debut: 11/30/17
10,624 runs
Mediocrity from top to bottom
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What ails Barbados Cricket?
debut: 12/26/07
33,958 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
Looks like they're a 'casualty' of the League paradigm. The (forced) reliance on foreign resources not working in their favor.
Looks like they're a 'casualty' of the League paradigm. The (forced) reliance on foreign resources not working in their favor.
debut: 11/13/02
78,760 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
They have some decent talent coming through
Wickham has “something”
So too young Simmons, Layne, and Bishop
That said, given their rich history of producing GREAT cricketers……they are far off today by comparison. But the game has changed and all teams in the region have struggled to adapt.
Barbados is no exception.
They have some decent talent coming through
Wickham has “something”
So too young Simmons, Layne, and Bishop
That said, given their rich history of producing GREAT cricketers……they are far off today by comparison. But the game has changed and all teams in the region have struggled to adapt.
Barbados is no exception.
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debut: 5/26/04
94,626 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
teams without an identity tend to not come together...
what is the identity of this team?
sknp
falcons
etc
they need to find someone from Bdos the team will rally around going forward
teams without an identity tend to not come together...
what is the identity of this team?
sknp
falcons
etc
they need to find someone from Bdos the team will rally around going forward
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debut: 2/1/15
10,188 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
They are in the playoffs which gives them a chance as good as any other of the top 4. This is lickit and the ball is round .....
They are in the playoffs which gives them a chance as good as any other of the top 4. This is lickit and the ball is round .....
debut: 12/22/20
268 runs
Saw Ramon Simmons last night and was scratching my head as to why he hasn't played more games. The stupidity of management not to push an up-and-coming player to the fore is grand.
The kid bowled with a good head on his shoulders.
The kid bowled with a good head on his shoulders.
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debut: 2/1/15
10,188 runs
In reply to SCC1
Yep, well spotted. I like him and he definitely looks like one for the future
Yep, well spotted. I like him and he definitely looks like one for the future
debut: 4/28/03
59,520 runs
In reply to Kay
I would take a bet, bookmakers do not share your sentiments.
I would take a bet, bookmakers do not share your sentiments.
debut: 4/28/03
59,520 runs
Ok. This is a poorman league. These teams should have been named after cities and not countries.
CWI should run an inter territory event. Especially with Olympics coming.
Ps then we can cuss the Bajans all we want or whichever team.
CWI should run an inter territory event. Especially with Olympics coming.
Ps then we can cuss the Bajans all we want or whichever team.
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debut: 6/19/05
4,787 runs
In reply to Jumpstart
Lol. You too much clown. You are clearly talking about this franchise team that has on average had 9 non-bajans to 2 bajans in it. If you are talking about Barbados cricket proper, then yes, it is not where it used to be , but at most age group levels we are still dominating the similarly declining region.
As to the franchise it speaks to deficient management in picking an unbalanced team that faired well enough on the true wickets in St.Kitts, St. Lucia and Barbados but struggled on sticky mats in Trinidad and Guyana. Picking Maharaj, after the loss of Wellalage, as the sole left arm or right arm wrist spinning bowler was the biggest blunder. He is a good test and 4 day bowler but an average T20 bowler. When one looks at how well Nedd performed they could easily have included Joshua Bishop , who usually outbowls Nedd and is a very useful big hitting lower order bat and good fielder, in the squad. Maharaj can bat a bit but not in T20 lower order format so the tail effectively begins at no.8.
As yes, the squad rotation was shockingly lacking. A budding talent like Nyeem Young talent hardly got a look in even though the one chance he got to bat he helped them win a close game. Promising players like Wickman and Simmons hardly got a chance and Isai Thorne was nowhere to be seen. A poor advertisement for development.
Lol. You too much clown. You are clearly talking about this franchise team that has on average had 9 non-bajans to 2 bajans in it. If you are talking about Barbados cricket proper, then yes, it is not where it used to be , but at most age group levels we are still dominating the similarly declining region.
