West Indies tour of Australia, November-December 2009 - Page 22

Robelinda · 25th November 2009, 02:54 AM

Big fan of Nash, hope he does well, even though he's a stonewaller!

Howsie · 25th November 2009, 09:02 AM

Can't wait for this match tbh, I'll probably watch this game over the NZ-Pakistan game. Really hoping the Windies bowl first though, would love to see Taylor and Roach do well early on and knock a few Aussie's over

Or in turn see the Windies put in and Gayle bash Johnson (just Johnson though as I actually like Siddle) around the park.

This cracked me up though:

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It's going to be the first time I'll open the batting with Barath. He's been around in first-class and he's certainly got a few hundreds underneath his belt. He's a pretty decent player. We're not looking to expect too much from Barath at this point in time, but we at the same time we will look to give the team a good start."
Chris Gayle

You could at least say he's an exciting young talent couldn't you Chris, pretty decent sounds abit harsh.

braguvaran · 25th November 2009, 09:06 AM

As per cricinfo, this series can be counted as a revenge for the ashes.
Good luck to the aussies!

TumTum · 25th November 2009, 09:27 AM

I will not be surprised if the WI fast bowlers knock over a few Aussies early, but I seriously doubt they can maintain the intensity throughout the Test.

Howsie · 25th November 2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TumTum

I will not be surprised if the WI fast bowlers knock over a few Aussies early, but I seriously doubt they can maintain the intensity throughout the Test.

Yeah that's the thing, they have to not only keep it up for a session, but they must keep it up for a whole match. From all reports Roach bowled really well pretty much the entire innings of the QLD game (he did drop of at the end apparently). Jerome Taylor's shown in the past what he can do in 30 minutes of cricket also.

Gazza · 25th November 2009, 10:49 AM

But we saw during the Ashes how the Aussies are capable of losing a test match in one session.

And the West Indies definitely have better fast bowlers than England.

TumTum · 25th November 2009, 10:51 AM

Even if we have a horrible session, the Windies will let their game down for some other sessions and we can build lower order partnerships. Plus we have home ground advantage.

braguvaran · 25th November 2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazza_11

But we saw during the Ashes how the Aussies are capable of losing a test match in one session.

And the West Indies definitely have better fast bowlers than England.

No way... Jerome taylor, the only experienced pacer has his pace down for some time now..
Anderson,flintoff, onions , harmison are much better than WI's attack

Gazza · 25th November 2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TumTum

Even if we have a horrible session, the Windies will let their game down for some other sessions and we can build lower order partnerships. Plus we have home ground advantage.

Yeah I was thinking that, we never collapse that bad at home, except Perth 2008

Howsie · 25th November 2009, 11:14 AM

Taylor's a better bowler then Anderson, but Anderson's a little more consistant (which I can't believe I'm saying about Anderson). Roach is a better bowler then both Harmison (who's rubbish) and Onions.

I wouldn't say this attack is better then England's overall, because Swann is also a very good bowler. But on their day I'd back this attack to be more lethal, although if Edwards was playing this would help a lot more.

TruSachFan · 25th November 2009, 03:16 PM

Anyone know the reason why Field Edwards is not playing? Is he injured?

*Dare* · 25th November 2009, 04:46 PM

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Anyone know the reason why Field Edwards is not playing? Is he injured?

He is injured. He got injured in the World 20/20 and he was put in a rehab program by the WICB but half way into the rehab he gave it up to play in the Champion League and got injured again.

Thats the reason he wasn't even offered a contract by the WICB. While guys who arent even at his level got a contract for playing for the WI during the strike. His own fault really, I really like Fidel but he screwed this one up big time.
Who knows if he didn't play in the Champs League he might have been fit for this series.

1iram1 · 25th November 2009, 08:53 PM

Go Windies! I want Australia to lose this series.

*Dare* · 25th November 2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 1iram1

Go Windies! I want Australia to lose this series.

Same here man. I would love for the WI to win the series but I know that will be really hard. All I really want from the WI is competitive cricket during this series. I want the team to put up a good fight even when things arent going their way and to put in the effort that is expected at this level of cricket. If they can do that then other things will follow.
The team showed good signs in the past 2 years or so, it looked like they were starting to turn the corner and that's when the strike came about and undid the hard work.

Blues · 25th November 2009, 09:35 PM

How short are the memories of those bagging Johnson? He played poorly in the Ashes, hell the entire team played poorly in the Ashes, but last summer Johnson was far and away our best bowler against a very strong South African side.