WI tour of South Africa

[mikesiva]

Philander has blown away the top order and its 184-6 at tea on the third day...lots of time left to bat again.

[meninblue]

Doubt SA will give follow on. Better to rest bowlers with so much time left to win ?

[Aidan11]

Wow this has moved on quite quickly.

[Aidan11]

One down again already.


This could be over by tonight.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The 'this could be over today' post is never far off during a WI match.

[mikesiva]

Kraigg and Devon out twice on the same day....

A bad start to Day Four...Leon keeps up the tradition of getting out in the 30s, while Shiv has another failure. Two wickets in an over for Steyn.

Another two wickets in an over for Steyn, and Samuels and Ramdin are the men out....

Well, that didn't last long, did it? Even worse in the second innings than they were in the first...all out for 131. Steyn gets a six-fer....

[Aidan11]

WIs go from bad to worse.

No fight at all.

[mikesiva]

"Left-arm seamer Kenroy Peters has been called up to replace Kemar Roach in the West Indies Test squad. Roach, who injured his ankle on the first day of the first Test against South Africa in Centurion, will fly home to rehabilitate. Peters, 32, has taken 190 wickets in 62 first-class matches at an average of 20.21. He was the top wicket-taker in the 2013-14 Regional Four Day Competition, with 40 wickets for Windward Islands at an average of 12.75. This season, he has picked up 13 wickets in four matches at 19.38, including a five-wicket haul against Guyana last month."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-afric ... 12519.html

[mikesiva]

West Indies ODI squad Jason Holder (capt), Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Narsingh Deonarine, Leon Johnson, Chris Gayle, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor
West Indies T20 squad Darren Sammy (capt), Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle (subject to fitness test), Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-afric ... 12467.html

[andy]

So once again the Windies have a captain who's own place isnt even guranteed in the side... happened with Sammy,now with Holder..what are they doing!!

[Aidan11]

So once again the Windies have a captain who's own place isnt even guranteed in the side... happened with Sammy,now with Holder..what are they doing!!

Looking at the English game of inspiration?

[mikesiva]

That encapsulates WICB thinking....

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-afric ... 12637.html

"Rilee Rossouw has been called up to the South Africa Test squad as a replacement batsman after Quinton de Kock was ruled out of the series with an ankle ligament tear. Rossouw, 25, has not played any cricket since December 12 and is nursing a finger injury, which indicates Temba Bavuma, the Lions No. 3, could make his debut in Port Elizabeth."

[mikesiva]

Roach is injured, so Sammy comes into the ODI squad....

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Sa ... e_18143318

[rich1uk]

WI win the toss and bowl first again , hope it works out better for them than it did last game

[mikesiva]

KC Brathwaite, DS Smith, LR Johnson, MN Samuels, S Chanderpaul, D Ramdin*†, JO Holder, JE Taylor, SJ Benn, ST Gabriel, KPeters

Three changes for West Indies. Jermaine Blackwood, Sheldon Cottrell and the injured Kemar Roach are out. In come Shannon Gabriel, West Indies ODI captain Jason Holder and there is also a debut for the 32-year old Kenroy Peters.

After a series of batting failures, what do we do? Drop a batsman, and bring in a bowler...Holder! Ramdin batting at six.