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meccalli wrote:Well, records are there to be broken right?
racedriverpro wrote:^^ tell we something that might be surprising.
racedriverpro wrote:Orrr so u trying to say nothing is surprising with wi test team?
racedriverpro wrote:^^ 3rd - 5th in tier 2 better than 8th in tier 1 imo. West Indians do best when pushed in a corner or in a barrel. Its all abt getting out. And no easy points for tier 1 teams.
racedriverpro wrote:Oh shux i forget its all abt the money.
Dizzy28 wrote:racedriverpro wrote:Oh shux i forget its all abt the money.
Didn't Bravo Simmons Gayle make it clear that's what they play cricket for??
meccalli wrote:Simmons made it clear he's not playing test cricket until he's well compensated. Both Bravo and Gayle made themselves available for test selection and weren't.
De Dragon wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:racedriverpro wrote:Oh shux i forget its all abt the money.
Didn't Bravo Simmons Gayle make it clear that's what they play cricket for??
Yes but you cyah go in any grocery that I know of and pay for things with pride. I understand the bygone eras and the playing for pride, but when the WICB is inept and arrogant, and you're making millions playing T20 and bulling dong de place as a 20-something year old, what do you expect? To drop that and come for constant licks in Test cricket, and for small money to boot?
Dizzy28 wrote:meccalli wrote:Simmons made it clear he's not playing test cricket until he's well compensated. Both Bravo and Gayle made themselves available for test selection and weren't.
TBH Simmons did the right thing. He doesn't have a stellar first class career (Batting Avg of 32) and in his eight tests he was shown to be less than adept at handling high class bowling.
Play what you can excel in and fortunately its the most lucrative of the forms of cricket.
Bravo and Gayle a bit subjective though. They offer themselves up when it is convenient to them.De Dragon wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:racedriverpro wrote:Oh shux i forget its all abt the money.
Didn't Bravo Simmons Gayle make it clear that's what they play cricket for??
Yes but you cyah go in any grocery that I know of and pay for things with pride. I understand the bygone eras and the playing for pride, but when the WICB is inept and arrogant, and you're making millions playing T20 and bulling dong de place as a 20-something year old, what do you expect? To drop that and come for constant licks in Test cricket, and for small money to boot?
I not fighting players down with their money part as everyone wants to make as much as they can whilst they can however from your statement above I get the feeling you believe they are receiving TT$15 an hour to play Test cricket.
With their central contract and then match fees from test tours a non T20 playing WI cricketer still making much more than your and my sorry a$$es.
Ask Darren Ganga who actually bought a Range Rover before even Brian Lara and started up a few businesses from Test match/ODI cricket alone.
meccalli wrote:Simmons has a lot of natural talent as far as his hand eye coordination is concerned as evidenced by his shots, all it takes is some time in white clothes to get the discipline down but every man has to know where he stands. It's just unfortunate that other nations who are serious about their world cricket reputation invests and makes it possible to secure the best support and playing team possible to ensure success while WI lags behind and gone back to calypso cricket (talented players , disjointed performances and few coherent victories).
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