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Bangladesh fighting back silently....they just need another 312 to win with a full 2 days and more to bat

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6 wkts for a windies victory...a draw is not possible...well as long as rain doh fall

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Windies victory

[Dizzy28]

I feel Bangladesh wanted to see the WC final that's why they made sure the match ended on Saturday.

[bluefete]

I feel Bangladesh wanted to see the WC final that's why they made sure the match ended on Saturday.

And Novak Djokovic as well. Men's final finished in 3 sets

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so hear this nah....why cpl tickets so expensive this year

[matix]

What's the price?

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carib stand is around $250...cheapest ticket is approximately $210....last year was way less.

[Dizzy28]

so hear this nah....why cpl tickets so expensive this year

Cuz the 1st few seasons were testers. Now that they realize the Caribbean have an appetite for the cricket they starting to jack up the prices.

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so hear this nah....why cpl tickets so expensive this year

Cuz the 1st few seasons were testers. Now that they realize the Caribbean have an appetite for the cricket they starting to jack up the prices.

I'd gladly watch it on tv...this is not even an international tournament....A friggin ODI does be like $28usd

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England won the ODI series against India

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Jack Warner tried to increase the prices of football tickets as well basically implying that it was time people got accustomed to paying higher prices. I'm sure that's part of the reason the stadium does be 3/4 empty for International Games (the other part is that our National Team so shiddy nobody going to shell out big money to see we lorse).

Let them go ahead and try the same thing with CPL. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

[Premchand1976]

so hear this nah....why cpl tickets so expensive this year

Cause it's the biggest PARTY .....not the biggest cricketing game.......lol

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In every other country prices are usually the same or drops...I went a game in florida priced @ $20...and from what I gather...this year gonna be more or less the same...me a paying da 250

[Premchand1976]

Me neither........

[Dizzy28]

In every other country prices are usually the same or drops...I went a game in florida priced @ $20...and from what I gather...this year gonna be more or less the same...me a paying da 250

I stopped going CPL after season 1 because Trinidadians are nasty, ill mannered people.

In that year in the match I attended I had to stand in the back of the Carib Stand (a fire hazard and I'm sure against some regulations somewhere) with my wife, brother and sis in law despite many empty seats throughout. People were saving seats for people who never came and the worse of the worse - using seats to put their coolers and food bags. And despite the size restrictions imposed the coolers were usually on the massive side.

Eventually a woman in one of the big crews took pity on my wife and sister in law and got the men in her crew to move their coolers so that they could get a seat.

Some of this blame should be on the QPO for inadequately policing the entry requirements and then the seating however the mentally of the average Trinidadian leaves a lot to be desired.

Last match I went to the QPO for was a Nagico Super 50 where my wife and I were the only two people on level 2 of the Scotia Bank Stand. Those are the only kind of matches I will go now.

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In every other country prices are usually the same or drops...I went a game in florida priced @ $20...and from what I gather...this year gonna be more or less the same...me a paying da 250

I stopped going CPL after season 1 because Trinidadians are nasty, ill mannered people.

In that year in the match I attended I had to stand in the back of the Carib Stand (a fire hazard and I'm sure against some regulations somewhere) with my wife, brother and sis in law despite many empty seats throughout. People were saving seats for people who never came and the worse of the worse - using seats to put their coolers and food bags. And despite the size restrictions imposed the coolers were usually on the massive side.

Eventually a woman in one of the big crews took pity on my wife and sister in law and got the men in her crew to move their coolers so that they could get a seat.

Some of this blame should be on the QPO for inadequately policing the entry requirements and then the seating however the mentally of the average Trinidadian leaves a lot to be desired.

Last match I went to the QPO for was a Nagico Super 50 where my wife and I were the only two people on level 2 of the Scotia Bank Stand. Those are the only kind of matches I will go now.

and test matches when windies playing

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How allyuh find windies odi squad looking?. To me it 50-50...Gabriel should be there doh

[Dizzy28]

How allyuh find windies odi squad looking?. To me it 50-50...Gabriel should be there doh

Hes injured

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How allyuh find windies odi squad looking?. To me it 50-50...Gabriel should be there doh

Hes injured

Wayss...and I swear he come out guns blazing yuh know...we would see how they perform later today

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Definitely missing gabriel and roach...these bangladesh batsman couldnt deal with them at all....look at runs these guys making now against wi bowling attack minus gabriel and roach....they on 163 - 1 ...both batsmen in their 70's

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Bangladesh chew up the windies

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That lame bowling attack wi had....its a shame roach and gabriel not in the team...bangladesh had no answer for tjose two...

