All over for Josh

Sad to say but its seems all over for him

Was apparently far out of the running for skipper

Out of the 50 over squad for the A team

Out of the first test squad for the A team

Out of the second test squad for the A team

Not injured

Nothing was explained to him as to why he was not considered when it was said that the A team games was to be used as preparation for the test series.

He said in his own words that he did not know what was going on

Either

A . Sammy hates all trinis
B . Sammy hates all white people
C . Both of the above

In reply to pariaman

And he has been making good runs recently.

In reply to Yadi

Yes he has been looking good in both the t20 and Red Ball

Has to be more to the story than performance

'im is a sure pick suh nutt'n to look at...name penil een areddy fi fuss test. Dem men wid dem 'genda love ruin di lives of di deserving, it is projection i.e. guilt of their own unworthiness

It was clearly stated that the A Team would be used to prep for the test

He was not selected and no explanation given to him

He will not be selected for the tests

Sammy strikes again

Makes you wonder if Seales is really injured

Well, Jangoo is in the Team, so the accusation that Sammy does not favor Trinidadians don't stand up. I believe something behind the scenes is happening between the CWI and DaSilva.

CWI refuses to make any comment about DaSilva despite queries from around the region regarding why DaSilva wasn’t selected as test captain and then not selected in any of the A teams against South Africa A

They made sure to say that Shai Hope declined the captaincy in their announcement of Chase as Test Captain

They advised that Seales was ill as an explanation for him not playing against Ireland yesterday.

So it’s not like they’re not aware of the comments being made on various social media platforms and fans in general.

Seems to me that when it comes to the DaSilva issue, their strategy is to just say nothing and it will be forgotten in a few days.

Josh has nothing to prove in de A team after his performance in de regionals

Josh will be in the test team as a batter.

UNLESS we will see a "Nash" all over again
Nash had refused de cappoship....and eventually it was handed to Sammy....soon after Nash was history.
Did Josh refuse de cappoship before they started interviewing people?

In reply to dayne

Maybe then its just white people?

In reply to Narper

That makes no sense why would he go thru the process if he did not want to be considered?

On mason he was contacted and said he had no idea what was going on re the A teams

Further it makes no sense not giving him a go at the Australians if he is to be considered for the Tests

This lies squarely at the feet of Sammy

Sammy will soon be exposed as the fraud that he is

In reply to Narper


So Kraigg Brathwaite has something to prove?

He played the same regionals as DaSilva. Same # of matches.

In reply to pariaman



dat boat sailed long time

The rational they have for him not being made captain of the test side is that he was dropped and could not make the side

They want to ensure that this can hold water by not giving him a chance to prove himself with the A Team

Sammy I am calling you out

You are a dirty stinking man

In reply to imusic


Josh dominated...Paint did not

In reply to Narper

So Paint DOES have something to prove?

We'll soon find out won't we

In reply to Narper

I hope when he is not selected for the test you callout Sammy

If what you say is correct and he is selected for the test then common courtesy dictates that he would have been notified of this

Its clear that sammy does not want josh and does not even want him to be given the opportunity to prove himself

In reply to pariaman



I tiad call out Sammy...are you a newbie here? Or you now calling out Sammy because your homie is affected?

In reply to imusic


they are hoping Paint will score enough to justify a test pick

In reply to Narper

We dealing with this situation.

Read the tea leaves

Sammy does not only not want Josh but wants to destroy his career by not giving him a chance to prove himself.

He will not be selected for tests . His west indies career is effectively over as long as sammy is there.

When else have we seen the same thing happening to other Trinidadian players?

Remember that Bravo was too old to be selected and now players his age at that time is being selected as captain.

Sammy reminds me of those community leaders who never forgives and will exact his revenge agenda dont matter how many years pass.

In reply to pariaman


Remember Ramdin?

Anyone would sense would understand that the most sensible thing would have been to give Josh the captaincy so that he would have the chance to prove himself as captain at this level

He has already proven himself as captain at the lower level

His batting has been excellent

If he succeeds or does enough then we have a captain for years

If he does not we just move to another candidate

But choosing a man who has not played test cricket for 2 years and who is 33 is just plain dotish

If by the most unlikely of coincidence he succeeds we still have to look for a new captain in a short while

We need to put sammy thru the same tests as the prospective captains

We must be the laughing stock of the world about how we selected our captain

Its a captain for christ sake not the Ceo of a major company

I have never seen good talking in interviews win matches

In reply to Narper

In reply to Narper

Den nuh shades of Ramdin i.e. Trini Keeper-bat who nuh black Sammy si when 'im si Josh! Man Ketch Quacku but still ah grab him shut.

In reply to pariaman

DaSilva's ONLY credible claim to captaincy is that he was identified and groomed for the past few years by CWI for that role.

His performances in the team were far too inconsistent otherwise.

So him not being appointed captain or vice captain isn't a big deal for me. What is very odd about it is given my first sentence in this post, that CWI has said absolutely nothing about why he wasn't appointed in either role. Especially when they went out of their way to make a statement about Shai Hope declining the captaincy.

That was bad enough

What has opened the floodgates to conspiracy theories regarding DaSilva is CWI's continued refusal to address why he wasn't even selected in any of the 3 WI A Teams against South Africa A, especially when CWI insisted that this A series was preparation for the Test series against Australia and named Warrican and Kraigg Brathwaite in the squad for the red ball A series against South Africa A

That said...there are other players in the test team who also have not been named:
Mikyle Louis
Kavem Hodge
Kemar Roach
Anderson Phillip
Kevin Sinclair

So DaSilva is not alone. But why are Brathwaite and Warrican so special??? Dem alone need match practice?

To me......just like when Sammy's appointment as WI test captain immediately ended Dwayne Bravo's test career, Chase's appointment as WI test captain has ended Sinclair's test career for as long as Chase remains captain.

I don't think we'll be seeing DaSilva, Sinclair, or Anderson Phillip in test cricket anytime soon. Roach may retire after the OZ series, but it won't be Phillip that will be the replacement for him.
Warrican's appointment as vice captain has effectively relegated Motie to the sidelines in test cricket as well.

So maybe Narper is right. As usual though....CWI's actions provide more questions than answers.

I think he did enough to deserve the opportunity

Give him one or two test series to prove himself

Two 33 year old spinners for Captain and VC for the great West Indies with its traditional fast bowling pedigree is just a backward step of the highest order

In reply to pariaman

This is obviously Sammy's decision. He was not head coach and DaSilva was being groomed for the captaincy

Sammy became head coach, DaSilva is NOT Sammy's man. It happens in business all the time.



Now DaSilva is under a 1 year contract with CWI until Oct 2024. It will be interesting to see IF he's offered a renewed contract.

Motie is under a multi year contract that's up in October 2026. So he'll at least be around the WI setup for that time as they're unlikely to carry someone, not play them but still pay them.

Well....they carried Warrican for years as he's always seemed to be under contract but he kept being named to squads, if not playing XI's. Now we know why.

As they say in Trini....Gopaul luck eh Seepaul luck.