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

[meccalli]

Kohli edge Alzharri, live on tencricket.

[racedriverpro]

getting a stream on cricvid.com... ten cricket is failure

[racedriverpro]

Rahul looking dangerous

[shake d livin wake d dead]

interesting start to this game

[Dizzy28]

^ Yup...honours pretty much even at the end of the session.

On a side note I know in England there is some controversy about slow over rates in the current Eng Pak series (Alex Hales the English opener refunded a fan 10% of his ticket cost for slow over rate). WI bowl 23 overs in that session. That's pretty slow going.

[trent]

Ind 98/4
Windies on top
Pitch looked green so they played the extra pacer in Bishoo's place...seems to hav paid of as Alzarri Joseph has picked up two so far includin Kohli!

[racedriverpro]

In every good team there is a measure of resilience. WI approach in counteracting that resilience will determine their success in the match. They seem to be losing grip...by lunch tomorrow they have to get back into a position of control.

[X_Factor]

yeah, you knock back the top 5 for small runs
you cant have 6,7,8 in a position where they closing in on 50's and100's man

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Ashwin could make that hundred and if he does I'd tip him for man of the series...I say India could make ah 4 something tomorrow..

[trent]

West Indies T20 squad
Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine

Squad still looks strong although Sammy was left out, Ramdin was also dropped so no specialist keeper...Narine and Pollard return.

[X_Factor]

even though he is still young i thought pooran might have gotten a chance since almost sure ramdin aint playing for WI any time soon again

[shake d livin wake d dead]

that side missing a fast bowler still..Rampaul, Santokie or Cortrell(maybe)..

windies have any t20 coming up?

[hondamadness]

nicholas pooran should have been selected ahead of jason holder, we know what holder is capable of and is he gonna make the side ahead of the other seam bowling allrounders in the side. The only "weakness" in the current WI t20 setup, in my opinion, is the absence of a genuine spin bowling allrounder.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

That spin bowler allrounder ain't happening....narine is ah lazy beitch(be real) badree not so hundred with the bat..

[racedriverpro]

Holder is not an outside the box captain tactically, but possessed good leadership skills. I think this has been WI problem for too long. Lara...a good captain that lacked critical human resources.

Imo its better to go hard at the opposition and lose compared to just Sitting back and waiting for something to happen.

[Dizzy28]

Ashwin's batting average is 34.87 before this Test.
Against WI his batting average is 66.57 (All his hundreds have been scored against us)

Suffice to say he loves batting against the WI!!!

[racedriverpro]

^well if u give a dog food what u expect?

[racedriverpro]

WI doesn't seem to have an answer.

[Dizzy28]

Ashwin=New Gavaskar!!!

[X_Factor]

would have expected a breakthrough by now
anything over 400 is trouble

if india decides to use the players they have in the caribbean against us in theT20, i really cant see them winning

[trent]

Ashwin=New Gavaskar!!!

4 hundreds in 9 innings vs WI
Tendulkar only had 3 tons in 32 innings vs WI

[trent]

Holder/Cummins cant even buy a wicket!

[Dizzy28]

Test set up nicely going into day 3.

[racedriverpro]

Positive cricket would be clearing the difference and leading by 100 at stumps day 3. I am hoping

[trent]

Holder better start takin wickets soon...this Courtney Browne fella eh makin joke...jus ask Sammy n Ramdin, two former captains...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

this match could draw

[racedriverpro]

^ yuh seeing that. If we had a specialist spinner... maybe a win for WI if cards played right.

[racedriverpro]

Holder better start takin wickets soon...this Courtney Browne fella eh makin joke...jus ask Sammy n Ramdin, two former captains...

History would show that a decent captain in a performing 11 would out weigh an excellent captain in a performing 10 generally speaking.

[X_Factor]

^ yup emrit showed exactly that in his run with guyana, up until the finals though

WI needs an attack minded captain, not one who will fold up just wait to die
Someone who is willing to take a gamble when the time arises
Holder is far from that, rotation of bowlers and field settings just tell the opponent take what you want

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Who is available for that ^? That test squad consist of newbies....