debut: 8/14/19
502 runs
Sammy owns the good but blames the players for the bad. He took credit when Powell as captain won a few series. He then blames and got rid of Powell after losing a couple series. He then makes Hope captain when Hope was not a first choice in the T20 team.
Now what do we have, we have the WI fans being lied to about the process for selecting the test captain. I say we are being lied to because why is it that the same process was not used to select the new T20 captain and a new ODI captain. They only come up with a process when it suits them to cover Sammy's selection. Had Hope agreed to be test captain there would be no interviews and no psychometric testing. It is all a farce to explain why Chase got back into the team with a test average as low as the others who have been discarded.
Why shortlist Da Silva as a potential captain when he was not even selected in any of the two A team squads for the 4 day games? Is it that Sammy was afraid Da Silva would score a century and he would then have no excuse why he has left him out the squad but has recalled Hope who has done absolutely nothing in the longer format to merit a recall? I don't care how good he is in ODI cricket. He has not show that he is any good in red ball cricket and he has done nothing in red ball cricket since being dropped from the test side to show any improvement to merit a recall. People bash Da Silva whose batting average is 25 but whose main role was to keep wicket, while praising Hope with a batting average of 25 whose main role is to bat. The hypocrisy.
Since Hope score 90 not out against Zimbabwe in October 2017, he played 24 more test matches up to November 2021 and only passed 50 again twice in 46 innings. He has done nothing since in the longer format to merit a recall to test team. Hope's average in ODIs since January 2024 is 36, which is a far cry from his average of over 51 up to December 2023. His ODI batting has, therefore, been on the decline and cannot merit his recall into the test team.
Now what do we have, we have the WI fans being lied to about the process for selecting the test captain. I say we are being lied to because why is it that the same process was not used to select the new T20 captain and a new ODI captain. They only come up with a process when it suits them to cover Sammy's selection. Had Hope agreed to be test captain there would be no interviews and no psychometric testing. It is all a farce to explain why Chase got back into the team with a test average as low as the others who have been discarded.
Why shortlist Da Silva as a potential captain when he was not even selected in any of the two A team squads for the 4 day games? Is it that Sammy was afraid Da Silva would score a century and he would then have no excuse why he has left him out the squad but has recalled Hope who has done absolutely nothing in the longer format to merit a recall? I don't care how good he is in ODI cricket. He has not show that he is any good in red ball cricket and he has done nothing in red ball cricket since being dropped from the test side to show any improvement to merit a recall. People bash Da Silva whose batting average is 25 but whose main role was to keep wicket, while praising Hope with a batting average of 25 whose main role is to bat. The hypocrisy.
Since Hope score 90 not out against Zimbabwe in October 2017, he played 24 more test matches up to November 2021 and only passed 50 again twice in 46 innings. He has done nothing since in the longer format to merit a recall to test team. Hope's average in ODIs since January 2024 is 36, which is a far cry from his average of over 51 up to December 2023. His ODI batting has, therefore, been on the decline and cannot merit his recall into the test team.
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