A commentator made a good point

Floyd Reifer……batting coach…..has a track record of when the pitch is good for batting, the batters perform

But as soon as it offers assistance to bowlers or isn’t a batting paradise……the batters consistently struggle.

Interesting comment and observation

In reply to imusic

Did he say anything about the boneheaded head coach?

Wasn’t the previous batting coach had the same problem?

In reply to Raggs

Can’t remember who the previous batting coach was.

Seems like Floyd Reifer been around forever

In reply to imusic

https://youtu.be/72N-hGeQOpU?si=vqaFH2_VCazwNEjN

Marlon said it as early as 2019.... Pretty Boy Floyd!!!!

In reply to imusic

Isn’t that the definition of a cheerleader?

Lol

And yet Floyd will take Coley's job. Watch di ride, di man seh 'me and my team' Scammer Scammy

In reply to Raskil



Ha - and he dresses like one too: Armless, relaxing with his hands cupped behind his head, stretching out and yawning during a match. I have yet to see him dress professionally

In reply to imusic


dat in itself doh make sense

In reply to Onionman0

the toilet stance.....i die

Big Phil e[ating Ice Cream or licking it.

In reply to tc1

Bim continues to live rent free for life in the empty skulls of musicain and jumpy

They might need to change their batting practice routines, instead of practicing on batting friendly pitches, practice on " mine-field " pitches.

In reply to dayne



It is very simple.

Lara said facing Marshall, Ambrose, Walsh, Patterson in the nets meant that it could only get easier when he went to bat the next day in a test match.

Practice should be where you do your homework and heavy lifting so you can execute when it comes to match day. Tony Adams and Martin Keown said practice sessions were more intense than Match days

In reply to sgtdjones


Did he say anything about the bonehead head coach shots fired

In reply to ponderiver

How can this Sammy be head coach for all versions of CWI cricket?...
He is also a selector; why are we at this level of stupidity?

He markets himself well on TV, especially when a player does well; he comes over to give advice picked up by the television crew.
Yet, where is he when his batsmen are failing and making the same mistakes over and over? Hiding.
The look on Pooran's face suggested he was ill. Why was he playing?

CWI has the only not-qualified, without credentials individual coaching, unless they were looking for clappers or grifters.
Who would hire this bunch to coach cricket?

I feel for the fans that attended; they were cheated.

In reply to sgtdjones


You can’t put Pooran’s dismissals on Sammy.

Had Pooran not played, the talk would have been Sammy choosing his homies over a player like Pooran.

Pooran likely said he was good to go and failed both times. That cyah be Sammy fault.

In reply to imusic

They have a medical team.
Looking at Pooran briefly when the camera focused on him on the bench, he looked ill or jetlagged.
They should have an inkling after the first game.
It was noted he was ill in the morning and played that night.

Sammy's management team is as long as the number of players selected.
When boneheads manage, such an occurrence is common.

When travelling, it is common knowledge that one day for every hour of time difference helps acclamatize.
Pooran was in the east before this series.

The CWI should really look harder at their team selection method, it might not be a good idea for Sammy to have all that say in the selection process, IMO there should be another person who is not on Sammy's coaching staff who should be one of the Selectors, maybe if that was the set-up Fletcher would not have been on the present T20 team.

This could also be a symptom of too much franchise cricket

The wickets are more batting friendly on the franchise circuit, most of these guys are getting their miles through that route, then they face an international level wicket with no practice

India and Pakistan went through that issue with their domestic program
At least with India, when they made their wickets a bit more fast bowling friendly their batsmen were able to adjust on international tracks

In reply to dayne



I 100% agree.

In reply to imusic

So much conjecture, bad mindedness and ample amounts of conspiracy on this thread that it doh make sense to say naffin now.

get in good; hear?

In reply to Castled

Both need a mental health coach.

In reply to powen001

Is it bad mindedness to comment on a batting lineup that has consistently struggled against all bowling attacks on less than helpful wickets and wonder what the batting coach is doing?

A batting coach who has been in charge for a long time across formats.

Or some should just be exempt from scrutiny?

Bear in mind…..it was a commentator / analyst on yesterday’s T20I broadcast that made the observation and posed the question, calling Reifer’s name in the process.

I posted it here.