General Cricket Discussion

[wasteyouryouth]

Roston Chase with a batting average of 23 (and a barnstorming strike-rate of 73) and a bowling average of 40 from 35 ODIs is now captaining the West Indian team against UAE. Just why, WICB?

Aside from Johnson Charles - who hasn't played for seven years - he's probably the senior player.

 

[Bevab]

Aside from Johnson Charles - who hasn't played for seven years - he's probably the senior player.

They do have Brooks who has a similar number of ODIs and Reifer who I assume has some captaincy experience. Certainly one of the decisions of all-time.

Captain Chase goes for ten runs in his first over too. I'm now intrigued to see if UAE can pull off a win here.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

They do have Brooks who has a similar number of ODIs and Reifer who I assume has some captaincy experience. Certainly one of the decisions of all-time.

Captain Chase goes for ten runs in his first over too. I'm now intrigued to see if UAE can pull off a win here.

It's a very West Indies A XI

 

[pillowprocter]

Roston Chase with a batting average of 23 (and a barnstorming strike-rate of 73) and a bowling average of 40 from 35 ODIs is now captaining the West Indian team against UAE. Just why, WICB?

I wouldn't have a problem with it if they hadn't named Brandon King as VC beforehand.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

ICC titles in the last 15 years.

4 - Australia (2009 Champions Trophy, 2015 World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup, 2021-23 World Test Championship)
3 - England (2010 T20 World Cup, 2019 World Cup, 2022 T20 World Cup)
2 - Pakistan (2009 T20 World Cup, 2017 Champions Trophy)
2 - West Indies (2012 T20 World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup)
2 - India (2011 World Cup, 2013 Champions Trophy)
1 - New Zealand (2019-21 World Test Championship)
1 - Sri Lanka (2014 T20 World Cup)

Australia have won each of the major trophies at least once in the last 15 years. England has won three World Cups, most by any team. South Africa remain the only high-profile team to win no major titles, or in other news, water is wet.

 

[Bevab]

Looks like South Africa have already unearthed their next big pace prospect for the future. Unbelievable pipeline of talent.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Looks like South Africa have already unearthed their next big pace prospect for the future. Unbelievable pipeline of talent.

Yup Muthuswamy ftw!

 

[CooldiPargi]

Yup Muthuswamy ftw!

 

[Neo 7]

Yup Muthuswamy ftw!

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No . He meant this one :

And masters gonna ...

 

[Bigby Wolf]

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I can hear this image.

The iconic scene has even Jayawardene and Jayasurya mentioned as well.

 

[CerealKiller]

Nasser Hussain and David Lloyd commentating on Wasim Akram almost getting a T20 hat-trick

 

[pillowprocter]

Nasser Hussain and David Lloyd commentating on Wasim Akram almost getting a T20 hat-trick

For a second I thought it was Graeme Swann who was the 2nd wicket.

 

[icyman]

Hathurusinghe: Forget WTC, winning Tests for your country is motivation enough

Bangladesh head coach not worried about lack of context around the Test; Trott excited as Afghanistan get back to red-ball cricket after two years

www.espncricinfo.com

Easy for Chandika to say that- perhaps stemming from the fact that BD may never reach the WTC Finals?

 

[Bevab]

Hathurusinghe: Forget WTC, winning Tests for your country is motivation enough

Bangladesh head coach not worried about lack of context around the Test; Trott excited as Afghanistan get back to red-ball cricket after two years

www.espncricinfo.com

Easy for Chandika to say that- perhaps stemming from the fact that BD may never reach the WTC Finals?

Reading the article, there seems to be nothing controversial about what he said?

All he's said is that tests existed before the WTC and mattered just like they do now. The wider cricketing world doesn't need to care deeply about a test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, both of these sides have enough of a passionate fanbase that they should be tapping into for creating relevance around the test.

Coming to the test, it's good to see Joy and Shanto getting some big scores, both of them needed it badly. A Zakir-Joy opening pair might well be the solution to a post-Tamim test world for Bangladesh.

 

[pillowprocter]

OK, so this is actually a distinct possibility:

India A beat Pakistan A
Nepal beat Hong Kong

And now suddenly you might find that Nepal have qualified for semis ahead of Pakistan.