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Imagine legendary WI 4 prongs in T20

 
Castled 2022-09-23 14:25:05 

Brownish droppings not green patches would litter pitches

 
Halliwell 2022-09-23 14:34:57 

In reply to Castled

Imagine Sobers in 50 overs cool

 
Dukes 2022-09-23 14:39:23 

In reply to Halliwell

Doan get me started!!!!!

lol lol lol lol lol lol

 
Jumpstart 2022-09-23 15:07:08 

In reply to Halliwell

imagine viv and greenidge in t20s.....probably have strike rates of 300. Viv's strike rate in tests against most countries is close to 70 which for years decades after him was unheard of

 
Castled 2022-09-23 15:13:01 

In reply to Jumpstart

Imagine Holding and Big Bird, Parick Patterson, Croft, Marshall, Roberts and Clarke with the luxury of putting their all into 4 overs

 
Halliwell 2022-09-23 16:54:23 

In reply to Dukes

This is why I get vex when men talk without thinking!!! lol

 
Jumpstart 2022-09-23 17:15:13 

In reply to Castled

big bird would be a multimillionaire, holding too. Patterson might travel but he'd also take wickets as well. Roberts would make t20 bowling into a science that all the other bowlers would follow after he's gone

 
Da-Vincy 2022-09-23 17:55:49 

so if all these imaginations could become real, what would be the all-time WI T20 team?

Gayle
Richards
Sobers
Lara
Pollard
Russell
Narine
Ambrose
Garner
Holding
Pooran



??

 
Jumpstart 2022-09-23 17:58:02 

In reply to Da-Vincy

not sure lara would prosper in t20s. He was never one to score his first 50 quickly....his second fifty sometimes used to take 20 or 30 balls but his first 50 was always very watchful.

 
doosra 2022-09-23 18:09:57 

In reply to Jumpstart

Lara what?

Man Lara in his prime woulda kill some of those spinners that causing others trouble

 
Kay 2022-09-23 18:16:26 

In reply to Da-Vincy

Pooran?

Evin Lewis scored more T20I runs than him in less matches with a better average and far superior strike rate with 2 tons.

 
Castled 2022-09-23 18:44:35 

In reply to Da-Vincy

Have you seen Gordon Greenidge bat? He invented the slog and reverse sweeps. GG was as destructive as Richards.

GG must be in lineup.

Pollard won't make the cut if he had to face chin music from 4 prong to get in. Gayle is in not Pooran.

 
tc1 2022-09-23 18:49:52 

In reply to Da-Vincy

no Collis King or Boyce

 
Castled 2022-09-23 18:52:09 

In reply to tc1

The Jamaicans Shot Gun Williams and Chang in the mix

 
Jumpstart 2022-09-23 18:57:26 

In reply to doosra

that's true, but im saying he was extremely circumspect at the start. Case in point, when he made the hundred that shocked SA in the 2003 world cup opener, his first 50 took 78 balls......his next fifty from 50 - 100 took only 43 more. But he used to be very circumspect before going to slaughter bowlers.

 
Da-Vincy 2022-09-23 19:17:02 

In reply to Kay
We need a keeper. Hence Pooran.
Can’t think of another keeper who would be a better batsman in this format. Clyde Walcott?

 
tc1 2022-09-23 19:33:48 

In reply to Castled

yeah.

 
tc1 2022-09-23 19:37:36 

In reply to Castled


Maybe Cammie Smith before Greenridge, was Gordon that destructive.

 
CITYBOY 2022-09-23 20:00:54 

In reply to Da-Vincy

You need to go eat some more bread fruit. Pollard in front of Kanhai or Kalli ..
Anyway it’s your team
And no Lance ??

 
VoopsandOut 2022-09-23 20:33:01 

Def Walcott before Pooran because we are now learning the lessons that proper batsmen prosper in T20. I think Gayle, Russell, Bravo, Narine, Badree and perhaps Samuels of the immediate past current specialists.

 
googley 2022-09-23 20:56:15 

In reply to Da-Vincy

all-time WI T20 team


Narine don't qualify to be in a WI team! Franchise, yes...but no WI!

you know why! wink

 
Maispwi 2022-09-23 21:21:14 

Not a mention for Freddo?

 
Logic 2022-09-24 09:07:32 

As brilliant test cricketers as he was I'm not sure that Ambi would have been outstanding T20 player. Maybe he could make the adjustment but in the 50 over game Ambi used to be to metronomic and would go for real runs at the death. Andy Roberts was more likely the pacer who could adjust his game to be a T20 specialist.

 
Logic 2022-09-24 09:11:08 

Collis King should be one of first names on sheet. But young Clive Lloyd should be up there too. He would probably have developed some Dw Bravo bowling skills as well.

 
Halliwell 2022-09-24 12:48:56 

What a nonsense!!! big grin

When we picking the WI all time water polo team I guess Sobers and Ambi is first picks too big grin

Look give me Sherfane Rutherford and his actual T20 titles over the Master Blaster any day!

“what has Viv ever done in 20/20?” lol

 
doosra 2022-09-24 12:50:50 

In reply to Halliwell

lol funny

Viv was striking at 90 in the 70s

that man would have been the original t20 king

 
Halliwell 2022-09-24 12:56:53 

In reply to doosra

Ah was there with you 10000% until yuh drap d killer “would have” line lol

 
doosra 2022-09-24 13:01:15 

In reply to Halliwell

big grin

 
Seechy 2022-09-24 13:43:22 

Gayle
Walcott (wk)
Richards (c)
Sobers
Pollard
Russell
Bravo
Narine
Ambrose
Garner
Badree

Everyone in this team can bowl.

 
googley 2022-09-24 13:50:01 

In reply to doosra

No Babu? The man was the inventor of strokes in test cricket.

 
Halliwell 2022-09-24 13:55:20 

In reply to Seechy

If everybody can bowl why the tail so long? lol

Ambi and Garner and Badree ent working for me
Marshall or Andy, and Badree, so I giving you another batsman pick.
Enter Marlon big grin

 
doosra 2022-09-24 14:17:12 

This would be my first 7...the other 4

Gayle (opener)
Lara (Opener)
Viv
Sobers (alrounder)
Kanhai (keeper)
Garner
Ambrose
---------
another 4

big grin

 
Castled 2022-09-24 14:28:49 

In reply to Halliwell

Sobers blasted 6 sixes in an over first player to do so without field restrictions imagine Sobie in T20 power play after 6 overs score could be 200 without loss lol

 
rillo 2022-09-24 15:08:07 

In reply to Castled

It is a shame that the pitches after so much rain in the region still looks brown and uneven.
Sorry for the WC team. They will meet greener pitches with bounce and lift AND QUALITY SPINNERS galore.