The point needs to be made that this is only Narine's third FC match ever, and he's taken a total of three wickets in his FC career to date. He's not yet ready at this level. He needs a full season with Trinidad next year to see if he can hack it at this level.AFRO wrote:Bwoy some people are so stupid where Narine is concerned!!, HE'S ONLY 23 (same age as Russell and Gabriel and younger than Pascal) AND THIS IS HIS FIRST FOUR DAY GAME IN A YEAR!!, so of course it's gonna take time to adapt to the longer version, in the first innings he barely had ten overs to his name because the pacers ran through Bang, he still managed to get a wicket though, and it was the same in the second innings, Russell was dominant,
So i'm fine with his performance, BISHOO DIDN'T PLAY A SINGLE FOUR DAY MATCH FOR THE A-TEAM, and he was 25 when he made his debut for Wi at the world cup so anyone who thinks Narine is "old" for a spinner is plain stupid, i still think he's got a great chance of playing the ODI's in India and i think that would be a great experience for him, then after that he will play in the four day competition for Trinidad and i expect him to tear it up.
In limited overs cricket, you can take wickets by bowling tight and forcing the batsmen to take risks. However, in four-day cricket it's much more difficult to take wickets with defensive bowling. You need to have more in your arsenal in terms of attacking options, and we will see if he has those weapons if and when he plays for Trinidad next year.
WIAvBangA: In an absorbing contest so far WIA 59/2 off 23 overs. Hyatt 30*,Bonner 12*. Another 157 runs required for victory.
a kid who has tore up the four day competition over the last two years!!, personally i don't think the wicket was that spin friendly and until he bowls at least 20 overs in an innings i won't be judging him harshly, check the amount of overs he's bowled in the three FC games and then coma back and talk.
