DOES A PACY KENSINGTON Wicket Favor NZ or West Indies ?

OK Folks:

* WI coach Otis Gibson is hoping for a quick Kensington wicket.

* The big question is which team's pacers would benefit more from a quick wicket----NZ or WI ?

* New Zealand's top 2 pacers: Southee is ranked #6 and Boult #11

* West Indies top 2 pacers: Roach is ranked #15 and Taylor is not ranked.

CONCLUSION:

* Gibson should be praying for a flat Kensington wicket----and that is what he'll likely get----Kensington is no longer pacy and bouncy.

Rev

Not only the 2 Opening bowlers spell .

Think 1st and 2nd change.

A Fast , bouncy wicket favors Kiwis !

Kiwis ..........

Even Curtly Ambrose will not be able to help Gabriel :

Hold that seam properly at Kensington  ::LOL::

* Gabriel deserves a run.

* Hopefully Sir Curtly will help him work out his kinks.

* Next in line would be Holder.

* Anyway, we all agree that a pace friendly Kensington wicket will favor the Kiwis.

Rev

AND : even with the SHINE off the cherry :

Only Kiwi bowlers KNOW how to Reverse swing !  :-[

* A WI defeat at Kensington would mean "same old---same old" ----nothing has changed.

* A WI win at Kensington would indicate that a new breeze is blowing across Windies cricket.

Rev

Most Fans know our Bowling attack is WRONG ! 

The consensus is our Batting is just fine....

* The WI batsmen did well in the Trinidad test, but the truth is WI batting is still not CONSISTENT.

* Let's see if the young guys can deliver in Barbados.


DO YOU RECALL THE WI TEST VS AUSTRALIA AT KENSINGTON IN 2012 ?

* WI scored 449 in their first innings---Shiv 103*, Brathwaite 57, Edwards 61, Bravo 51

* But in their 2nd innings the WI were bowled out for 148

* Australia won by 3 wickets

howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/M...d.asp?MatchCode=2058

Rev

Yeah ....I remember that one very well !

thats why I am not too enamored with Braff