Russell single handedly lost the match for wi with tha sheit bowling at the end...abd no contribution really with the bat...

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WICB hadda come with a good squad for next year...otherwise they aint reaching far in the world cup

[Dizzy28]

There's a reason Bangladesh above WI in the ODI rankings. They are better than we are in that aspect of the game.
Their batsmen played a good game where they bided their time and then came out guns blazing in the end to reach a a respectable 280. TBH I thought they should have had 300 as they were 200 for 1 by the 40th over.

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A return to the West Indies ODI team is a distinct possibility for the Bravo brothers, Dwayne and Darren, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard, following discussions between the players and Cricket West Indies (CWI). The development could potentially pave the way for the players to be involved in the 2019 World Cup.

The development has been aided by a board decision to move their next domestic 50-over competition to October this year, instead of February 2019 - a switch that means there will be minimal clash between the Super50 and the various domestic Twenty20 leagues Caribbean stars are such an integral part of.

The players have been asked to play in the Super50, perform and push for a recall.

“The overall message to Pollard, the Bravo brothers and Narine was ‘come and play in the Super50 Cup’, so that Courtney [Browne, chairman of selectors] and his selection panel will have all the players in system playing,” Johnny Grave, board CEO, said.

“This will not only increase the standard and hopefully give the panel a headache but will help our selectors better gauge and assess our young players if they’re scoring runs against Dwayne Bravo or Sunil in the final overs or getting Darren [Bravo] and Pollard out.”

Browne said he was looking forward to seeing the players in action. “It’s a very important tournament for us in preparation for the World Cup. People that want to put their names in the hat for consideration would need to play Super50 and perform.”

Although far from resolved, this would represent a distinct thaw in the relationship between the board and players in what has been a difficult year. It began with Narine, Pollard and Darren Bravo choosing the PSL over helping West Indies in their World Cup Qualifiers, a decision that left Grave and CWI “hugely disappointed”.

Matters escalated in April when the Bravo brothers, Pollard and Narine claimed they were denied an opportunity to help the Caribbean after being ignored for a Hurricane Relief charity game between West Indies and a World XI side.

Even then, however, Grave had spoken of meeting with the players after the IPL to discuss futures, meetings which have now taken place. This breakthrough of sorts continues Graves’ policy of building bridges with disaffected players. Last year’s amnesty resulted in Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels returning to the team, Andre Russell’s recent selection into a West Indies squad, improved player contracts and now this olive branch.

“Jimmy Adams [director cricket operations] and I met with Dwayne, Darren, Pollard and Narine’s agent in Trinidad,” Grave said. “We met with them individually because they all have different circumstances. I would describe the meetings as positive, as everyone was looking to the future rather than the past.

“We talked through our entire schedule, not just now and to the 2019 World Cup, but also through all the matches and tours scheduled up to the World T20 in Australia 2020.

“We asked the players individually to take time to consider the requirements of Cricket West Indies, where we are going with the teams and how we are looking for prepare for international series.

The scheduling switch of the Super50, Grave said, wasn’t aimed at getting the quartet to play but the result of a holistic reviw of the domestic system.

“We changed the contractual year to start July 1st, so that the off-season would be April-June when we would do new contracts, appraisals and renewals, while players in the system can do their core conditioning work, as well as obviously have a break”, Grave explained.

“So now we start contracts in July and go almost straight into CPL. Hence in the review it just made sense to continue with white-ball cricket by having the Super50 in November with October to prepare for the change in format.

“Only because we are hosting the ICC Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean it meant moving the Super50 to October for this year.”

That switch has coincided with the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) moving to January, instead of its November slot.

Grave said CWI had discussions with BCB on the matter, as West Indies are due to tour Bangladesh in November.

wonders what went on

[Dizzy28]

That will be real hard on the boys who actually went to Zimbabwe and qualified us only to get boot out because the mercs who were too busy earning $$ to care about qualification decide they want back in.

I'd rather we lose with who took us there than try to win with these fellas.

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Looks like windies set to go under to bangladesh in the second odi

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West indies actually win that game...by 3 runs yes

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Congratz to.hetmeyer....i think he will.be wi future captain