mikesiva wrote:
1) I never said there's no talent - I said there's not much, and here I@m talking about opening batsmen. We're struggling to find an opening bat to partner Barath in all three forms of the game.
Well you IMPLIED that there wasn't alot, but the result in England with a b-team suggests otherwise, which was my main point,
2) Yes, we rested players for the two 20/20s against England, but guess what? So did they!
Who? lets see!!..Broad, Morgan and Pieterso? we on the other hand pretty much had ten or more missing, so i think there's a big difference,
3) No, we weren't winning a lot with Gayle. But at least with Gayle we drew a Test series away to Sri Lanka, and beat England 1-0 in a Test series at home. Pakistan are only ranked one place above us in the Test rankings. We should be beating them at home, because when we play away, we will lose to them, especially if we field a team that doesn't include Gayle.
Oh come off it, the one nill win was about Taylor's spell, furthermore us losing to Pak away is simply your OPINION, not a fact, they couldn't win a series against us when we had an out of form Nash, Sarwan, Roach and Simmons, so needless to say i wouldn't be scared of them,
4) I'm not bothered much by players not playing for the Windies. The 20/20 leagues around the world are televised, so I can watch Gayle bat any time I want.
Good for you, i'm sure you love watching your FELLOW YARDIE whenever he's on the box!!
5) Why are you so obsessed with Shiv on topics that have nothing to do with Shiv?

Even Gibson knows that he can't omit Shiv from the Test team, because then his side will lose the series - even against Bangladesh!
Keep dreaming!!.. i guess you've forgotten that Shiv WAS GARBAGE in SL and we still managed to draw the series!!.. so suggesting we'd lose in Bang without him is utterly ridiculous, furthermore i see you've been on the Banglacricket forum trying to give them some encouragement!!..and you call yourself a WI fan?
You will see how deficient this WIndies side is when they go to India this autumn....
Yeah because with Gayle we'll be sure to win down there right? ok!!
