3rd ODI: West Indies vs New Zealand @ Basseterre, July 11

[mapoui]

wat makes todays defeat very important Afro IS THAT THE KIWI WERE WOEFULLY UNDER-PREPARED..in those first 4 games.

now that they have gotten their feet more under them they have sprung a heavy defeat on westindies..the same westindies that was fitter and more prepared that they when the series started.

that does not look good for the westindies for the remainder of the series. westindies can defeat an under prepared kiwi team but not a fit and ready one from todays evidence.

the key is our propensity to fall away badly under any kind of pressure at all. thats it right there..lily-livered cricket, no belly or intestinal fortitude. gayle gets out early and its a procession.

[mapoui]

they must open with Dwayne smith. dats it... period. if they going to pik smith then open with him. he is useless anywhere else.

mek him open and let him go, free him up totally and let play as he wants. let him, go crazy and hit the wind if he can.

he prolly will score a fifty 1 out of 3 times which aint bad. Gayle at the other end can lock down an end, rotating the strike if he has to... and pick up the pace when smith gets out.

johnson charles is a waste of time. right now I wud even play Powell before I play him. Powell may be into stride finally and wud prolly score against these Kiwi

[mapoui]

the westindies cricket team is like a tart, ah wench! ah clothes-pin thing: squeeze deh head an' deh leg open

oh guuuuud! this is awful. ANY KIND OF PRESSURE PUT ON THIS WESTINDIES SIDE IT CRUMBLES. DATS HOW YOU WANT YOUR BABES TO BE...NOT TOO MUCH RESISTANCE.


THE WESTINDIES SIDE PLAYS LIKE A CERTAIN KIND OF FEMALE OF THE SPECIES IS REPUTED TO BEHAVE: VERY INCONSISTENTLY

[howzdat]

Hello all, am a little bit busy but want to sneak a couple of minutes to share some thoughts in the aftermath of the game and with a few on the continued ups and downs in WI performances.

Simply put, we ought to always expect the unexpected from players representing the West Indies! You can't really back them to be hands-down winners in any match! They can lose from any position; as well as win in the most unlikely of manners. Elsewhere we are rejoicing to see Chris Gayle on the team, and i too am glad that the spat he had with the board has been resolved such that he can be selected, but I am afraid that for WI "Gayle will remain Gayle" in all forms of the game. At international level he is not a batsman you can rely on, and yes I say this fully aware of his exploits and record. He can as much murder the bowling as get out for little to nothing.

WI continues to rely on between one and three players to perform in any match, frankly that aint enough. As for the next game, I will make no predictions about the result, but will look on with interest. However it is my opinion that with this Kiwi victory, and the manner of it, the mental fragility that lies at the core of the WI will be given a severe test. I am in no way 'blaming' the defeat on Gayle, however my characterisation of him him as a player for WI symbolises the main point that I am making which is that the WI team continues - and will continue - to be unpredictable. They lost thist game by 89 runs with 83 deliveries to spare - in the context of a 50 overs match it was a thrashing!

[DMan]

I predict NZ winning this series especially with Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor coming back on the team and the mental boost from winning against a mostly dominant WI team who thrashed them in their last 4 matches. I think the similar situation happened to WI recently when India toured the Caribbean, we won the first 2 ODI's and then lost the last 3.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/s ... 89200.html

Look on the right to see the results. WI won 2 matches then lost the last 3 ODI's in the 5 match ODI. Could we be witnessing another deja vu situation here with NZ?