Wow! Great to see West indies back in stride - being led by Chris Gayle - Very jovial and up beat kind of character -
Although he may not be the best class in batting, he is certainly an audacious leader!
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WI which dropped so low, is coming back -
Watching the highlights is such a treat - Suleman taking on the aussie arrogance - lot of aggression - no whimpering…
Re: While we rue the Pakistani team's debacles - WI is in a great phase of rebuilding
Although they are playing well but problem is no one is showing signs other than Gayle, Sawarn and chandarpal.
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yeah you need atleast 1 player to start leading the team - and lo its the captain…so seems like the right direction..
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im impressesd by gayle n his captaincy n his batting........now if they manage to draw this one too that would be a victory for them :D
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^ yep...me as well...for sure...some one needs to lift the spirits....
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^^^
but incase of Pak who will take the responsibilty in lifting the spirits :P
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^^ err…sami?
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but then who will lift his spirits lol :P
Pakistan is also rebuilding. Look at the players in the squad Butt, Farhat, Faisla Iqbal, Malik, the Akmal brothrs ...............
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When players like Gayle gets going it's really tough to stop them. I wish he could have stayed there longer.
Gayle has always been a destructive player....if he`s fired up no one can stop him. They also have Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo..all 3 are quality players...plus Barath has also impressed.
But more importantly, they probably have the fastest bowler in the world at the moment in Roach...with Lee out of the game, Bond and Akhter injured, no one else has the pace of Roach...and a bowling lineup consisting of Roach, Fidel Edwards who is also pretty fast along with Jerome Taylor, Benn and Bravo...the Windies would definately have one of the fastest bowling attacks in the world....
Whether they can replicate the Windies of the 80s and 90s remains to be seen...but they definately have a quality attack...if all of them are fit and playing.
I think the problem is Windies bowling lacks that bite and penetration of the 70s, 80s and early 90s. They are struggling to bowl sides out twice in tests
Their batting with Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo is pretty decent. It is good to see Windies batting with patience and discipline and posting decent totals in Australia
Our problem is exactly the otherway around. Bowling is decent if not menacing but batting sure lacks class apart from 1 or 2 individual depending heavily on Yousuf and the two Akmal brothers.
Gayle is a compulsive shot-maker and he has all the talent in the world. But the problem is he is a bit reckless and throws his wicket away rather than bowlers getting him out. He does not score those big hundreds in tests that he is quite capable of IMO
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^^ Yes - I agree with 90+% of what you wrote.
However, even with his compulsive hitting, he is sure as heck trying to get the team out of the rut they have been stuck in for so long.
They can become a great cricketing team once again...they need a strong middle order revival like the olden days. With the RRs and BCLs gone, SS, CC are not cutting it. So lets see..
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WI got a good chance of winning this test. Great bowling by WI to get Aussies out for 150. Not many teams can do that.
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^^ yes...they did very well...now they think they have a chance...
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That was a false alarm. WIndian batting collapsed again.
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but still they managed to gave panic to the aussie team..........1 wicket left 50 odd runs required
That was a false alarm. WIndian batting collapsed again.
Windies 308/9 have scored more than double of what Aussies managed in their second knock 150
But the first innings deficit of 208 runs was just too much in the end
WI can still pull it off....though chances are slim with only one wicket remaining
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**51 runs .... and 1 wicket .....
This should be interesting
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Yeah - come to think of it, it can be potentially interesting. However, the big disadvantage leveraging the win towards Australia's way is that windies have both tailenders at the crease. So it is just a matter of Aussies breaking through any of them to claim the trophy. Otherwise Windies had a chance if they had 1 full time batsmen atleast at the crease.
So lets see.. More than likely they will loose....still well played, but its their middle order that is letting them down...