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WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 2:23 pm
by mikesiva
Sat Nov 25 - Mon Nov 27 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
New Zealand A v West Indies
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

Fri Dec 1 - Tue Dec 5 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
1st Test - New Zealand v West Indies
Basin Reserve, Wellington

Sat Dec 9 - Wed Dec 13 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
2nd Test - New Zealand v West Indies
Seddon Park, Hamilton

Wed Dec 20 (50 ovs) 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
1st ODI - New Zealand v West Indies
Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei

Sat Dec 23 (50 ovs) 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
2nd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Tue Dec 26 (50 ovs) 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
3rd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Fri Dec 29 (20 ovs) 15:00 local (02:00 GMT)
1st T20I - New Zealand v West Indies
Saxton Oval, Nelson

Mon Jan 1, 2018 (20 ovs) 19:00 local (06:00 GMT)
2nd T20I - New Zealand v West Indies
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Wed Jan 3, 2018 (20 ovs) 19:00 local (06:00 GMT)
3rd T20I - New Zealand v West Indies
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:04 am
by mikesiva
"Batsman Sunil Ambris, who made his international debut against England earlier this year, has earned a call-up to the West Indies Test squad for the tour of New Zealand, which starts from November 25. Ambris was picked in place of Kyle Hope, the only change to the squad that beat Zimbabwe 1-0 in the Test series in Bulawayo earlier this month."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... aland-tour

WI Test squad
Jason Holder (capt), Kraigg Brathwaite (vice-capt), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Kieran Powell, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach

In: Sunil Ambris

Out: Kyle Hope

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:00 pm
by andy
BJ Watling will not be fit to take the gloves for the first test... Tom Blundell will be called up, Watling will either play as a specalist batsmen, or not play at all

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:09 am
by mikesiva
Sunil Ambris announced his intention to play in the first Test, by hammering 153 against New Zealand A on the first day of their three-day match at Lincoln, as the West Indians made 451-9. Shai Hope struck 110, and Roston Chase made 49, but tellingly Jermaine Blackwood was out for four.

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:09 pm
by andy
Mike what's your opinon on Ambris? Should he be in the test side right now? If so, at the expense of who?

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:29 pm
by mikesiva
Ambris for Blackwood, IMHO. Hetmyer misses out on an opportunity to put pressure on Blackwood, too. Powell continues to be a worry in the opening slot.

The West Indians declared overnight, and all the bowlers took wickets to dismiss New Zealand A for 237 all out. Medium pacer Raymon Reifer snared 2-27 and offspinner Roston Chase two wickets for seven runs, Astle topscoring with 68. The West Indians were 53-2 going into the final day, with Powell (7 & 4) and Hetmyer (12 & 10) failing again.

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:18 pm
by andy
Ambris if he plays to bat 6?

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:26 am
by mikesiva
Scratch that...I'd forgotten that Kyle Hope had been dropped from the squad. Ambris in for Kope....

1) Kraigg Brathwaite
2) Kieran Powell
3) Shai Hope
4) Roston Chase
5) Jermaine Blackwood
6) Sunil Ambris
7) Shane Dowrich
8) Jason Holder
9) Dev Bishoo
10) Kemar Roach
11) Shannon Gabriel

In their second innings, the West Indians were bowled out for just 186, Kraigg Brathwaite hitting 88 and Shane Dowrich 47, but everyone else failed to get a start. At stumps, New Zealand A were 72 without loss, as the match ended in a draw.

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:46 am
by andy
For the first time in a long time WI's attack is starting to look threatning and could be their way forward in tests....Holder in NZ should be a threat, with the ball moving around, Gabriel is fast, seriously fast, and Roach has managed to transform himself into a good line and length bowler now, even though he has sacrificed pace, it seems to have worked for him now...if only Holder had more faith in bishoo though..

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:25 am
by mikesiva
"Tim Southee, who is expecting the birth of his child, will miss New Zealand's first Test of the home summer, against West Indies in Wellington. Batsman George Worker has been added to the squad. On Tuesday, fast bowler Lockie Ferguson was also drafted in to the squad for the first Test with doubt lingering over Southee's availability."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... dded-squad

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:32 am
by andy
Is there really no one better than Ferguson? Yeah he's quick, but he sprays it around constantly, no control, and consantly offers up freebies...

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:47 pm
by Dr Cricket
Just like varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav although now yadav got the reputation of only being able to bowl at slow low wickets.
Sometimes pace is very overrated but can’t blame them since a good directed pace bowler is a difference in a flat pitch which is 99% of test decks.

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:59 pm
by mikesiva
West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Sunil Ambris, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (capt.), 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Miguel Cummins, 11 Shannon Gabriel

New Zealand
1 Tom Latham, 2 Jeet Raval, 3 Kane Williamson (capt.), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Colin de Grandhomme, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent Boult

No Bishoo....
:texas!

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:02 pm
by Dr Cricket
TBH green pitch and small boundaries makes it hard to justify him plus he can’t bat.

Re: WI tour of New Zealand, Nov 25 - Jan 3

PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:10 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Looks like WI have had a rethink of their batting.

Bishoo is a handy tailender with the bat. Santner isn't much of a Test spinner so arguably NZ have gone in with four seamers. NZ-Mitch is more of a batter in that line up. Actually, a batting average of 26 and bowling of 40 has the look of a 1990s England purveyor of bits and pieces.

I see NZ have moved on from Ronchi.