Is Kraigg a Better Batsman than Ganga???

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In reply to Walco

Devon Smith in the conversation too?

In reply to Walco
kraigg can't even tie sherwin campbell's shoes

I remember a Yardie of the vintage past who got only one look in the opening slot - the name Parchment comes to mind!

To add a little context:

An opening batsman, Brenton Parchment has been a slow developer. In 2001 when he captained West Indies Under-19s to a series win in England, with fifties in all three matches, much was expected from him but he struggled to build on that success. His maiden first-class hundred did not come until 2004-05 but in 2006-07 he really kicked on, finishing the season with 111 and 168 as he averaged 60.33. He was rewarded with a call-up to the one-day tour of Zimbabwe and made his Test debut against South Africa in Durban.

This youth was not handled with care!

In reply to doosra

Should he be?

In reply to XDFIX

Parchment was on another level, bruh

nah everything hadda include everything

In reply to Walco

i am not sure what angle you are looking at

if picong then no

if batsmanship yes
if stats...they all more or less on the same production level...

In reply to doosra

Windies Cricket is a hostile environment - a lot of youths did not get the care and nurturing needed!

In Jamaica, they'd say, a dawg nyam dawg environment, that has now updated to eat a food!

In reply to XDFIX

that unfortunately does not stay in the field of cricket. it extends beyond it

In reply to XDFIX

Leon Garrick and Xman were on another level

i digress

In reply to Jumpstart

Correct is right, every time I reflect, I wonder, what if?

Human capital is not cherished in the islands, for the most part!

Is athanaze better than devon smith?

In reply to doosra

I was so wrong about Leon Garrick.
My Antiguan brother eats, sleeps and dreams about cricket, we both liked Garrick ahead of Chris Gayle, and after learning of his personal life, we realized why his cricket career did not continue.
We both thought a few openers were like race car drivers, Philo Wallace and his partners, one from St. Lucia the other from Guyana, two others he wanted t get info on, were two Leeward Island openers who were playing opening in either 95 or 97.
These guys played regional 4-day as if it was a T20 match.

In reply to XDFIX

nope. that is part of the reason some islands are drowning in crime and criminality

In reply to doosra

I remember the late SpudsMcFcukhead jizzing himself over Donovan Pagon at Bourda.

In reply to Walco

I would have to say yes.

On a scale of 1-10 i would have Ganga @ 2 and Kraigg @ 3

In reply to doosra


seriously those two could bat

Parchment's level existed only on paper

In reply to Walco

Why this post? 'Need to look to the future, and regardless of who was better- who cares really, the fact is Kraig's future need to be discussed by the selectors in light of his unsatisfactory performance going back a while now.

let cricket nerds be cricket nerds

lawd some a unnu

In reply to Emir

my issue with kraigg is that he spends a lot of time at the crease.....but does nothing. like he doesen't get that the purpose of an opening bat is to get the shine off the ball. kraigg does one part of the job...stay at the crease. but he barely scores runs and when he's out, the batsmen coming after him still have to face a ball that hasn't lost much of its shine.

In reply to Walco

What I do remember about Ganga is, in 5 overs he was back in pavilion... Was like if Sars was opening the batting.

In reply to Cricket_101

As I've mentioned here before:

Ganga had a great technique. He just couldn't bat.

In reply to Cricket_101

tto be fair to ganga, his other competitors for that spot also went back to the pavilion in no time. case in point, lara came in at 12-2 in the 3rd test vs sa in barbados in 2006, and went on to make 176. he came in at 13-2 in the previous test, went on to make 196. we lost both matches even after all those runs. i always say that the lack of a solid opener to back up gayle cost WI cricket dearly in the 2000s.

In reply to doosra

To be honest, the idea for this thread came to me after reading this from Jumpy on the Shiv thread:
I checked Ganga's stats an he had 3 centuries in 48 tests. So I was wondering what Jumpy and others think about a Kraigg v Ganga comparison

In reply to Walco

bet yuh if the ttcb had as much inexplicable clout as barbados, he'd have gotten 91 tests