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Bravo: Losing Gayle is disastrous

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22 Nov 2013 10:33 #164345 by chairman
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo did not even try to put on a stoic face about losing batsman Chris Gayle for the rest of the India series, saying it was the 'worst' possible thing to happen to them.

Gayle tore his hamstring while being run out in the first ODI in Kochi, and was ruled out of the rest of the three-match series, and possibly for the Tests against New Zealand. The Windies lost the match by six wickets, failing to defend a paltry 211

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22 Nov 2013 10:45 #164349 by chairman
The skipper said: "Losing Chris (Gayle) is the worst to happen to us on the tour. He is our best player. He is no longer available for the series and that is a big blow for us.
"Psychologically, also it is not good for us. Before we landed in India, we lost Kieron Pollard and now we lost Chris and they are two of our best players."
Bravo refused to blame Gayle's injury, or the pitch, for his side's poor batting effort, saying both sides had to play on the same track and India were far superior, with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli putting on a century stand.
He added: "The pitch is the same for both the teams. I think we lost the momentum. The India bowlers are good and they have applied themselves well. 211 was not a good enough total for a team to win an ODI.
"Our batters did not perform to our expectations. We have to work on our batting."

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22 Nov 2013 10:46 #164350 by Rev Al
* How can losing Gayle be disastrous ?

* Is Bravo aware of Gayle's performance in onedayers the last 2 years ?

* In 27 onedayers the last 2 years Gayle has averaged an ordinary 25.23


BOTTOM LINE:

With or without Gayle, Bravo and his pathetic team will be clobbered by India in the remaining matches
and deservedly so.

Rev

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22 Nov 2013 10:48 #164352 by ketchim
Surprised he did not mention Pollard .... :-[

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22 Nov 2013 10:54 #164354 by Rev Al
10,348---Lara(1)
8778

Chanderpaul(2)
8688
Gayle(3)

stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/i...results;type=batting


Gayle needs 91 runs to surpass Chanderpaul as the 2nd highest WI run scorer in onedayers----poor onry will have to wait.

Rev

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22 Nov 2013 13:21 - 22 Nov 2013 13:42 #164395 by mapoui

what is disastrous is Bravos answer or response to the Gayle development.  theses are always equally possible as any other development in all of life...and we truly do not have an inkling whether they are good or bad flows..or as we call flows - luck!

Bravo as a man of any decent level of intelligence, experience and wisdom would know this and his response as it must would to circle up the wagons using what available to maximum effect in response to  the challenges at hand. 

Bravo's response makes it is clear,he  had already accepted defeat, even before gayle went down, for gayle has been nothing like himself over at least half a year now and as a thinking man Bravo should have been hard-pressed to expect any significant improvement anytime soon from Gayle, given that his lack of production suggests full and irreversible decline.

I am afraid in Bravo we do have something of a leader but not much of one. 

the other side of Bravos personality is party and frivolity, and at the moment he may talk a good cricket game but the rot at the heart of west indies cricket resides skids his feet, which suggests a sense of  flight on his part, a readiness to flee at a moment's notice.

nothing to commit to and sacrifice would be his sense of things with a preparedness to shift immediately over into his alternatives, like an entertainment career....at a moments notice
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22 Nov 2013 13:27 #164397 by The Captain
Bravo or Sammy should open aren't they in the category of players as Gayle

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22 Nov 2013 13:36 #164400 by Kwami
Losing Gayle is a blessin , he has been totally useless in the test format recently

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22 Nov 2013 13:38 #164401 by Googley
Bravo now have to depend on Sammy...no wonder he is despondent!  8)

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22 Nov 2013 13:51 - 22 Nov 2013 14:45 #164402 by mapoui
yet we mus' be sure Gayle truly has nutten more to offer.

Gayle as a player has been real for the west indies but as the Great Rev has pointed out we treat our greats poorly.  we must make sure Gayle has no more to offer then send him off with a party

again  the Great Pandit Rev has pointed out..we must not treat our greats with kicks at the end but like Tendy with much pomp and circumstance.  in which case of course we will have a fete every so often parting playing ways with our Greats.

we can even recall them from the past, the legends, apologise for the kicks and fete them too. better late than never

Bravo could make an entertainment career for himself  right up in all ah dat.  party fuh days!
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