West Indies Cricket Fans

This defeat might be a blessing in diguise, they shoehorned that punk into the side YET AGAIN today at the expence of a batter, clearly it didn't work and we got embarrassed, the two defeats we've had in this tour have only exposed Sammy's incompetence even more, personally i don't think he had "a sick belly" at all for the first ODI, i just think he was punished by Gibbo after that crazy decision he made to bowl Brathwaite in the penultimate over in the T20 defeat,

Roach has started to take wickets again and with Rampaul, Fidel and Bishoo set to make up the rest of bowling unit i believe this is the perfect opportunity for the coaches to do whats right, Ramdin has proven himself to be a decent leader, and having been under Ganga's wing for years what more could we ask for? if Gibbo and co really do put the TEAM before individuals then Sammy sits on friday, you can't have a captain who lets his team "take their foot off the gas" like Sammy admitted today when we actually had a chance to climb up the rankings, it's just madness man!! .

My team for Friday...

Barath (lets pray he's fit)
Brathwaite
Edwards
Darren Bravo
Chanders
Samuels
Ramdin (c) (wk)
Rampaul
Roach
Fidel
Bishoo

The funny thing is Rampaul's Test batting average is HIGHER than Sammy's, and Ramdin's is higher than Baugh's, so the tail might even be improved to rhatid!! .

Sadly, we're stuck with Sammy for this series. We can only pray that he gets injured, or has an upset stomach....

If Barath is not fit enough to play a one-day match today, I can't see how he'll be fit to play a five-day Test starting Friday....

Watching Powell play today, I'm convinced that the WI selectors should just send Barath home, and call Simmons in to replace him. This would be my XI:

1) Simmons
2) Powell/Brathwaite
3) Kirk
4) Bravo
5) Shiv
6) Samuels
7) Baugh/Ramdin
8) Sammy
9) Rampaul
10) Shilly
11) Bishoo

Chittagong is a spinner's wicket, so Shilly has to play....

It's just a pity Sammy has to play ahead of Fidel and Roach.

mikesiva wrote:Sadly, we're stuck with Sammy for this series. We can only pray that he gets injured, or has an upset stomach....

If Barath is not fit enough to play a one-day match today, I can't see how he'll be fit to play a five-day Test starting Friday....

Watching Powell play today, I'm convinced that the WI selectors should just send Barath home, and call Simmons in to replace him. This would be my XI:

1) Simmons
2) Powell/Brathwaite
3) Kirk
4) Bravo
5) Shiv
6) Samuels
7) Baugh/Ramdin
8) Sammy
9) Rampaul
10) Shilly
11) Bishoo

Chittagong is a spinner's wicket, so Shilly has to play....

It's just a pity Sammy has to play ahead of Fidel and Roach.

Perhaps they were holding Barath back for the Tests? it's not like he's got a broken leg or something, if it was that bad they would have sent him home early like they did at the world cup imo, also don't see them dropping Fidel after what he did to India either, i think Samuels and Bishoo will be enough spin to get the job done, Shilly hasn't played a first class match since DECEMBER, so i can't for the life of me see how he plays on Friday, i just think he's gonna be back-up just incase Bishoo gets injured.

Ah tell allyuh dat Sammy's inclusion in de WI team throws off the chemistry....but we are stuce with him until the completion of the Indian series....