West Indies Cricket Fans

Jamaica's Marlon Samuels, who was called for an illegal bowling action in February 2008, will head to the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre (HPC) in Barbados to try and have his action corrected.

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hmm.. why Marlon didn't work on it while serving his ban?

That's good for us, if he can correct it then it gives us the option to rotate two spinners while the quicks take a break, it would also leave us less vulnerable to what happend in the last Test when one of our four bowlers (Rampaul) was absent for an innings.

good move..but he should have sorted this while on the bench.. Lil bowlin would help him in selection process and WI too.

The HPC just opened though Bailoil!! , and he'd need the right people studying his action too, so it's not just a matter of going in his back yard and bowling some balls!!, but yes i agree it would make his place in the team much more secure if his action gets sorted, that's one of the things we've missed in Gayle's absence, he could bowl really well, but in a way i'm glad he's gone because now we're starting to see some new openers get a chance.

Who seh HPC is the answer? The JCA and others could have help in and what happen if he bowl a few in the back yard?

well we see some new openers get a chance but its nothing to write home about. Actually, comparing them to Gayle they failed. WI missed the intimidation factor that the Don brings. Gayle is a leader on the team..too. The only reason Gayle is off the team is cause the Dotties want to give Sammy another year run. What that means for WI cricket, they will be going to England for licks. When Sammy is on the team it is unbalanced. Fact, Halfman can tek the ball to fillin Sammy's lampy pompy.

If Gayle cared about WI he'd just say SORRY and let the bitterness go but as dem seh he wah fi be a "don" and act like nothing is more important than "Chris Gayle" , leh him gwan, imo Brathwaite's career will be much more productive than Gayle's ever was .