West Indies A...my team

Cooper
Goolie
Parris
Bishop
Drakes
Glen
J.Bishop
Lyne
James
Anderson
Imlach captain
Ronaldo
Oshane
Perrie
Holder chemar
Jewel

In reply to Onionman0

Kirk Mckenzie?

All the non established Test players should be first in line to play the 'A' games.
Louis,Hodge,Athanaze, Greaves plus demoted DaSilva and Motie should be the core then look to Anderson , Parris, Jewel, and Glen as batters.
Bowlers choices are many.

That is if the 'A' games precede the OZ Tests.

In reply to hubert

Agreed those fringe players in the Test team should be included in the A team.
DaSilva and Imlach Captain and Vice Captain .

Simmonds or Blades in place of Oshane Thomas, James also needs another season to show he has more control of his ball placement in bowling

The timing of the South African A team visit could not be better. It gives the West Indies selectors the perfect opportunity to take a close look at some of those who have impressed in the regional tournament, along with others who were among the test squad to Pakistan but have since fallen down the pecking order, lost form or missed games through fitness. With those factors considered, I would strongly consider the following 16 players with a view toward them playing some part in the two "tests", which are due to take place in early-mid June. All of the matches on this tour are to be held at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet. Three 50 over games shall precede the two four day games.

My Squad:

Joshua Da Silva (c)
Tevin Imlach (wk)
Mikyle Louis
John Campbell
Kevlon Anderson
Alick Athanaze
Shaqkere Parris
Jewel Andrew
Javelle Glen
Jason Mohammed
Johnathan Drakes
Keacy Carty
Joshua Bishop
Ronaldo Alimohamed
Joshua James
Johann Layne

The squad is obviously batsman heavy, with my reasoning that the bowling attack for the test side is pretty much settled, I would rather take a look at extra batsmen as there should be more places up for grabs.

Despite his advancing age, I would consider Jason Mohammed purely on the strength of what he has done, consistently, with the bat. As a short term solution, he is worthy of a test debut if he performs well against the touring South Africans. Jahmar Hamilton was also considered but with a plethora of keepers & keeper-batsmen, he misses out along with the promising Carlon Bowen-Tuckett.

It might also be nice to take a look at Alzarri Joseph & Gudakesh Motie, just to keep them in the picture even though we already know what both bring to the test side.

If it's before the Australia series then it's a good opportunity to rotate as well as look at options for the Australia series.

M. Louis
J. Campbell
K. Anderson
J. Drakes
J. Andrew
T. Imlach
J. Greaves
J. Glen
G. Motie
R. Alimohamed
J. Layne
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C. Cooper, K. Wickham & J. Da Silva should come into consideration too.

In reply to WICFan

In reply to hubert

Kirk and Wickham will be there. Better than most batmen except Anderson.

In reply to Onionman0

Parris should be in the test side.

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Kirk Mackenzie need to get a game

In reply to granite

The guy is for real Remember
Shaqkere Parris

In reply to allan

Parris should go back to the opening the innings, as CWI needs 2 openers.

In reply to allan

McKenzie needs to get a game based on what exactly?

Anderson should not be on any WI team until a complete investigation has concluded on the ball tampering fiasco.

In reply to Overthrow

Sad but true. Teflon has mashed up a very promising career and for what??? TT had not caught up with Guyana for the whole season and were missing 3 of their top bowlers. Even the Tits had GHE as favourites to win. He should be penalised by not being picked for the A squad and obviously not for the test squad this year and let him reflect how he would have lost a valuable playing year due to his own crass stupidity.

As for the A team, I am keen to find out if the philosophy will be to give test batters a final chance or to expose young batters. If former, Hodge, Athanaze, Jangoo, Louis, Campbell form the batting line up. If the latter, Goolie, Cooper, Andrew, Glenn, Evelyn, Wickham, Drakes, Bowen-Tuckett get a run.

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

the guyanese involved in ball tampering shouldnt make any west indies team

- Anderson ( Kevlon)
- Permaul ( his career pretty much over
- alimohamed