****the official CRICKET thread*****

[trent]

West Indies squad
DJ Bravo*, TL Best, DM Bravo, J Charles†, N Deonarine, CH Gayle, JO Holder, SP Narine, V Permaul, KOA Powell, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, DJG Sammy, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons

Still no Dwayne Smith! Do the selectors have something against this guy?

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1st ODI WI vs IND goin on, young Bravo goin good!

[Mercenary]

211 All out


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Sound cut-arse!

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Aussies pacers dealt with England yes!!!!

AUS 295 & 65/0 ENG 136

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BODOW!!! Take that England!

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Australia 295 & 401/7d
England 136 & 24/2 (15.0 ov)

Talk about stick Warner & Clarke both hit centuries >>>

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Gayle out for 3-4 wks with hamstring injury...good or bad??
he wasn't really performing...now sum1 else will get a chance...

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IND 288/7

Rampaul 4/60

Narine 0/39 (Good Econ. Rate)

Can WI chase this

[shake d livin wake d dead]

windies on course for a loss...if they win well....

in other news Australia surely answered there critics

[shake d livin wake d dead]

windies actually win..

[trent]

Good win for the WI, thanks 2 India for those dropped catches... the dew also helped a lot
This victory should give the guys a much needed confidence boost!

[sharkman121]

well done windies!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

hopefully they'd perform better against New Zealand

[trent]

Series still alive! Final ODI on Wednesday

[hydroep]

Caught the second innings. Hats off to Sammy...he stepped up today.

Having said that the West Indian victory was assured by a very sub-par Indian fielding performance.

If they feel they "turn a corner" with this win, they lie.

[trent]

a win is a win nonetheless, it will go down in the record books as WI defeated Ind in India

Let's see hw Wednesday match goes...

[X_Factor]

I wonder what were the betting odds on the game today??
was too busy yesterday to play WI for the win stupes

[Dizzy28]

For what its worth I'd rather watch a match like the recently concluded 1st Ashes test than any T20 match. Real cricket skills FTW!!!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

what he said^

also it's only a matter of time before they call Narine for pelting,man was throwing down 95kmph deliveries yes..

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windies game on in a few hrs

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wtf espn no showing the game?

[ryan99tt]

I lookin an not seeing it either...

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yes am seeing it....windies getting beat as usual ....

[Dizzy28]

Only because I was suffering an extreme bout of insomnia last night I watched most of the WI innings. The inability of the WI batsman to take singles when fours and sixes not available astounding especially after the field restrictions are lifted. This is not a new problem though.

I cant remember where I read it (quite possibly Cricinfo) but I think in the 2011 WC the WI had the highest %age of runs in boundaries of all the teams but also the lowest %age of 1,2 and 3s. We never made it to the 2nd round

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so samuels and shillingford gone Australia for their action,Narine heading jes now

[trent]

Narine added to WI Test squad... it's about time...hope he comes good, he has a good record against NZ.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

just as how India took time with him in the ODI, they gonna do it even better in the test,imo he's fit enuf for t20s alone...lets c if he proves me wrong.

[Dizzy28]

Narine added to WI Test squad... it's about time...hope he comes good, he has a good record against NZ.

So we gone to NZ with three spinners in our squad? My how the times have changed. And sadly there and SA are two of the best places for seamers and swing bowlers in the world.

This NZ squad don't like like they will be a walkover as they were here in the Caribbean last year.

[meccalli]

so samuels and shillingford gone Australia for their action,Narine heading jes now

Narine actually went to perth university to work on his action with biomechanics, so i don't think he'll have a problem. Darren lehmann was watching samuels ever since the big bash with the pace he bowls at.