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ACCLIMATISATION!

granite 9/30/25 4:18 PM
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debut: 11/1/13 6:07 PM
14,760 runs

We lost the first 2 matches and hammered them in the third,some will say dead rubber but I feel it was all about acclimatisation,add the newbies on our team.I think they came back to show what these young men can do in time,if this was a 5 match series we would have won.
KTom 9/30/25 4:46 PM
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debut: 7/22/22 8:01 AM
1,039 runs

@granite

Players had a mountain to overcome with the altitude sickness.
voiceofreason 9/30/25 4:48 PM
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debut: 1/19/04 7:00 PM
92,918 runs

In reply to granite

Agreed! So CWI set up these guys to fail. WI are in not position to underestimate the opposition. Should have been in there a week before, played a couple warm up matches and ready for them!

However these players still shined:

Jangoo
Auguste
Ramon Simmonds.
Biadiase.

However will not hold anything against the others as they were not given proper preparation for this series.
kangalang 9/30/25 4:53 PM
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debut: 1/22/03 7:00 PM
543 runs

In reply to KTom

what altitude? matches being played at Sharjah
Halliwell 9/30/25 5:08 PM
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debut: 5/14/05 2:40 AM
25,301 runs

In reply to KTom

This was Sharjah, or Bolivia?!?!?
granite 9/30/25 5:16 PM
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debut: 11/1/13 6:07 PM
14,760 runs

In reply to voiceofreason

True,they were set to fail but with a week more acclimatisation they would have beaten NP.The young inexperienced ones showed what they can do with time.
voiceofreason 9/30/25 5:25 PM
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debut: 1/19/04 7:00 PM
92,918 runs

In reply to granite

There was no altitude issue as all games were played in Sharjah not in Nepal. However they would have needed some adjustment with those pitches.
InHindsight 9/30/25 5:32 PM
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debut: 2/24/07 9:14 AM
12,747 runs

@voiceofreason

Yes the pitch conditions but also team dynamics.


This was a hastily assembled squad. CWI continue to be haphazard in their planning
voiceofreason 9/30/25 6:27 PM
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debut: 1/19/04 7:00 PM
92,918 runs

In reply to InHindsight

Agreed I did mention the haphazard selection caused by the dropping out of several key players was an issue too. However we should not have scheduled this series so close to the CPL as I believe despite this team being assembled at the last minute it compounded their disadvantage by not allowing them at least a week and some practice matches to get it together.
Brerzerk 9/30/25 8:04 PM
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debut: 3/15/21 10:45 PM
13,280 runs

@voiceofreason

If By Rudyard Kipling...lollollol
If Hunte and Hilaire had not hastily agree to use WI as filler for Lanka whose T20 star (s)refused to tour Pomland.
If Gayle and Bravo had not to curtail their previously signed legal commitments made before that tour was agreed.
If W I hadn't to play in North Pomland snow in April.

The WI would've surely not 'ifilly' held on to the Wisden but a while konger
If, if, if, if, if, iflol
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