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[bluefete]

WI really needs more A team tours to get exposure to other conditions so they don't look like fish outta water when they get picked for the senior team and go on tour. Our cricketers are decent up until Under 19 level, then the vast difference in coaching, preparation and experience in foreign playing conditions start to show.

I guess CWI will say they don't have enough funding for regular A team tours..... but the directors never have problems finding money to pay themselves.

THIS x 10,000

In US$ to boot.

I would rather invest in our A Team and Under 19's so they can transit easily into the senior team and not struggle, than what we have now.

The issue is whether the WI senior selectors would be inclined to start blooding some of these young ones for the future.

[Dizzy28]

Now reading that Darren Sammy doesn't actually have his coaching credentials.
Very West Indianish indeed.

New West Indies white-ball head coach Daren Sammy has hit back at critics of his hiring as coach. Sammy, a former West Indies captain who led the regional side to World T20 triumphs in 2012 and 2016, was hired earlier this month as coach of the West Indies ODI and T20I sides despite not having a level 3 coaching certificate.

The former all-rounder previously coached Pakistan Super League (PSL) outfit Peshawar Zalmi in 2020 and 2021 before returning for the 2023 season. He also coached the St. Lucia Kings in the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Despite this, critics have said his hiring as Windies head coach sets a bad precedent but the 39-year-old says he is “blocking out the noise” and focusing on the task at hand, returning the West Indies back to the top of the white-ball game.

“I’ve made it known; coaching was not something I aspired to do during my playing days but it’s a role that actually chose me. I’m a work in progress. I am aware of all those things,” Sammy said during a press conference on Friday.

“I understand the challenges ahead of me but I also believe in the impact and the effect that I could have on this generation right now and I will not let my lack of a certificate stop me from taking on the challenges that I know that I’m equipped to handle,” Sammy added before clarifying that he has, in fact, began the process of attaining the certificate.

“I have already started the process to be certified and, during that process, working with the West Indies team, working with further developing myself as a coach in terms of the qualifications needed,” he said.

“Don’t think for one minute that I will ever question myself that I’m not fit to do this job,” Sammy added.

His first two assignments will come next month when the West Indies battle the UAE in three ODIs from June 4-9 before they head to Zimbabwe to take part in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers from June 18-July 9.
https://sportsmax.tv/cricket/cricket-wi ... t-chose-me

[trinigamer]

Ban-A manage a draw against WI-A.

Meanwhile Ireland getting a taste of Bazball.

[bluefete]

Ban-A manage a draw against WI-A.

Meanwhile Ireland getting a taste of Bazball.

Now coming to post this.

I don't know when next WI will play England but when they do I hope the WI have the mental fortitude to stand up to Bazball.

England giving Ireland plenty leeks - Ireland 172 / England 509/3

[bluefete]

England declare at 524/4 - Ollie Pope 205

[thecloud1234]

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/home.asp

good ifo

[bluefete]

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/home.asp

good ifo

Keep an eye on that USA Major League Cricket thingie. KKR is big in the dance there.

[DMan7]

Nice updates uncle blue. You watching Sunday match and providing us with updates too or what? UAE vs WI.

[bluefete]

Nice updates uncle blue. You watching Sunday match and providing us with updates too or what? UAE vs WI.

Not sure yet. You can fill in.

[DMan7]

Nice updates uncle blue. You watching Sunday match and providing us with updates too or what? UAE vs WI.

Not sure yet. You can fill in.

I'll try but once WI getting the usual licks I'm out. The updates will stop.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Look how mc Cullum change the approach to test cricket. See ball hit ball yes! I watched a few overs when England was batting, they were going at 6 an over....lol

[bluefete]

Nice updates uncle blue. You watching Sunday match and providing us with updates too or what? UAE vs WI.

Not sure yet. You can fill in.

I'll try but once WI getting the usual licks I'm out. The updates will stop.

[bluefete]

Look how mc Cullum change the approach to test cricket. See ball hit ball yes! I watched a few overs when England was batting, they were going at 6 an over....lol

In a test match eh. So now we have 20 overs going at 8-10 an over and test match England averaging 6 an over.

Can't wait to see them play WI.

[DMan7]

UAE win the toss and opt to bat first. WI hand out ODI debuts to allrounders Dominic Drakes and Kavem Hodge.

[bluefete]

LIve on Flow Channel 410 - Ah gone. UAE 0 runs for 1 wicket

[DMan7]

^SportsMax is paid channel bai. FLOW ain't giving it to us free this time.

[bluefete]

^SportsMax is paid channel bai. FLOW ain't giving it to us free this time.

Oh ho.

Cricinfo for you then.

[DMan7]

^SportsMax is paid channel bai. FLOW ain't giving it to us free this time.

Oh ho.

Cricinfo for you then.

Android Box you mean.

[bluefete]

LOL. Had to Google it but now i know.

WI looking very sloppy with their fielding. Plenty work to be done there.

[DMan7]

The usual from Waste Indies, nothing new. Alot of poor bowling by our pace bowlers especially Smith. Don't know how he's still playing international cricket.

[bluefete]

Sammy starts with a WIN.

Where Sarwan?

[DMan7]

Sammy The GOAT beating up UAE bad bad bad soo. We should've made him head coach YEARS now, we would be No. 1 ranked cricket team.

[bluefete]

Sammy The GOAT beating up UAE bad bad bad soo. We should've made him head coach YEARS now, we would be No. 1 ranked cricket team.

BEHAVE! But I seriously hope I would not have to copy your words some time down the road.

[Country_Bookie]

I was surprised to see how empty the stadium was. Is it their fans don't care about ODI cricket or they don't want to see WI?

[DMan7]

Does WI fans even want to see WI?

[Dizzy28]

UAE cricket fans are actually subcontinent expats.

If India and or Pakistan not playing they don't care

I was surprised to see how empty the stadium was. Is it their fans don't care about ODI cricket or they don't want to see WI?

[bluefete]

Wi real lost their way today in batting after a 1st wicket stand of 129.

Now 267/7 (43.4 0vers)

WI may not bat out their 50 0vers.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

At one stage windies were looking at 350+.....qualifying for the world cup looks like everest yes

[Dizzy28]

At one stage windies were looking at 350+.....qualifying for the world cup looks like everest yes

Even if WI qualify they will be out of depth against the likes of England, India and Australia. ODIs are less forgiving than T20s and an actual cricketing brain is needed.

[bluefete]

A 2nd WIN for Sammy.

BUT, serious changes will have to be made to the ODI team if they are to compete in those qualifying competitions.

The way some of the UAE batmen hit our bowlers, I shudder to think what the likes of Sri Lanka will do. The usual brainless cricket in some cases.