CCC vs WI Academy

CCC 174 all out. It was a good move by the Leewards to let K Powell play for the CCC, he is an experience player that rarely does anything of note, better to let Louis develop his game in the opening position

In reply to dayne

Academy 25-1

Jediah Blades … 22 year old left arm pacer looks interesting.

Has taken 10 wickets so far in this tournament and judging by watching him last year, he seems to have added a bit of pace.

He also seems to be able to bring the ball back into the right-hander, could be one to watch

In reply to robbo

Yes, I noticed that Blades is bowling faster. However the WI Academy has collapsed,

In reply to dayne

Tell me have the academy gotten better a good portion of these guys have been in the academy for three seasons now and i really dont see any improvements

Rain

Academy win by 22 runs via D/L method

A win for the Academy… not exactly a convincing one but a win.

In reply to velo

That is a good observation, Motara is bowling more aggressively and getting wickets, Layne did well on the last tour to Ireland and Tuckett is already a good w/keeper, it would be interesting to see them play on better pitches that are faster.

In reply to robbo
A win is a win

unfortunate for CCC but that is how it goes. Like Velo, I am not seeing any improvement in players like Teddy Bishop or Auguste. They are not even up to regional standard as yet as far as I can see.

In reply to dayne

This is Motara first year with the WI Academy team...

Auguste, both Bishop, Layne and a few others there from the start... around 3 years or more.

Out of that lot only Joshua Bishop showed some consistency... the rest gives you a decent performance once pon a blue moon.

In reply to anthonyp

A few did graduate though. Mckenzie, Anderson and Wickham are doing pretty well.