Kregg HAS to stay!!!

Unless he quits ....cause there is no logical alternative within this squad ...unless the likes of Hope an Chase can be persuaded to play test cricket then maybe ...but to burden any of the current group with captaincy when they are still trying to to figure out their own game an hasn't cemented their place in the team would be ridiculous....so best to stick with Kregg an let he soak up the pressure until a credible alternative emerges.

West Indies is at the bottom of test cricket, the time to be bold is now there is no downside risk!

In reply to camos

easier said than done cause the cupboard is bare!

In reply to CCW

The cupboard was bare when they picked this lot you can still pick from the bare cupboard.

The Kregger is relocating to Culpepper Island where peeps are more tolerant

Conkies for scores over 25, fishcakes for scores over 15.

In reply to CCW

we said the same when sammy and holder were there. so carry on as West Indies cricket marches to its seemingly inevitable extinction

Yeah, he could stay home.

WI won't miss him.

In reply to CCW

It is reasonable to keep Braffit?

Wha de hell you smoking?

I can get you some high grade bro.

ABB - Anybobi But Braffit

We have to go back to Holder for 2 years.

In reply to camos

Holder on 21 test losses, just 1 ahead of Kraigg on 20

In reply to doosra

So who you are going with Josh?

In reply to camos

i didn't suggest a change

i just giving info lol

In reply to doosra

letr me tell yuh the real scene with West Indies cricket. the current stars in WI cricket saw how the previous generation of stars: gayle, tiger, dwayne bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, pollard and russell were treated. and they don't want to be too reliant ion the CWI for the majority of their income. As a result, they don't want to touch test cricket. hence we are left with the guys(batters i mean) who can't make a living outside of test cricket

In reply to Jumpstart

Preach bro.

Time for Holder again.

In reply to Jumpstart

that is a fairly simplistic view i feel

In reply to doosra

Thanks for looking at our cricket holistically, and not putting players you dislike down.

Unfortunately, Jumpy's view is not dissimilar to the players view. It's like no one heard Dre Russ....

And as long as WI continue to discredit the players view point or worse see it as a minor take on proceedings then we are part and parcel of the funeral procession.

In reply to cumberland

it is also a limited view to suggest the conditions then are similar to the conditions now...

players themselves may place different emphases on what they value at different stages....so even Russell's take now, may not have been the same say a few years ago....

hence my comment that it is a limited analysis...things are usually more fluid than they appear....

those making decisions must take a more fluid view and approach as well

In reply to doosra

Doos come tek a roll with me in the mud. You'll see a few things.....this is 2024; Russ knows all too well of what he speaks!

In reply to cumberland

:0

In reply to camos

i would pick Hodge or Josh as my captain
with Alick as VC

if this board is brave, then ALICK would be as the captain

In reply to allan

Totally disagree....all of them have work to do on their game without burdening them with captaincy ....certainly would rule out Alick out of the equation he looks a talent an i should imagine captaincy of a perennial losing team is the last thing he needs to propel him to realising his potential...just can't understand some of yawl thought process.....actually there is no thought!!!

In reply to doosra


i agree with you. i was referring to the history of 10 of the past 14 years. skerrit and swallow have fostered the best player board relationship since wes hall. but in the back of the minds of in demand players, how chris gayle and dwayne bravo were disrespected, how densh ramdin's career was cut short, despite being the best gloveman in the region for the next 3-4 years, how ramnaresh sarwan and jerome taylor's careers were destroyed despite being the authors of three or four of the best WI performances in the post lara era, must play some sort of role in the decisions they make with regards to WI cricket. Crucially, how kieron pollard became one of the wealthiest west indian cricketers while being pigeoned holed and then temporarily discarded has shown them that you can make a living in the cricketing world exclusive of the demands of a national board.

In reply to CCW

I don't understand why Kraigg gets preference over others. Kraigg and Tage have almost identical Test averages of 33. Both sub-par for Test opener standards, but Kraigg has had the advantage of having played 94 Test matches and has not improved his average. Tage has just played 10 Test matches and was not given any more opportunities to improve on his Test average.

Why does Kraigg get to play 94 Test matches (and counting) to average 33, while others get dropped after 10 for averaging the same? Why does Chase get to play 49 matches to average 26 and Hope gets to play 38 matches to average 25, while others get dropped after 6 for averaging the same? Surely the answer ain't in their passport!!!