Brandon King aka Bing cannot bat

In reply to imusic

HA HA HA HA HA ...thats the only stat stat lie that could be used.

and King still gets beaten.


We all want King to grab that potential....he is much better than he has been showing...and guess where his biggest weakness IS that happens to be Braffs Strength;

CONCENTRATION

In reply to imusic

And the way his opening partners have been performing make him difficult to get dropped

In reply to InHindsight

Its true..

I suspect the very reason KING is here is to be groomed into securing a TOP spot...

Walking wicket man has not improved in my opinion...King has to take that spot from him...and KB quite frankly...needs to have someone challenge him too...but tht aint been happening.

Remember C H GAYLE was a lock in...

I cannot think of us having that solid top since Haynes and Greenidge.

Perspective- It has been six years since Tony Becca died and at least 3 that fans like Dukes et al suggested King be groomed for test cricket. Becca suggested that yrs before he died. CWI are jackasses! As poor as our FC competition is once you see a young batter score 150 plus innings they should be put in an academy and groomed for test. Instead at least two Allen and King were fast-tracked into International white ball cricket. Being in an academy would've also revealed his fielding weakness. Bravo came through the ranks to test cricket without being able to field and had to go through improvement drills when already a senior test player.

What is curious, up to the point he got out King's lil twent-sinting was the top score but not much of a peep about the three before especially the vastly more experienced one who put the newbie 3 and 4 under extreme pressure. Aaaah Sah

In reply to InHindsight


Problem with that is, for over a year, Brathwaite’s partners, as poor as they have been, have still outperformed Brathwaite.

In reply to Brerzerk

Am curious. Where exactly would you have liked to see King bat ?

In reply to NYCGURU
I really don't matter where he bats, not even think he should be in the team based on current form and domestic 4day performance.
Interestingly Inglis in his 2nd test is bowled leaving to Seales 18 tests and not a peep. Whereas King on debut gets out similarly to Hazelwood 73 tests
280wkts and there's an uproar

In reply to Brerzerk

In the case of Inglis, there are no small-minded (small islander) chomping at the bit for failures so they can push their players.
Just the same, King should not be in the team, he did not earn a spot. Hodges, J. Mohammed and DaSalvia are all ahead of him.

In reply to sudden

King will make you eat your words in the second innings.

Windies winning this.

In reply to Casper

To be honest that was an almost a unplayable delivery that dismissed him

In reply to sudden

Are you kidding, , King did not play a stroke.

In reply to tc1

Don't know what he saw.

In reply to sudden

There was nothing unplayable about that delivery. The man suffered a brain freeze to a delivery that started a little outside off and came back a little.

In reply to sudden

It was unplayable, that’s why he didn’t bother playing a shot

he should have been out before that delivery he was dropped driving loosely at a very wide ball that was dropped by the slip and the wk failed to catch on the rebound,i'm not sire about king as test player he plays to loose for me even in one day cricket but we will see. but seems nobody is talking about carty who is averaging 18 by now after a dozen test matches

In reply to velo

Carty is technically sound, averages 50 in ODIs. Let that sink in. He is one of the very few players currently averaging 50 in ODIs. Hope is another one.

Obviously if he continues to fail in tests, he’ll get dropped like Hope was, but on paper he looks solid. Let’s see how this series pans out for him

I saw it live.

In reply to brians_da_best

This Kid Carty looks like a solid player, I remembered saying to you in the past that he was not test ready, but after seeing him live I like him.

another unplayable delivery

In reply to tc1

Let’s hope he and hope can bring this home

In reply to brians_da_best

Uphill climb here. These guys need to have some form of partnership.

In reply to alfa1975

Why are people so critical of the young man after a single test match