Please give Jangoo a try

In reply to voiceofreason

My point is, as I’ve stated before is that these losses are the result of picking second string teams for the better part of 14 years. De idiots that ravaged the team and put Sammy and Holder as captains didn’t seem to anticipate that Gayle, bravo, Sarwan and co would get old and the players with actual talent like Pooran, Rutherford and Hetmeyer wouldn’t want to come near a West Indian test side based on the treatment of the former, so now you’re left with teams that are not only inexperienced with no competent senior to guide them as they have been for most of the past fourteen years but also they’re the least talented of the WI players on show because the Poorans, the Rutherfords and the Hetmeyers do not want to touch a WI test team. Enjoy tier 2 homes

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

You are ridiculous, Greaves has to play, Sinclair before carty and Louis. Greaves, and Sinclair are all rounders jangoo and imlach cannot play together now, maybe in the future.

In reply to Jumpstart
Man enough of that foolishness. They chose to be freelancers simple. They opted to cherry pick tours and Cricket admin must settle for that? How does that lend to stability and growth?


R4D coming up so some new players will rise up. Right now our bowling is very competitive just for our batting to catch themselves which we are seeing some of that in ODIS. Who wants to freelance let them freelance but it should not be at the expense of the progression of WI Cricket which has been in stagnation for more than 2 decades.

We will work with what we have and if we have to end up in Tier 2 so be it.

In reply to voiceofreason

Breds……you’re patently dishonest



As I said….enjoy tier 2 cricket and remember what got us here

In reply to rillo



The only time i used the word struggle was in the present tense referring to Hodge and it was not a reference to the last test, but to his customary batting style. Hence I used the word "struggles".

In reply to Jumpstart

Tell us what happened the season prior to that just for better context.

In reply to voiceofreason

WI lost to a great SA team……and didn’t have the services of Jerome Taylor and ramnaresh Sarwan through injury for that series

In reply to Jumpstart

When was SA great? Can't remember ....

In reply to Kay

South Africa during that period was in the middle of an unbeaten run in test series that lasted 5 and a half years(starting in 2009 and ending in 2014)and comprised 14 series which is the joint 3rd longest run in test cricket history homes. That SA team was a great side

Jangoo should be included....

My team

Brathwaite
Louis
Silva
Athanaze
Carty/Greaves/Hodge..pick any.. according to hommie..
Jangoo
Imlach
Sinclair
Motie
Warrican
Seales

In reply to Jumpstart

That is the plan. To put the Trinis in impossible positions matchwise so they fail. He should be in at 4/5.
From what I have seen on this top 7 is they are all suspect to spin. This pitch the Pakis were singing to the wind days now that it wll be a spinner's paradise. Did WI brass solidify their batting ? No. Jangoo and Josh are the ony 2 players that can effectively play spin and they were both left out.
I can assure you that they will miss the other test also. That has been the trend for many a year from this delusional CWI.

In reply to rillo

they've been doing that since ramdin. i told you this tier 2 system that's coming in is the result of poor decisions and outright malice and vindictiveness. CWI never forgave gayle, sarwan and bravo for standing up to them, not caring about the rapid degradation of the team and they've gotten what they deserve....humiliation...but some people in wi cricket don't care about that

In reply to Jumpstart

Who was a part of that team that lost to the so call great RSA Team? I see you mentioned who was not a part of the team.

In reply to rillo
Yes put the Trinis in impossible positions as they are unable to handle pressure.

In reply to Jumpstart

Can you tell me where WI was ranked where the fab 3 were playing. By the way JoHo is a superior test cricketer to your fab player Bravo.

In reply to voiceofreason

and dotties could barely make any WI team on merit..........if i'm not mistaken, Brian Lara, the man who played under the most pressure in the history of west indian cricket wasn't a bajan, or vincentian or antiguan or grenadian or any of the other dots that are present around the caribbean sea

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

If Jangoo is to come in, and I think that he should not, it must be for Carty or Hodge. I would actually bring in Roach for Greaves to add just that little more potency to the bowling as we know the batting is likely to flop. I would also go brave and consider bringing in Josh for Louis and let him open. We are at the stage where, after being dismissed twice in 60 overs, effectively in 2 sessions, that we can do anything. There is absolutely nothing to lose. My XI:
Brathwaite (agreed his final game as captain)
DaSilva
Imlach (because this is his position for Guyana so he should be comfortable)
Athanaze
Carty (this is where he made his debut in ODIs and has become fairly successful)
Jangoo
Sinclair
Motie
Roach
Warrican
Seales