CaribbeanCricket.com - Mistake to leave out McKenzie, WI top Batsman against Australia

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 2:23:30 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

So they left out McKenzie, the only batsman who can handle Australian bowlers while selecting batsmen who failed last year against Australia, including Braithwaite (average 8.0 runs); Greaves 17.0 runs; and Hope who is essentially a failed test player. So, who is the batsman to score runs for West Indies?
Anyway, I did predict that Campbell and King will be opening for WI, not because they wanted Yardies but opening against Australia is a career-ending position, both Braithwaite and Chanderpaul averaged under 8.0 runs during that tour. Many thought that I was just slipping. big grin

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voiceofreason 6/11/25, 2:25:37 AM

debut: 1/20/04
91,592 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Dude you got Campbell and King what more you want? Campbell to open, King at 5.

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 2:38:34 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to voiceofreason

Just answer this question and give us an honest response. If McKenzie was Bajan do you think that they would leave out of a squad against Australia? We already know the answer to that question because they are willing to select Braithwaite with an average of 8 runs for the entire series over WI top batsman against Australia who averaged 34.5. Like Seriously???

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 2:52:36 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

I am willing to eat crow rather than suffer the impending slaughter and humiliation but without a batsman equipped to handle Australian bowlers, we are already in trouble.

brians_da_best 6/11/25, 4:20:45 AM

debut: 11/13/02
19,099 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

The man averages 16 in tests. Give it up

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 4:22:33 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to brians_da_best

West Indies tour of Australia Batting Aggregate and Averages:
West Indies in Australia
McKenzie 138 runs 34.5
Sinclair (2 innings) 64 runs 32.0
Hodge 115 runs 28.75
DeSilva 110 runs 27.5
Greaves 68 runs 17.0
A. Joseph 62 runs 15.5
S. Joseph 57 runs 14.25
Athanaze 56 runs 14.0
Roach 37 runs 9.25
Braithwaite (Captain) 34 runs 8.0
Chanderpaul 31 runs 7.75
Motie (2 innings) 4 runs 2.0

brians_da_best 6/11/25, 4:24:42 AM

debut: 11/13/02
19,099 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Why pick one series? What has he done before and after?

Hope fans don’t keep talking about that one series in England, do they! Btw Hope averages 8 more than Kirk? And has played much more. And even test record is poor, that shows how much beyond poor Kirk has been

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 4:32:44 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to brians_da_best

Hope played much more matches than he really should and should not have been allowed to fail in so many innings, if he was from another island, he would have long gone. Case in point, now they revived him for series against Australia while not selecting Kirk, if you cannot see the relevance of highlighting scores from WI tour of Australia last year, when we are preparing to replay Australia, you have really lost your marbles. BTW where are Hodge and DaSiva, they both played better against Australia than Braithwaite.

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tc1 6/11/25, 4:50:57 AM

debut: 6/12/04
18,412 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler lol

Slippy, Slippy you slipping deeper and deeper in shioite

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brians_da_best 6/11/25, 4:52:32 AM

debut: 11/13/02
19,099 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

There’s no way Kirk gets picked based on his record,

Man I give up. You just don’t get it

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 11:01:52 AM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to brians_da_best

You guys cannot change the stats or the facts, that Braithwaite averaged 8.0 against Australia and Hope is a failed test player, yet both are selected over at least 3 players who actually shouldered the batting against Australia, just last year and you are telling me that I haven’t got it??

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brians_da_best 6/11/25, 11:39:01 AM

debut: 11/13/02
19,099 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Kirk averages 16 in tests. That he averaged 34 against australia makes the rest of his career, before and after, even worse

Hope averages 26. Poor but he can bat and is getting a chance to salvage his career. Has a couple of 100s

Brathwaite averages over 30, with multiple hundreds.

If hope is a failed test player, in your words, what does that make Kirk?

Look Kirk might have a career ahead of him, he needs to go back to regionals and knock down the door. He is young and he’ll get his chance, but now isn’t the right time.

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dayne 6/11/25, 12:30:49 PM

debut: 5/29/07
8,671 runs

Well, Kirk did not do well enough regionally to make the WI A team, so no way should he be in the Test squad.

TanteMerle 6/11/25, 1:25:45 PM

debut: 2/22/04
8,784 runs

So Bajans selecting the team now!!!

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 1:37:19 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to dayne

So a player performed superbly against one of the best cricket team in the world, and you are willingly to select players who failed against the same team but came home and scored a few runs against lollipop bowlers, over that player? Makes no sense to me, now dung heap cricket is a better measure of a player’s ability than actually playing against one of the top test teams in the world??

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Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 1:51:16 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

Some people like to use stats hypocritically when it’s in their player’s favour but not for other players, for example, Blackwood still has a higher test average than Hope and many currently in the test squad but they do not want to hear about Blackwood’s higher stats in that specific set of circumstance big grin

dayne 6/11/25, 1:55:38 PM

debut: 5/29/07
8,671 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Well, if a player cannot dominate lollipop bowling, it is wishful thinking to think that he would do well against top class bowling. Kirk has had two seasons of regional failure.

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 2:41:17 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to dayne

Wrong! Wrong! The player has just demonstrated that he can bat against Australian bowlers by topping the West Indies batting average. Which is a better assessment on a player’s ability to bat against Australia, one who has already proven himself or one who scored runs against lollipop bowlers but could not buy a run against Australia??

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brians_da_best 6/11/25, 2:49:23 PM

debut: 11/13/02
19,099 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

Man not one person, including your own island folks are calling for Kirk. That should tell you how ridiculous the whole suggestion is

Brerzerk 6/11/25, 5:49:03 PM

debut: 3/16/21
12,573 runs

Kirk will not see another senior WI cap anytime soon. The real obscenity on this post is VOR's openly insular, quota-driven horse-trading stance.
I guess he feels that's the only way some of his 'Islanders' can get a shot at selection. There was a time when no one cared how many players from
wherever repped WI. What a small guy!

tc1 6/11/25, 5:50:20 PM

debut: 6/12/04
18,412 runs

In reply to TanteMerle

Yes, Browne and Dessie

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 5:54:23 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to Brerzerk

VOR insularity knows no bounds, its Dottie’s or damned big grin

Slipfeeler 6/11/25, 5:56:08 PM

debut: 12/22/15
8,301 runs

In reply to brians_da_best

Well, when we start feeling licks then you will see how ridiculous not to select him, bookmark this!!

JoeGrine 6/12/25, 12:30:08 AM

debut: 2/15/09
4,887 runs

In reply to Slipfeeler

VOR insularity knows no bounds, its Dottie’s or damned

We all know this, however, your call for McKenzie is rivalling Devoid of Reason.

buds 6/12/25, 1:15:11 AM

debut: 11/15/02
20,455 runs

[b]In reply to voiceofTREASON!

That's the problem! We do not select the best players first the WC team. Just make up numbers to please the sheeple at various boards. Scammy is a joke.

Mistake to leave out McKenzie, WI top Batsman against Australia

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