Australia tour of the Caribbean, May 27-June 15

[mikesiva]

WICB Pres XI captain Leon Johnson wins the toss and elects to bat. Dawes and Imran Khan miss out on their XI

WIPXI XI - Johnson, Brathwaite, Brooks, Chandrika, Chase, Cummins, Dowrich, Mindley, Mohammed, Theophile, Warrican

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/windies-cricket-tv

Maybe two players from this XI will make the Test squad to replace Shiv....

[Making_Splinters]

Looks like a significantly more sensible side than was put out against England.

[mikesiva]

Yep...this is the West Indies A team.

Not doing too well, I'm afraid.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIvAUS?src=hash

Its still raining in Antigua. The post-lunch session will be delayed. WICB Pres XI 42-3 Chandrika 27, Dowrich 2

Australia's bowling figures so far:

Hazlewood 6-3-8-2
Siddle 4-1-10-0
Lyon 3-1-5-0
M. Marsh 3-0-13-0
Ahmed 1.5-1-2-1

Theophile, Johnson and Brooks all out cheaply....

[mikesiva]

After that shaky start, half-centuries by Raj Chandrika, Shane Dowrich and Roston Chase, and an unbeaten 42 from Jason Mohammed, have helped the President's XI to reply strongly with 288-5.

It is possible that Chandrika will be added to the Test squad as an opening batsman, and Shai Hope dropped down the order, where he bats for Barbados. It is also possible that one of Chase, Dowrich or Mohammed may be added to the Test squad as another middle-order batsman option.

[mikesiva]

Pres XI 1st Inns 382 all out (114 ov)

PresXI
Theophile 4
Chandrika 74
Johnson 0
Brooks 4
Dowrich 78
Chase 76
Mohammed 55
C. Brathwaite 50*
Warrican 0
Mindley 0
Cummins 4

AUS bowling
Hazlewood 19-7-36-2
Siddle 21-4-64-2
Lyon 28-5-87-2
M. Marsh 14-3-40-2
Ahmed 28-5-113-2

[GarlicJam]

Looks like a very even bowling effort from the Aus bowlers. Nothing exceptional.

[mikesiva]

At the end of the second day, the game was still quite even...the Aussies closed at 205-6, Shaun Marsh making 118 not out, and Adam Voges 52, but everyone else was out cheaply to spinner Jomel Warrican (3-69) and medium-pacer Carlos Brathwaite (2-28).

[mikesiva]

except from Shaun Marsh and Voges, none of the Aussies had any proper time in the middle.

Pres XI 382
Aus 1st Inns 250 all out (104 ov)

Pres XI bowling
Cummins 14-3-42-1
Mindley 17-5-42-2
Brathwaite 21-5-39-3
Warrican 41-12-93-3

AUS batting
Rogers 2
S. Marsh 118
Clarke 15
Voges 52
M. Marsh 8
Haddin 1
Nevill 5
Lyon 8
Siddle 6
Hazlewood 31*
Ahmed 0

[mikesiva]

The match ends in a draw, after the President's XI had a top order collapse, losing Chandrika, Johnson and Brooks for ducks, and Theophile for 26. Unbeaten 50s from Shane Dowrich and Roston Chase seal the issue, while Josh Hazlewood bowled four overs, 3-4.

[mikesiva]

West Indies squad for the first Test Denesh Ramdin (Capt), Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Rajindra Chandrika, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Veerasammy Permaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor

http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies ... 82527.html

[yuppie]

The end of Shiv?

[andy]

yeah he's finished, sadly already been confirmed.

[yuppie]

Lara keeps his record.

[mikesiva]

Lara keeps his record.

interesting that....

shiv loses his place in the squad to Chandrika who has a first class average in the 20s.

[yuppie]

Lara keeps his record.

interesting that....

shiv loses his place in the squad to Chandrika who has a first class average in the 20s.

Anything else to this? Son of a selector?