Alzarri's anger issues

In reply to bird

Did you watch the game yesterday? I ask because I'm wondering if you saw something that made you to think two slips were advisable or necessary.

In reply to Jumpstart

Well name me a West Indian ODI pacer in the last 10 years with a better record.

In reply to voiceofreason

That’s 2014 homes. No West Indian pacer in that time has been allowed to have an 8 year long career save holder and he isn’t a pacer

Aljo was touching 148kmph...peak testosterone...he needs to blow it off...

In reply to powen001



dat was McEnroe

In reply to TanteMerle

As many have already expressed, we strongly condemn Aljo's actions, and he should be held accountable for them.

While this behavior is unacceptable, unfortunately, it does happen in sports from time to time. Let us all hope for Aljo's personal growth and for the good of West Indies cricket, he emerges stronger and better from this experience

I am not sure of the personal nature of your criticisms towards Aljo, as they seem somewhat subjective and immature. While Aljo may not have fully met expectations, can you identify a faster bowler from the West Indies who is better than him?

Too bad for AlJo...he better fix his attitude. Maybe, Sir Viv should surprise him with a likkle phone call.

As a Fmr. cappo for many many cricket matches, I had no Issues when my big fast bowler got angry (in fact I might be the one deliberately provoking); no issues when he vex and won’t celebrate with the pack; I ain’t even sure I would have an issue if he went off the field to cool off before he comes back on after an over or two even if we play with 10… IF all of THAT passion means that stumps or person or both will be in peril with the ball in hand.

MY problem with this Alzari guy, is that invariably his anger/passion/petulance NEVER leads to an uptick for his or the team performance. If he was my team mate as the leading bowler in this unit I would feel let down by the many times when I look for this leader of the pack and he is never to be found. It’s a brave cappo to give him an attacking field in any form of cricket even on a ground like Kensington where he has a decent record.

The next time he feels let down by someone he should look in the mirror and ask himself how many times he has let down his own team mates. I would hazard a guess that he is incapable of such introspection. I don’t want to hear the choir go on about drop catches blah blah, blah. If you play cricket long enough this stuff just happens to some players. Some batsmen always seem to get 4 chances to score a hundred. They would tell you only a good player would touch that jaffer but yet your backside back in the pavilion good player and all.

Fellas like Shamar and Seales have shown more in their very limited careers than this imposter who we have been waiting for 8 years to come to the party as he was the outstanding fast bowler of the 2016 age group in world cricket.

Not everything is at the Cricket Board’s feet to lay blame. Some of our issues are with some of these players in terms of they are Ill-discipline, Have poor work ethic, and in some cases, maybe some are just cognitively deficient.

Better this happen to understand that being a leader of a group of men and especially this group of West Indies players is a very very difficult thing to do. Sometimes you have to play with 10 men to make a point. Talent without purpose is nothing.

In reply to mkcharles

I am with Alzahrri. What he did was unacceptable but I understand. I am taking bowlers catches but my catches always seem to get dropped. Constant extra runs off my bowling miss fielding, overthrows etc. I want my field set a particular way, I can't get it even when I am vice captain. Too much disrespect so I can understand. Built up anger. He exploded. Expected.

In reply to voiceofreason

Let’s not make excuses for Aljo’s behavior.
We should expect better from him
He is in leadership position and should display the characteristics this responsibility requires.

In reply to Poggy

Where did I make excuses? He did wrong and now has to pay for it let us move on. What you folks fail to give him credit for is his loyalty to WI cricket where he is an all format player when many have resorted to pick/choose what and when they play. This isolated incident should not take away from his body of work.

In reply to mkcharles

So we should accept dropped catches as normal? Oh ok.


Decent record at Kensington. You lost me there. 30 wickets in 12 Matches, with a S/R of 20.80 and AVG 17.20 is just decent. Oh ok.

A two match suspension is fair. He’ll get time to reflect and in no time will be back. Anything longer would have disproportional, and letting him get away Scot free would have been unacceptably condoning this tilted of behaviour.

He made a mistake, his first, got a slap in the wrist, will be back, let’s move on

In reply to voiceofreason

My man, that’s exactly the point. I understand fully that persons like you will deflect about dropped catches and his Kensington record.

The bigger fact is that he is an underperformer, he is not the only one, but he is a the leader of this bowling team and a leader in the team.

I would be let down if this fool was my team mate, let alone one of my leaders. Nothing he does seems anything other than self serving. His general demeanor, attitude, performance, relatability, petulance. Oh, my bad, he is the best that we have and what we see is his passion. Give me a freaking break fella.

In reply to powen001

Or is that McEnroe

These holy than thou crusaders kiss my black ass. This from AlJo

In reply to natty_forever

There endeth the lesson. The only feasible and plausible response from the black man.

It’s interesting bordering on funny how keen so many are on reflection

In reply to imusic

I reflected on AlJo’s general behavior, including his most recent display of petulance, and concluded that he is a seriously misguided chap.

Is that what you are referring to?

My further reflection causes me to conclude that he is lucky to be born in a time such as now

In reply to mkcharles

Yes and the only one who has made himself available in all formats for WI cricket. Yeah send the clown home! No wonder so many choose to freelance. He is a top 20 bowler in T20I cricket, has a respectable sub 29 average in ODIS, and admittedly he has failed in Test cricket but I still hold out hope. The man lost it for a minute so we should punish him for life? Man Steve Smith and David Warner did much worse but did OZ discard or ostracise them permanently?

In reply to mkcharles


Would you consider these figures in ODI to be underperforming?


Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w

ODIs 73 72 3675 3359 119 5/56 28.22 5.48 30.8 4 1

I honestly though his econmic rate was worst than that.

While it's clear that many believe Aljo could perform better, it's important to consider the impact of dropped catches and misfields. Had even half of those catches been taken, his statistics would likely be much more better.
While he has made mistakes, it's important not to be overly critical of him.

In reply to Jammal22

Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w

ODIs 73 72 3675 3359 119 5/56 28.22 5.48 30.8 4 1

Well we don't often agree but we on the same page. Aljo's white ball performances have been good but people tend to confuse this with his Test cricket returns which have not been as good partially due to inconsistent bowling and dropped chances.


Let us look at other pace bowlers:

Pat Cummins:

Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
ODIs 90 90 4683 4116 143 5/70 5/70 28.78 5.27 32.7 6 1

Josh Hazlewood:
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
ODIs 91 90 4737 3763 138 6/52 6/52 27.26 4.76 34.3 1 3

Mitchell Starc:

ODIs 127 127 6512 5711 244 6/28 6/28 23.40 5.26 26.6 12 9 0

One captain, uno leader on the field period. The captain only facilitates you he doesn't have to implement your ideas or options.

In reply to mkcharles

No. Not you mkcharles. Some others