Is Carlos the new Bowling coach

Brathwaite has failed to make the final XI in the series but with leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo’s confidence sagging after Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq put him to the sword, the reserve player was quick to respond, encouraging his teammate to remain on top of his game and not to let his head drop.

The net effect was that Bishoo went on to claim four for 74 and trigger a slide in the final hour which saw Pakistan crash from 230 for four to 255 for eight at the close.

“He (Misbah) tried to get after me in the second Test match. He tried to pick me off … attack me a bit but in this game I tried to do the basics. I tried to bowl my lengths [in] my areas and don’t try too much,” Bishoo told reporters following the day’s play.

“When I had just started my spell, I had gone for a few runs but Carlos (Brathwaite) saw my body language was a bit down and he came and told me, ‘you need to pick up yourself. ’

“[He said] ‘you’ve done well in international cricket already. You got eight in the first game so why can’t you do it again’ and he said ‘I want to see some confidence in you’ and I started to be a bit more lively.”

Bishoo picked up three of the four wickets to fall late in the day, including that of Misbah, who gloved a catch behind for 53, as he attempted to reverse sweep.

Misbah was one of four players to make half-centuries as 20-year-old opener Sami Aslam top-scored with 74 and Yo

Good stuff : W.I. waaaayyy behind

cricketers in Oz : rehearse picking each other up !

as part of their Nets practice 

Same with news interviews: boys need to be Coached !

who will do it


maps too busy

definitely not the gibberish man timmyj  ::LOL::