Kieran Powell for Tagenarine

if they stuck with a certain john for such an extended period, Tage deserves same. Powell unfortunately has been tried. Would not be wrong to take another opener along.

Powell for me would be required to score over 800 runs and average above 50 to be considered.

Well, everyone is forgetting that McKenzie is an opening batsman, if things don't improve with the openers he could fill in and then Carty or King could bat in the middle

Look another hundred or couple more 50s from Mikyle Louis and he must be on that tour to England. .

In reply to Narper

True however Gayle had the " it " factor most do not
KP is not even a regional bully.

In reply to jacksparrow


Isn’t one supposed to learn from one’s mistakes?

Since retirement of Haynes & Gordon.....

Phil Simmons
Campbell
Stuart Williams
Wallace
Lambert
Chattergoon
Ganga
Hinds
Gayle
Barath
Lendl Simmons
Powell
Smith.....many more....

Apart from Gayle....non was successful.....
Almost all average in 20's..... except Hinds and Campbell...at one point Campbell was averaging 60.... because of double century, just like Mayers ...but his performance became very poor....all openers were aggressive with the exception of Ganga but failed.

Now, Braithwaite is best among above in terms of run scored,..Tage in short career average 32.....He has played 4 away test against Australia....2 away test against South Africa..let the lad play at least 20 test...some test at home....then judge....
Both Braithwaite & Tage should continue as they are......bat slowly, kill bowlers....make easier for middle and late orders to prosper....my opinion...make 25 runs in 150 balls better than 20 balls ... classic test match...leave Bazball for England...

In reply to Onionman0

The selectors fukked A.Barath so they could get K.Powell in the WI team.

In reply to Narper

But Tage is no UB. He ain't even scoring as much as Gayle did with his bad technique. So you can't co.pare both. At least Gayle was scoring runs Tage is not

In reply to Jumpstart

Not sure why allu keeps ignoring Solozano. He just scored another 70. Has one of the best techniques among our openers... Plus he has some FC experience. Very compact player is he..

In reply to Jammal22

We don’t need another poker

Honestly, if an opening batsman is making his runs consistently, I do not mind if the strike rate is 40 instead of 50, 55. The problem is Tagenarine Chanderpaul is so out of form that he should not be in the test side until that form returns. For me, three batters who can open need to go to England in July. McKenzie is certainly an option and patently, Brathwaite will be one of them. That other place is up for grabs, lets hope that somebody, whether it be Solozano, Louis or whoever else, gets runs and grabs the chance.

In reply to granite

You got to be joking; he's the luckiest batter since Chandrika

In reply to Blackbird

a player who bat

In reply to granite



What has he done?

In reply to Seechy

He’s Bajan. That’s more than enough

In reply to imusic

In reply to Jumpstart

Agreed.
A drop for Chanderpaul won’t be a the end of him, it is an opportunity for him to go back to the drawing board.

Powell’s age is not a factor, performance beats age and if he can give a 2 year run while we groom others.

T

In reply to imusic

You know the coral passport trumps everything.....including logic, merit, etc

In reply to Seechy

He is a beautiful batsman to watch,he has lovely timing and gets into position against the quicks This batsman will eventually make ithe does not hold back when he plays his drives both sides of the wicket,yes he is Bajan too.

In reply to granite

Being Bajan helps above all else.

In reply to Seechy

Jonathan carter, philo wallace, pretty boy floyd, patterson thompson, ryan hinds, RTN, and ashley among others prove this.