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[speedmelter]

yup the second two innings are going to be terrible. think pace is going to be the dangerous thing doh. the uneven bounce is hard to play.

[racedriverpro]

Them fcukers trying to squeeze in an ad after every ball.

[X_Factor]

ten cricket (303) also showing it and the quality is better
the only thing it lags behind CnC by about 3balls

[Dizzy28]

As I sed Gayle either scores or get out...he is not good defending. Very entertaining. He should play like that regardless of the situation. History will show that he is no good defending.

In disagreement to this I would point you to this article Cozier did about three weeks ago
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/co ... 50813.html

An excerpt -

Such statistics and Gayle's unconventional, stand-and-deliver technique cause him to be dismissed by the perfectionists as nothing more than a leaden-footed slogger who relies almost exclusively on brute force and a tree trunk of a bat. He's all right for the artificiality of the abbreviated game, goes the reasoning, but not for the genuine article of Test cricket, which more accurately examines every facet of batting.Such condescension ignores Gayle's overall record.

His triple-hundreds each took him more than ten and a half hours to accumulate. They go with five other Test scores of 150 or over. Of West Indians, only Lara and Garry Sobers have as many.

Against Australia in Adelaide in 2009, when captain, he carried his bat through the second innings for 165 off 285 balls as West Indies pressed for a victory they couldn't quite pull off. In the next Test, a few days later in Perth, he paraded his versatility with 102 off 72 balls, with six sixes.

My favourite remains his 197 when West Indies threatened to collapse against New Zealand in Napier in 2008. He spent 396 balls repairing the innings, adding 124 with the reliable Brendan Nash. Yet it didn't prevent him hoisting seven huge sixes whenever the relevant ball came along. It was then a West Indies record, which he himself broke with nine in his 333 two years later.

Gayle is pretty adept at defending if he so chooses!!

[speedmelter]

that analysis is drawn from the bigger picture of the few times he made some huge scores.

gayle has a weakness slightly full of a good length on or outside the off moving away.

good bowlers probe at this but most of his successful innings comes after he attacks the bowlers, unlike the occasions where he gets too defensive and becomes clueless as to how to score.

all batsmen are adept at defending lol, playing the scoring shots off of good balls is the issue.

[racedriverpro]

Dizzy, I didn't mean that he cannot defend deliveries....I meant that his defensive game needs alot of work. He either dominates bowlers or be dominated by them. The long innings that u speak of are few and far apart. Can say that Gayle defensive technique is solid? There is little or no foot work in his batting. Gayle's best defense is attack from my years of following the WI team consistently.

[speedmelter]

thats it ^

[trent]

WI build a lead of only 24

[speedmelter]

well they did play five bowlers lol. that wicket looks easy to bat on, those guys got in well and didnt carry on. lets hope we bowl them out for under 200. chasing anything over that i feel NZ will take this game as the pitch would get terrible by then.

[racedriverpro]

Hoping for the best tomorrow...holder looks the part..

[shake d livin wake d dead]

so much for a huge lead,if rain falls again this match could be a draw and well if rain does not fall windies have to real bowl and take time chasing.

[racedriverpro]

Ramdin rel lapsing...not proactive at all...seems as If they are playing a friendly.

[X_Factor]

^ent

they aint realise the faster they get to 350 or more, the more chance of we losing this test!

[racedriverpro]

He moving like ah nookie...afraid to take chances to get wickets...as mc Cullum was dismissed shillingford suppose to be taken out and holder introduced for his first spell.

[<=xjemler=>]

W.I. 58/3

[mitch1980]

wow .... looking to the same... defeat from the jaws of victory

[trent]

Sathyen: "The biggest mistake Windies made was not to select Sunil Narine just on the basis that he didn't report as per deadline on June 1. Windies not picking him for one test match is ok but why for the entire series? If someone not even in the squad can be drafted in for the second and third test matches why not Sunil? New Zealand have clearly struggled against him in all formats and gained a huge psychological advantage even before a ball was bowled in the series."

[trent]

Cyah believe WI lose this match, esp. after bowling out NZ cheap in the first innings an after so much time was lost to rain!

[racedriverpro]

^ like u nw start to follow WI cricket? Boi the only thing them consistent at doing is losing sad to say.

[speedmelter]

the batsmen played like cats. a little better batting in the top order and we wouldve easily won this game. not to mention a little partnership earlier and new zealand wouldnt have been able to attack us that hard at the end. these guys need to understand cricket from a different perspective in terms of tactics n stuff

[racedriverpro]

Imagine bravo was dismissed the same way twice and does want to put on the saddest face like the world going to end. Them batsmen does really leave WI fans to wonder....match cud have been easily won. Life goes on....

[shake d livin wake d dead]

well that was a predictable result steupseeeeeeeeeee

onto the ODI's July 5th is the first

[X_Factor]

no comment!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

u just did^^ lmao

lou vincent banned for life,interesting...not that he was so good but.....

[shake d livin wake d dead]

1st t20 tomorrow

[X_Factor]

From cricinfo
West Indies (probable) 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Andre Fletcher, 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Darren Sammy (capt), 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Andre Russell, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Krishmar Santokie

squad looks good....maybe..... kirk edwards for fletcher....imo...MAYBE!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I assuming Dwayne injured? wa happen to Johnson charles and marlon samuels

[trent]

Both J.Charles and Samuels were dropped after poor performances at the last World Cup,

Gayle and Dwayne Bravo Injured.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

should be an interesting game...begins at 3

ah swear that MCC vs the rest of the world game real best...man like Lee,sachin,lara....

[X_Factor]

boy, how tino made it into that side is beyond me...probably only to make MCC look good