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.
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Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 4:48 PM
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.
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.
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 5:08 PM
debut: May 14, '05
25,422 runs
In reply to KTom
This was Sharjah, or Bolivia?!?!?
This was Sharjah, or Bolivia?!?!?
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 5:16 PM
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.
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.
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 5:25 PM
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.
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.
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 5:32 PM
@voiceofreason
Yes the pitch conditions but also team dynamics.
This was a hastily assembled squad. CWI continue to be haphazard in their planning
Yes the pitch conditions but also team dynamics.
This was a hastily assembled squad. CWI continue to be haphazard in their planning
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 6:27 PM
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.
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.
Tue, Sep 30, '25 at 8:04 PM
@voiceofreason
If By Rudyard Kipling...
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, if
If By Rudyard Kipling...
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, if
