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

[equipped2ripp]

^ when DJ Bravo was "injured" (leaving IPL to come home) he was in every party

[R.P.J]

Wat cz game today to be cancel?

[cornfused]

The game was cancelled due to the threat of Cyclone Hudhud , this made landfall on Sunday and travel to and from the game city has been suspended due to the extreme weather . With short notice Sunday or there about the BCCI could not re allocated the game.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

eenside for Friday's game(if there is a game)

[trent]

WI pull out of India tour
This odi will b their last game.

[R.P.J]

West indies attuide suck the ball boy is ah young kid shudbt have gotten so russel... them Indians an dem India go brush way alya

[Trini Hookah]

West indies attuide suck the ball boy is ah young kid shudbt have gotten so russel... them Indians an dem India go brush way alya

What happened? I just tuned in.

[R.P.J]

Ball boy interrupt a 4

[shake d livin wake d dead]

id be very surprised if windies make them runs.

[Mercenary]

http://instagram.com/p/uQJDWNDx7g/

[uncle sam]

ball boy save a 4.. russel shoulda hug him

[racedriverpro]

#moneyworries

[uncle sam]

drop pollard

[R.P.J]

Pollard is ah big sheit hong. No runs since champions League.

[speedmelter]

i am done with following W.I cricket... too much fackery from the board and players... everything is upsided down... they too dotish and selfish to do the right things, all around

[Dizzy28]

If WI really did pull out of the tour after today's match its a really poor decision on the players part. These bastards have some of the most lucrative retainers from their home board and most of them are average to mediocre cricketers. They know they can all just resign and play 20/20 cricket for the rest of their careers.

[trent]

Was really looking forward to the test series

[toyolink]

I really wonder if these players understand how important their West Indian supporters are and how people feel when things just seem to be continuing in a constant downward spiral.
Every match supporters live in a kinda hopeful negativity.

[X_Factor]

i saw something in the newsday wrt to the match fees

What the WICB should do is simply cut the fees in half if you loss, full pay for a win and i sure WI cricket will finally take a turn for the best

[racedriverpro]

^^ sounds like a plan. Life too easy. Make them actually work for their money. I feel I done with them too. Hopefully I stay strong and don't behave like a WI cricket whore.

[meccalli]

Its the WICB that pulled the plug and apparently now claiming to not to. One official commenter noted it to be somewhat as a bit of a spite move against the players for their action in the first game. Win Lose or draw, they are supposed to be paid to play the sport. In order to have a winner, there must be a loser and a consequent opposition side. That's the nature of sport. I don't see a problem in asking to be paid their fair dues, the entire W.I team doesn't play 20/20 for big money, there's other guys who dedicate their career to odi's and test matches and it's their livelihood. They did this to the glory boys back in the days good as they were, while the board was collecting fat checks.

[X_Factor]

^agreed but if win, lose or draw you getting the same pay, what motivation will you have to always play at your best also knowing that the chance of you getting dropped for poor performance is really low?

how many games we had in our hands and some how we turn around and lost it?
and over the last 10yrs the public has gotten so numb to WI cricket that they dont care any more so no pressure is put on the team as supporters would India, England or Australia

My gripe is why want more when the team's performance is way below what they could really do

IF the team was performing and in the top 3 ranking in test and ODI's then by all means pay them more

[1UZFE]

Someone chk Dinish ramdhin tweets.
" what happend in d dark will come 2 light ... have god 2 ans 2" man want to book his own flight 2 tnt.

[pugboy]

cricket is very primitive when it comes to the money aspect
the majority of cricketers play the majority of their game for their country
only a minority play professionally for non country teams like narine, bravo etc

this is quite the opposite of all other professional sports and maybe why
the poor chaps don't have proper agents representing them instead of a makeshift union called wipa.

There will come a day when all cricketers will have their own agents calling the shots and wicb have to kneel to them.
Until that time we will continue to have this dirty laundry bickering.

[meccalli]

From what i'm reading on cricinfo, It's not that they asking for more money rather that the new document of understanding impacts their usual fees, Bravo was trying to get the board to sort out a situation where they can play under the old pay system rather than this new one. Nobody did anything and tell them play on and act like professionals.
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The players have been angered by Hinds' claim that a resolution was passed approving the new pay structure at a WIPA AGM, which was attended by senior West Indies players Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan, on February 1. Bravo has been adamant in his exchanges with Hinds that no vote was taken and no resolution passed.

I can only imagine the state of mind of athletes who have to bear the pressure of performing for their countries and the responsibility of good representation while being paid less than you were because your representative (Hinds) doesn't do his job and let the Board who is supposed to be supporting you make over handed decisions about your wages.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

real lolz yes...daz all i cud say

[*$kїđž!™]

cant believ they pulled out....reports saying however that they did not make a decision as yet...
anywyas....as per todays game......sammy didnt get a chance to bowl again under bravo captaincy....
wth is wrong with bravo?....what is sammy's role in the team.....batsman?........steups at these idiots....

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I wonder if windies going South Africa still

[Dizzy28]

Looks like Chanders may just yet get to play in his 6th WC!!

[R.P.J]

I doubt if dey cum bk home an dey settle d dispute dey might go