dan08 wrote:The mankad paid off!
West Indies beat India to win the U19 World Cup!
Hopefully moral hawaldars can keep quiet now.
dan08 wrote:The mankad paid off!
West Indies beat India to win the U19 World Cup!
Aidan11 wrote:I wonder how many of this WIs squad will go on to become test players, or maybe just T20 specialists. Or even make the grade at all.
dan08 wrote:Aidan11 wrote:I wonder how many of this WIs squad will go on to become test players, or maybe just T20 specialists. Or even make the grade at all.
I've heard lots of good things about Alzarri Joseph. Keemo Paul seems decent. I don't know about the others.
mikesiva wrote:That's the question....
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/co ... 72521.html
"It doesn't necessarily follow that success at a global age-group competition leads to success at the higher level. Today is only the second time West Indies have contested the final. They were beaten by Pakistan, also in Bangladesh, in 2004. No one in either of those sides has even half the 74 Tests and 129 ODIs of Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies captain in that tournament, who is still going after an international career of a dozen years. Once they outlive the age limit, some top teens drift away from the game into other pursuits; others won't develop sufficiently to qualify for Test or limited-overs selection....After West Indies' victory over Pakistan in the quarter-final, Allott said the pace from Joseph and late replacement Chemar Holder, and the aggression of the batting, took him back to the West Indies heyday....The obvious questions now are whether the players can carry the benefits of such experiences forward to first-class and eventually international level, and whether their best can somehow be kept away from the financially enticing clutches of mushrooming T20 franchise tournaments....For two decades, the next step for the emerging young players has been the West Indies A team. The last time it was engaged was in Sri Lanka a year and a half ago; it has never ventured into Australia or New Zealand....It is pertinent that the boys in Bangladesh don't yet have to concern themselves with contracts, T20 leagues and their relationships with the WICB. Such potential problems lie ahead."
Hetmayr has played FC cricket in the Caribbean, and I must admit, I'm not impressed by him. He looks like another Chandrika to me. But here are the ones I have some hopes for:
Shamar Springer - averaged 57 with the bat, and took seven wickets with his pace.
Keemo Paul - averaged 41 with the bat, and took seven wickets with his pace.
Gidron Pope - averaged 38 with the bat, and seven wickets with his spinners.
Alzarri Joseph - took 13 wickets with his pace.
Chemar Holder - took five wickets with his pace at an ER or just 3.03.
Ryan John - took six wickets at an ER of 3.73 with his pace.
These are the six players who need to make the transition in FC cricket....
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