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Cozier: Hope and worries
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:13 am
by BallOil
Those here with long memories and detailed statistics cannot recall an international tour so decimated by the weather.
Yet it has not been a complete exercise in futility for the West Indies. Short as it has been, there have been some unmistakeable signs, both hopeful and worrying, to guide Gibson and Browne.
The batting form of Dwayne Bravo at No.6 and the new captain Darren Sammy at No.8 (35 between them in six innings), the late order collapses (six for 21 in the first Test, five for 38 in the second, five for 33 in the third before Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach checked it yesterday), the failure to cause the same problems to the opposition, the flawed catching and the suspect action of Shane Shillingford that drew the attention of the umpires fit into the latter category.
If they do not entirely counterbalance such concerns, there were also developments to cheer Gibson, Browne and a West Indian public yearning for a revival.
The most exciting, by some distance, was Darren Bravo's impressive introduction into Test cricket. But Kemar Roach's role as the only penetrative bowler leading the attack and Brendan Nash's continuing example of application and cricketing intelligence were others.
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Re: Cozier: Hope and worries
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:15 am
by mapoui
BallOil wrote:Those here with long memories and detailed statistics cannot recall an international tour so decimated by the weather.
Yet it has not been a complete exercise in futility for the West Indies. Short as it has been, there have been some unmistakeable signs, both hopeful and worrying, to guide Gibson and Browne.
The batting form of Dwayne Bravo at No.6 and the new captain Darren Sammy at No.8 (35 between them in six innings), the late order collapses (six for 21 in the first Test, five for 38 in the second, five for 33 in the third before Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach checked it yesterday), the failure to cause the same problems to the opposition, the flawed catching and the suspect action of Shane Shillingford that drew the attention of the umpires fit into the latter category.
If they do not entirely counterbalance such concerns, there were also developments to cheer Gibson, Browne and a West Indian public yearning for a revival.
The most exciting, by some distance, was Darren Bravo's impressive introduction into Test cricket. But Kemar Roach's role as the only penetrative bowler leading the attack and Brendan Nash's continuing example of application and cricketing intelligence were others.
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looks like Barath was really ill. on that score Cozy reads truthfully!
Re: Cozier: Hope and worries
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:25 am
by mapoui
wat deh go do with the batting wen Sarwan come back? interesting!
wat deh go do abut big Bravo at #6? dat situation cyar continue, especially with idiot Baugh at #7. Bravo is too unproductive all-round. maybe he is playng too much cricket.
Sammy may not be B' Bravos' real competiton but Andre Russell looks very dangerous indeed from this angle. that kid can bat and is faster than Bravo. if he develops Bravo could easily be toast in a year or so.
if Taylor and Edwards get fit..or one of the 2...indeed if Pascal and the kids progress Bravos postin cold be come ticklish very quickly.
it seems to me that B'Bravo mus' get his act togehter rather quickly. his rope is burning, at a point above his head.
Re: Cozier: Hope and worries
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:34 am
by mapoui
I wish cozy would stop talking about the freaking weather! he is reading like the fake promoters of non-existent global warming, aready exposed as crooks and frauds seeking to set up structures for taxing the entire planet.
he also reads like a blasted apologist for the ICC which in overturning natural regional cricket seasons in the world bordered by seasonal weather conditions, created the problem of rain endangered tests series.
you cant play cricket in the rain so cricket is played everywhere in the dry season.
the rain washed out these Lankan tests because the games were scehedule too much in the rainy season. they were warned the ICC, and they still went ahead.
look out for the same washout in the westindies next year. it is about time that happend in the westindies. the westindies have been lucky so far that rain has played only a small part since tests have been scheduled for late April, May and June!
Re: Cozier: Hope and worries
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:58 am
by Googley
"The most exciting, by some distance, was Darren Bravo's impressive introduction into Test cricket. But Kemar Roach's role as the only penetrative bowler leading the attack and Brendan Nash's continuing example of application and cricketing intelligence were others. "
correck is rite!