How can you play cricket all your life and can't hold a bat?
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Did Sheilds just start to play cricket?
Did Sheilds just start to play cricket?
Tue, Dec 9, '25 at 11:50 PM
@methodic
I was just saying the same thing and as PE teacher he would be teaching kids how to bat!😂
Wed, Dec 10, '25 at 12:23 AM
@methodic
He didn’t pick himself.
Besides……he wouldn’t have thought in his wildest dreams that he would be playing international cricket for West Indies at this stage of his career.
This isn’t on him. This is on those that picked him.
Wed, Dec 10, '25 at 12:38 AM
@imusic
At this stage?
he’s only 29. How old are the New Zealand debutants?
Rae Duffy and tickner are all over 30, rocker is 32!
at 29 he should have had enough time to hone his skills at the FC level. Not that he’s a Walsh McGrath or Donald who can play their entire careers without caring how to hold a bat. They were that good.
this guy here needs to be able to at least hold one end up for 20 balls. That’s not too much to ask for
Wed, Dec 10, '25 at 12:55 AM
The WI went to the back of the cupboard when the selected Shields, he has so far worked out with the ball, but every department in his game needs working on
Wed, Dec 10, '25 at 12:59 AM
@brians_da_best
I don’t follow NZ cricket.
But from reports, Rae, Duffy, and Tickner all perform at FC cricket in their domestic league.
So apparently, their call up to the test team wasn’t a total shock. On the contrary, given the bowlers who were absent from the NZ team, it seems as if their call up to the test squad was predictable.
Contrast that to Shields who even had Jamaicans asking “Ojay who???” when his selection was announced.
