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WI_cricfan 2/8/25, 4:40:35 PM
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debut: 10/12/06
13,106 runs

useless
netgrouchy 2/8/25, 4:55:15 PM
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debut: 11/23/03
324 runs

In reply to WI_cricfan

Obviously you are not a WI cricfan!!!
STFU
imusic 2/8/25, 5:12:16 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to WI_cricfan

Thou shalt not criticize the sacred calf cool
Raskil 2/8/25, 5:46:42 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
13,388 runs

Drop him to the US team.
He’s not showing any dominance for an international.

We need to find an aggressive opener.
imusic 2/8/25, 6:12:14 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to Raskil

Nuh fret. John Campbell is yuh bet
Raskil 2/8/25, 6:36:43 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
13,388 runs

In reply to imusic

Too slow lol

We need another R Freddo
imusic 2/8/25, 6:44:36 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to Raskil

Shotgun Williams?

Clayton Lambert

Philo Wallace? big grin
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imusic 2/8/25, 6:46:25 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to Raskil

Raskil…… who would you say is the most aggressive WI opener of all time?

My vote would be Gayle closely followed by Freddo
anthonyp 2/8/25, 6:54:59 PM
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debut: 11/2/09
12,683 runs

In reply to imusic

Kraigg Brathwaite.
Raskil 2/8/25, 6:55:00 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
13,388 runs

In reply to imusic

I’ll rate Roy Fredericks because of the opposition bowlers at the time and most importantly NO Helmet.
imusic 2/8/25, 7:04:04 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
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In reply to Raskil

Hmmm…..I understand the no helmet thing….but is not like they had a choice in those days and he declined. That’s just how it was.

Also…….he may have been more aggressive precisely because there was no helmet.

As for the opposition bowlers……yes Freddo did face Lillee and Thommo at their peak in Oz

But Gayle also faced Shoaib, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Alan Donald, Brett Lee all in their prime too. I would actually give him the edge there.

And how could I forget Devon Malcolm too! big grin
imusic 2/8/25, 7:05:29 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to anthonyp

Kraigg Brathwaite.

The GOAT is exempt from these conversations. It just goes without saying big grin
ray 2/8/25, 7:19:09 PM
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debut: 2/7/03
23,793 runs

In reply to imusic

CLose call between Freddo and Gayle...maybe a tie
Raskil 2/8/25, 7:23:32 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
13,388 runs

In reply to imusic

Well don’t forget Adrian Barath cool

Brett, Shoab, Waqar, Allan…
Chris Gayle faced all those guys however did he face the brutal West Indian pace bowlers in first class cricket. I understand you play according to the state of the game at the time…
Don’t forget the limited bouncers rule.
Almost every Caribbean playing nation could’ve gone it alone and still be world beaters.
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imusic 2/8/25, 7:26:14 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to Raskil
Don’t forget the limited bouncers rule.

Excellent point!
Chrissy 2/8/25, 9:37:21 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
199,234 runs

Freddo and Onry
Cricket_101 2/8/25, 10:02:27 PM
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debut: 2/15/11
4,958 runs

In reply to WI_cricfan

He played well in the first game… watch him bounce back in game 3.
Baje 2/8/25, 10:18:08 PM
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debut: 12/10/02
7,894 runs

In reply to ray

Freddo could be slow at times. I would go with Philo or Lambert ahead of him. I never seen those two slow.
When Gayle presses the accelator..nothing like him.
Basil williams, Ron Faria were pretty aggressive.
Haynes was at the start of his career but then did 180 degree switch
4REALQUICKS 2/8/25, 10:42:57 PM
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debut: 2/16/24
874 runs

That spell when Lambert and Wallace were smashing England all around the park was fantastic and great fun hearing the complaining English saying "that's not test cricket" different now though with their Bazwazwhack-a-ball isn't it? lol

Shoe is on the other foot...
tc1 2/8/25, 10:45:06 PM
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debut: 6/12/04
18,220 runs

In reply to imusic

lollol cow or calf
imusic 2/8/25, 11:07:49 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,754 runs

In reply to Baje

Haynes was at the start of his career but then did 180 degree switch

True talk. Dessie was a shotta early in his WI career. Then maybe someone had a word with him that he heeded
bird 2/8/25, 11:14:45 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
2,271 runs

In reply to WI_cricfan

Unless nothing, he should be gone
Raskil 2/9/25, 12:48:17 AM
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debut: 11/13/02
13,388 runs

Spare a thought for This Great

Gear switching is necessary. Do we have a top three to bat a situation like this?
cumberland 2/9/25, 8:03:47 AM
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debut: 12/4/22
985 runs

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

What would WI give for a Lambert & Wallace batting combo at the top of their batting order right now?

Remember the days when WI chastised them for not being Greenidge & Haynes? For being Cowlashers?