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They have grown too big for West indies cricket.

In reply to Besar

Yuh got that wrong mate,it's the opposite way around West Indies cricket got too big and the bosses feel and act just like some politicians.Narine is still a most capable cricketer and the most resilient person I have seen,he is still capable of being a winner,and is not too old for 4 overs,you must know about his batting need i say more.

In reply to granite

In reply to Besar

Thankfully for Narine's sake he's smarter than the average Tit and knows better than show up to a real cricket match at international level.

what role does narine play in the teams he plays for usually?

A few years from now, right here on this forum, the WICB would be accused of killing the test career of Lewis, Hetimier, Pooran and others. They just have to make the accusations public, and they would get loud chorus singers right here. Anyone, who choses to see it otherwise would be deemed colonial.

In reply to SnoopDog

If I were Narine, I would stay far away from international cricket. Why jeopardize the millions he can make playing IPL and other league cricket during the next few years? His IPL performances this year have increased his contract negotiation leverage.

In reply to Walco
narine can make the team as a batsman so that threat rings extremely hollow. Also, narine has been called only once in international cricket, and he was cleared upon investigation. the three times he had to remodel his action happened twice in the IPL and once in the PSL.

In reply to Besar

In reply to granite

In reply to Jumpstart
Narine cannot make my team as a batsman boss. They have been using him as an opener for years with relatively meagre success until this year. In fact, most teams stopped with the opener experiment a few years ago. So Narine would have to do a lot more this IPL to make my team solely as a batsman. He would make my team solely as a bowler though, but then there is the issue of pelting.

Regarding his bowling action, Narine has reached the stage where he can bowl and pass any tests at an ICC accredited testing facility. But he is less effective when he bowls with a legal action, so he sometimes reverts to pelting when the pressure is ramped up. By the way, Narine's action was questioned by the umpires a few years ago during the CPL and he missed some games.

CPL

In reply to Walco

Used as an opener for years,you make it sound as if he has opened about 30 times,he was used a few times as a pinch hitter,it succeeded less times than it failed,Saying he was used as an opener for years gives the wrong impression.

In reply to Jumpstart

In reply to Jumpstart

Word

In reply to Kay

based on the highest metric available. which is the ipl. is not pick wick and wanderers in that tournament

In reply to Walco

In reply to Jumpstart

Walco’s pick for opener is Kyle Mayers.

Ask anthonyp about Kyle Mayers

In reply to Jumpstart
Narine's more effective than any spinner we have if he's allowed to pelt, but both Hosein and Motie are better than Narine if he has to bowl with a legal action.

In reply to imusic

Kyle Mayers was dropped and deservedly so. And you would get no complaint from me if he is left out of the World Cup squad. Do you agree with Jumpy that Narine merits a T20 World Cup pick solely as a batsman?

In reply to Walco

narine has not been called and asked to change his action since 2018(he was called in 2020 an cleared upon further investigation by the panel). motie has only eclipsed narine in the wickets column once since e started playing in the CPL in 2021. Ey allyuh bajans before allyuh start an argument, at least consult the stats, perpetually on this board, embarrassing yourselves with ignorance that can be simply corrected by clicking a button

In reply to Jumpstart

Of course he will have better stats if he is allowed to pelt with impunity while others bowl. Apparently you think he is not pelting unless he is called. But those of us not blinded by the red, white and black can see it clear as day.

This is Why Narine Should Stay Away from International Cricket for his Own Good

In reply to Walco

In reply to Walco

Wow, so you don't see Narine as one of your own? You are willing to accept the foreigner's view on him? Although his action was cleared?

This is call crab in a barrel and this is why others get ahead of us, do you see the Aussies and Kiwis for example pulling down their own.

In reply to Walco

Narine has retired from international cricket.

All this talk about selecting him is moot.

That said, if he were eligible to play, even at his age now, he would be one of the first names on the starting XI…….despite his liability in the field

In reply to Emir

Sunil Narine and Scammy are the luckiest sods to play international cricket. They both are wildly rich despite serious questions of pelting by Narine and Scammy's lack of cricket talent .

Recently Simon Dhoull the celebrated New Zealand commentator stated Narine had returned to pelting. Are tit apologists granite, jumpstart, music man better positioned than Dhoull to determine if Narine pelting? Dont think so. Narine made right decision to watch the World Cup on tv.

In reply to Emir

In reply to imusic

In reply to Emir

homie, you remember in a Caribbean t20 game, after the red force had just put another pounding on a typically terrible bajan side, a bajan player was asked about the runout of a mankad of dwayne bravo that dwayne smith did, when the game was already finished as a contest and tino and he others had started to descend into poor behavior(may have been a response to picong by pollard tbh). anyways the commie asked the player about the incident and described bravo as a west indian compatriot. the player said that bravo is not his compatriot. bajans feel they're above wi cricket based on a glorious past that disappeared after Maco's debut, more than 40 years ago

In reply to Walco

In reply to Jumpstart

you wish the tits had a bowler like Malco

In reply to tc1

i don't compartmentalize west indies cricket into islands like bajans hoss. a bowler like maco, regardless of the team he represents regionally, is great for WI cricket

In reply to Castled

In reply to Jumpstart

Very disappointing that poster WALCO can go to the insular gutter, I thought differently of him.

In reply to Jumpstart

In reply to Walco

Why the insularity?

In reply to Emir

How am I insular? I already said I would pick Narine for the T20 WC if he made himself available. But I'm trying to explain why he will not and should not make himself available.

There is a CPL fantasy league on this site that is run by Nick2020 every year, and I always pick Narine on my team because I know what he can do on a cricket field. Two bajans have been called for pelting in recent years--Kraigg and Reifer. And yuh know what? I fully expect that they both have bountiful harvests during mango season

In reply to Jumpstart

Was there ever an improvement as you stated? Also, as I recalled, the WICBC at the time of selecting a new captain chose Richie Richardson, who by then had established himself in the team as an excellent batsman. The rational was that Richardson was much younger that Desmond Haynes, so he offered a long term solution. This was explained to the public by the Board, so why up to this day people cannot accept that? To me, it was a reasonable explanation. Off course, Richardson turned out not to be the best captain, but the rational was a good one. I am certain that this is the same consideration the present administration applied when they selected Hayley Matthews over Diandra Dottin and Stephanie Taylor. So far, this seems to be working. by the way, why should Viv Richards decide who his successor should be?

In reply to Besar

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/cricket/ipl-is-the-enigmatic-sunil-narine-back-to-chucking-again