As to the franchise it speaks to deficient management in picking an unbalanced team that faired well enough on the true wickets in St.Kitts, St. Lucia and Barbados but struggled on sticky mats in Trinidad and Guyana. Picking Maharaj, after the loss of Wellalage, as the sole left arm or right arm wrist spinning bowler was the biggest blunder. He is a good test and 4 day bowler but an average T20 bowler. When one looks at how well Nedd performed they could easily have included Joshua Bishop , who usually outbowls Nedd and is a very useful big hitting lower order bat and good fielder, in the squad. Maharaj can bat a bit but not in T20 lower order format so the tail effectively begins at no.8.
As yes, the squad rotation was shockingly lacking. A budding talent like Nyeem Young talent hardly got a look in even though the one chance he got to bat he helped them win a close game. Promising players like Wickman and Simmons hardly got a chance and Isai Thorne was nowhere to be seen. A poor advertisement for development.
debut: 6/19/05
4,787 runs
In reply to doosra
Nah. They need to find someone in Barbados to join the management team that knows the players, knows the game and has the influence to get the foreign owners to spend their money the right way.
they need to find someone from Bdos the team will rally around going forward
Nah. They need to find someone in Barbados to join the management team that knows the players, knows the game and has the influence to get the foreign owners to spend their money the right way.
debut: 6/19/05
4,787 runs
In reply to SCC1
The Simmons thing is an all formats mystery. He burst on to the scene a few years ago in the PCL for Barbados .... took a bag of wickets and then made a good impression in his first CPL. Then he disappeared and even when he was included in squads like the Academy team he would hardly ever get selected. I hate to speculate but this time I got to conclude that it is an issue beyond the boundary.
Saw Ramon Simmons last night and was scratching my head as to why he hasn't played more games.
The Simmons thing is an all formats mystery. He burst on to the scene a few years ago in the PCL for Barbados .... took a bag of wickets and then made a good impression in his first CPL. Then he disappeared and even when he was included in squads like the Academy team he would hardly ever get selected. I hate to speculate but this time I got to conclude that it is an issue beyond the boundary.
debut: 4/28/03
59,520 runs
How many players are from Manchester that plays for Man City? Franchise anything goes.
debut: 7/2/12
28,869 runs
In reply to Logic
With the Royals losing match after match you really think he meant regional cricket?
With the Royals losing match after match you really think he meant regional cricket?
debut: 6/12/04
17,850 runs
In reply to Logic
I was going to respond to Jumpstart aka jumpfart, but he has eeloquenly decriped him.
I was going to respond to Jumpstart aka jumpfart, but he has eeloquenly decriped him.
debut: 6/12/04
17,850 runs
The last u19 Bim players were Dorne. Morris,Prescott, Smith and King that dominated u19, u17 it was Carter , Dorne, Branch and the u15 it was Wiggins ., Parris and Hinds to name some of the young players that are coming through.
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debut: 12/22/20
268 runs
In reply to Logic
He had a stint with Paarl Royals in SA. At the end of the day it's a franchise, some look to develop their young players, while others are the opposite.
He had a stint with Paarl Royals in SA. At the end of the day it's a franchise, some look to develop their young players, while others are the opposite.
debut: 11/30/17
10,624 runs
In reply to Logic
barbados barely made it to the super 50 semis last year and then lost to leewards by 155 runs......and LI is not a good side. they were slaughtered in the final. clearly something going on
you see why this is of concern to me is i still subscribe to the belief that a strong WI team will need to have good bajan players. not because god made them specifically to hold a bat or bowl a ball but its the only island where generally cricket does not have strong competition as a national pastime of sport, therefore, most of the cricketers in the region will be produced by Barbados
barbados barely made it to the super 50 semis last year and then lost to leewards by 155 runs......and LI is not a good side. they were slaughtered in the final. clearly something going on
you see why this is of concern to me is i still subscribe to the belief that a strong WI team will need to have good bajan players. not because god made them specifically to hold a bat or bowl a ball but its the only island where generally cricket does not have strong competition as a national pastime of sport, therefore, most of the cricketers in the region will be produced by Barbados
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