in 2009, but came back to prominence during the 2011 World Cup during which he opened in the absence of an injured Adrian Barath. Smith scored his maiden one-day hundred in West Indies' group match against Ireland and got two more half-centuries in the tournament.
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openning
2022-03-05 23:43:15
Smith was selected as an opener for the 2011 World Cup when Barath was injured and made his maiden ODI ton against Ireland. He did well against India too, but his dismissal prompted a collapse that saw his side losing the game. After the World Cup, he was sorted out by Mohammad Hafeez as he fell to him 5 times during the course of the ODI and the test series. Due to his glaring weakness against off spinners coming from round-the-wicket, Smith was completely found out by both Hafeez and earlier by Swann.
The selectors lost patience with Smith after his horror show against Hafeez when he repeatedly fell either LBW or bowled and was dropped from the side after the opening test of the Pakistan series.
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WIfan26
2022-03-06 00:01:07
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Look guys have a listen to this there's countless tours coming up including A-Team tours, a possible Caribbean T20 again, Tours against Aus, NZ, Bangladesh, not to mention another T20 World Cup!!!
If we can't separate the men from the boys by the end of this year there is no hope for our cricket!!!
imusic
2022-03-06 01:36:02
In reply to openning
How many more test should this guy fail, for Larr to see the bar is too high.
Brooks has a test batting average of 28
Mayers has a test batting average of 35. Given that at the beginning of his test career, he scored an unbeaten test double century, without that stellar innings, his test batting average since then is worse than Devon Smith’s
How many more tests should rhey fail for you to see the bar is too high?
openning
2022-03-06 01:44:58
In reply to imusic
Look at their test averages, it is just as bad or worst
I am not here to be an advocate for any Barbadian player, I am not related to any
You should notice that I can walk and chew gum at the same time, being able to critique Kraigg a player I have followed from Grass root cricket.
BTW, Oval wrote about Brooks when he was posting, he is a smaller version of Sir Carl.
He is love by the Barbados fans.
imusic
2022-03-06 01:50:13
In reply to openning
Who said anything about Barbadian players?
I quoted stats for 2 batsmen. The majority of the team is Barbadian and that has been the case when Holder was captain
Stop throwing red herrings, Focus, and answer the question.
openning
2022-03-06 01:54:23
In reply to imusic
Bro, you can replace the players mention with any of the batsman selected and others in the region, there is no consistency or players with FC average over 40 to have a discussion about.
I am a fan of Kraigg by the data he provided at every level
imusic
2022-03-06 02:41:20
In reply to openning
You’re a fan of kraigg because you’ve been duped. By your own admission.
positiveg
2022-03-06 05:21:17
In reply to WIfan26
Thanks for the share,
Wow, that's a lot of cricket, really wishing all involved from players to the association all the best.
I'm excited to see more cricket and the involvement and growth of the game.
Got a much better understanding of the reason for the split of the First Class season.
WIfan26
2022-03-06 12:22:34
In reply to positiveg
No problem and yea I'm super excited for what's ahead, mix all that in with IPL & CPL and it's pretty much non-stop cricket for the rest of the year for us!!!
Onionman0
2022-03-06 14:35:58
Some posters criticize not on facts but only on the nationality of the speaker.....Dessie just assumed the office of Head Selector...He pointed out the criteria for selection HENCEFORTH......Dessie can be hold responsible , if he diverge .... can't be held responsible for Miller or Devon...Each one responsible for his own tenure.... whether Dessie succeed or not ...is altogether another issue...
voiceofreason
2022-03-06 23:49:02
In reply to openning How can you have consistent performances when the season's round 2 and are 2 months apart???
openning
2022-03-07 00:10:29
In reply to voiceofreason
The only consistent regional performer is Devon Smith, he is like the fastest runner in Barbados, good at the local level, and can hardly make the semis at the Olympics.
VoopsandOut
2022-03-07 12:36:46
In reply to voiceofreason
and most of the season is after the first Test series for the year. I suppose he meant that they will be considered for later series but this one is a done and dusted deal.
