CaribbeanCricket.com - Make Shai Hope

Besar 3/31/25, 4:35:55 PM

debut: 3/18/05
290 runs

Test Captain too, if he is willing to accept the position. That is a responsibility that could allow his excellent batting skills to prosper. Don't forget, too, that the greatest skipper of all times, Clive Lloyd, was not even in the team when he was appointed.

Overthrow 3/31/25, 4:48:33 PM

debut: 3/24/21
1,924 runs

This is absolute nonsense. Hope has played one four day game in over four years, on a team that survived for two days, made no major contribution with the bat, was brutal behind the stumps. With that he moves into the test team and captaincy. Get your head screwed on properly.
Clive played regional and county cricket when he was appointed. Also played on the test team intermittently.

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imusic 3/31/25, 4:54:16 PM

debut: 11/13/02
79,871 runs

In reply to Overthrow

All valid points. But Hope does have the right passport

VIX 3/31/25, 5:01:29 PM

debut: 2/7/03
17,802 runs

In reply to Besar
Does he want to play test cricket?

Overthrow 3/31/25, 5:04:43 PM

debut: 3/24/21
1,924 runs

In reply to VIX

Does he have the stamina?

dayne 3/31/25, 5:33:11 PM

debut: 5/29/07
8,538 runs

They also stated that there will be a new T20 captain, Hope might get that job

Overthrow 3/31/25, 6:00:55 PM

debut: 3/24/21
1,924 runs

In reply to dayne

He has been appointed as T20 captain.

StumpCam 3/31/25, 6:29:52 PM

debut: 1/1/04
12,752 runs

In reply to Besar

Clive Lloyd, was not even in the team when he was appointed.

Is that accurate?? Thought he scored the most runs against England in 1973 tour.

Massy 3/31/25, 6:44:44 PM

debut: 2/20/21
253 runs

In reply to Besar

I’m incline to support Shai Hope for WI Test captain .He has the experience and temperment .
Yes, he has a poor test average but that will improve for he is now a mature cricketer .

Jumpstart 3/31/25, 6:55:41 PM

debut: 11/30/17
11,713 runs

In reply to Besar

Hoss….his excellent batting skills in any kind of red ball cricket are nonexistent. He averages under 30 after 38 tests. And looked just as bad against the decent TT attack. What will happen to him when he goes out to play start and cummins

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Jumpstart 3/31/25, 6:57:33 PM

debut: 11/30/17
11,713 runs

In reply to Massy

Rubbish. Carl Hooper ever got his average above 40?And allyuh was the same type who was saying he needed leadership to flourish. Whereas Chanderpaul, who was averaging under 40 until the middle of 2002 got his average from there to over 50 by the time he hanged up his boots in 2015

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Jumpstart 3/31/25, 7:04:29 PM

debut: 11/30/17
11,713 runs

In reply to StumpCam

Clive was the top scorer for the 1973 visit to England and played the entirety of their visit here in 1974. And he was appointed before the next series, which was in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He wasn’t dropped or injured and was a mainstay

Slipfeeler 3/31/25, 7:42:01 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,117 runs

In reply to Besar

We will be creating another Sammy if Hope is given the captaincy, for Hope has already proven that although he is brilliant ODI batsman, he is a failed Test player.

Jumpstart 3/31/25, 7:52:53 PM

debut: 11/30/17
11,713 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

exactly...michyael bevan, great odi player, toots in tests..

Jumpstart 3/31/25, 8:06:41 PM

debut: 11/30/17
11,713 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

CWI needs to make a [proper decision because unlike when they removed gayle, who was getting results in the role, in a fit of nationalistic idiocy, there are efforts afoot to have WI removed from top tier cricket and this WTC, from 2025-2027 will probably be the most important test season in WI cricket history..............i know barbados feel they could go it alone and succeed, but as the two day beatdown at home showed, nah. All our selection have to be perfect during this wtc cycle. Starting with the australia series

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Castled 4/1/25, 1:40:51 AM

debut: 8/21/22
1,264 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Disagree. Don't equate a classy Hope with Scammy. How Scammy became the Trump of West Indies cricket is a mystery. A mediocre player who Gayle stated unbalanced the team cannot Make West Indies Cricket Great Again. Not going to happen. Scammy well intentioned or not is ordinary as player and unqualified coach.

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Besar 4/1/25, 7:22:28 AM

debut: 3/18/05
290 runs

It is amazing that folks talk about right passport. It is amazing.

Besar 4/1/25, 7:29:49 AM

debut: 3/18/05
290 runs

In reply to StumpCam

Most times I comment here, it is straight from my head. Lloyd had gone through a mean test patch and was dropped. When time came to replace Kanhai, 3 names came up. Lloyd was one of them, and he had to be drafted back into the team as captain.

ducks 4/3/25, 8:02:09 AM

debut: 8/25/09
1,263 runs

In reply to Besar

If my memory serves me right Lloyd was not dropped but there was question about whether he merited selection. I clearly remember Raffy Knowles saying his ave of 40 was not bad! Lloyd was not in the Caribbean when the selection was been made but he returned some say he was summoned. Comrade Forbes name was mentioned in the rumor mill be that as it may the rest as they say is history

Besar 4/3/25, 8:36:02 AM

debut: 3/18/05
290 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Shai Hope is a batsman

Besar 4/3/25, 9:42:29 AM

debut: 3/18/05
290 runs

In reply to ducks

If he was already in the team, why would there be a discussion about whether he merited selection? And, just in case your reference about selection was just about selection to the captaincy, do you remember who the other two candidates were?

ducks 4/3/25, 10:18:09 PM

debut: 8/25/09
1,263 runs

In reply to Besar

He could not be in the team when there was no team!! The discussion in the region was prior to team selection

ducks 4/3/25, 10:22:38 PM

debut: 8/25/09
1,263 runs

There was one spot to be filled the chief contenders for the position were Lloyd and Foster

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