bigfluffylemon wrote:Shamar Joseph, take a bow. What an extraordinary performance.
And at the Gabbatoir as well, where Australia have only lost once in 35 years before today.
Smith nearly took it home - 91 not out, and the margin just 8 runs.
One of the great away wins for the West Indies.
alfie wrote:As for Australia , the good thing that can be taken in this defeat is that the "Smith opening and Green at four " project actually got off the ground in this second innings. Still early days ; NZ will be another test.
alfie wrote:Whether it will be enough to swing a return to the old love of the Test scene throughout the Caribbean in this modern world remains to be seen ; but it gives some cause for hope
sussexpob wrote:alfie wrote:Whether it will be enough to swing a return to the old love of the Test scene throughout the Caribbean in this modern world remains to be seen ; but it gives some cause for hope
When Joseph castled Hazlewood and proceeded to sprint around like a madman with the rest of his team, are we supposed to believe the Windies doesnt care about this format? Because I have seen teams celebrate less winning world cups or Olympic medals, this victory meant a lot to this team, and they played hard for it during this test. This doesn't tell me that all Windies cricketers rather be somewhere else earning dollar for slogging the ball around.
One thing that does make me wonder about the significance of this series for the Windies..... the board removed all the players that didn't have their heart in the squad, and then they win a test for the first time in 27 years in Australia. Could just be creating narratives on freak occurances, and time will tell.... but has it done Windies some good to remove people who werent interested in this format with supposedly inferior players who want to be there?
Test cricket really needs a few countries like Windies to start competing again. We all know the potential is there in the Caribbean, lets hope this kickstarts something again.
sussexpob wrote:alfie wrote:As for Australia , the good thing that can be taken in this defeat is that the "Smith opening and Green at four " project actually got off the ground in this second innings. Still early days ; NZ will be another test.
I will eat my hat if Cameron Green ends a test class 4 bat. He once again on paper added a few runs, but much like at times in the Ashes, had to expel a lot of luck just to get minor scores on the board. He strikes me as a player who has some patience and mentality to want to bat long, but none of the technique to back it up.... footwork is poor to non-existant, and he often just plants his feet and leans in or away from the ball to control his front/back foot strokes. Noticeably poor to anything pitched short of a length or further short, and consistently picked up these lengths wrongly.... in this test not so much, but he looked rubbish to bouncers in England, and in this last innings alone he tried to pull one ball that nearly bowled him that was suicidally bad reading the length, and then played a sort of back foot drive that whizzed past the stumps to another ball that wasnt short enough (or wide enough) for the shot.
Might be a number 7 in tests that offers some bowling to go with the occasional batting score, but a test match 4 ? no way, I just dont see it.
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