Mr Popodopolous wrote:There is some talent there to work with- not a top class side but should perhaps be doing a bit better.
A possible 1st XI of:
Gayle
Barath
Sarwan
Samuels
Chanderpaul
Bravo
Simmons both Baugh and Ramdin give me nightmares
Taylor/Sammy
Benn/Bishoo
Edwards/Rampaul
Roach
Is not such a bad side.
Of the two either ors, Sammy and Rampaul provbably offer more in batting but a fully fit Taylor and Edwards seem the better bets? As others have mentioned, wicketkeeping and fielding remain a problem. That side though should be competitive at least.
mikesiva wrote:When Gibson was appointed coach, I was all in favour. He seemed to bring English experiences to the West Indies, which were ignored by Bennett King and John Dyson. Gibson revived the academy, and all of a sudden, the A team started to play in a number of series.
But that all seems to be getting undermined by Gibson's big ego, and his determination to subject the senior players (Gayle, Benn, Shiv and Sarwan) to his will. He blames them for the West Indies exit at the quarter-final stage of the World Cup, and then takes disciplinary action when they naturally react angrily to what they see as unfairly singling them out....
I also have to question his training methods. Not everyone is the same physically, especially in a multi-ethnic team like the West Indies. You don't give an ageing Indo-Caribbean player (Shiv) the same gym work as a young Afro-Caribbean player (Sammy). That's why Shiv woke up with a sore shoulder on the eve of the second Test against Pakistan, and couldn't play. If Shiv had been fit, there's always the possibility that the Windies may have not lost the match, and may have won the series. Also, Gayle is very good at gymwork, but because of his heart, he's not good at running long distances. So, why insist that he runs 20 laps, and compare his times to Sammy's? And why threaten Sarwan and Barath that they are in danger of losing their places because they can't run as fast as their Afro-Caribbean colleagues?
In the Caribbean, anyone who's worked with athletics teams will know that Afro-Caribbean youngsters are better at sprinting and running than Indo-Caribbean youngsters. Trinidad has a 50-50 split between Afro-Caribbeans and Indo-Caribbeans, but yet their athletics team is 100% Afro-Caribbean. Is anyone seriously surprised at that?
What Gibson needs to do, to ensure he doesn't undo all the good work he's done to date, is to tailor fitness programmes to the individual according to their age, physique, and ethnicity. You can't have a one-cap-fits-all situation....
ntini77 wrote:I would still like to see Russell in our side. He makes things happen.
Maybe Rampaul should bat at 6.
IndusCreed wrote:Is WI cricket dead?
A big fat NO.... They might not be at their peak but their Cricket is far from dead. Another Lara or Ambrose and they will be a force to reckon with again
Aidan11 wrote:Lara was a great player but off the field he was too troublesome. It will take more than one or two talented players to sort them out. They need another Clive Lloyd as a captain. He got the WI's to play together as a proper team and they were all willing to play for him as a captain.
IndusCreed wrote:Is WI cricket dead?
A big fat NO.... They might not be at their peak but their Cricket is far from dead. Another Lara or Ambrose and they will be a force to reckon with again
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