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Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - chairman - 01-28-2017
shiv is still the best batsman in the west indies
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - ketchim - 01-28-2017
He sure is ...lashing those young turks as well as WI. opener Jerome Taylor
and loaded with 4444ssss and 666666ssss 8)
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - zacaroni - 01-28-2017
His batting against Jamaica was very impressive. It's possible he just had a bad patch when he was dropped
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - chairman - 01-28-2017
most guys have beer belly at shiv's age
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - chairman - 01-28-2017
“Batting is my occupation;
both by inclination and gift.
I am interested in correct strokes
to suit the occasion – a great match.
The match is cohabiting. The strokes
must be keen, sharp, and cleanly struck
as if Peter May, Cowdrey, or Sobers or I
could never be out.â€
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - ketchim - 01-28-2017
That bit of poetry was written by Milton Vishnu Williams
born on a plantation in Guyana back in 1936
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - Berbice Babu - 01-29-2017
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=108154.msg727664#msg727664 date=1485447367]
Rohan Kanhai was a 40 year old : Inaugural WC 1975
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52287.html
[/quote]
My dad said Mr. Kanhai was dropped by West Indies selectors because he was had a bad series just like Chanderpaul did. However, West Indies did recall Mr. Kanhai for the world cup after Mr. Sobers was unavailable. My dad also told me that the year prior to the world cup, Mr. Kanhai had one of his most productive batting form. This was after he was dropped and prior to being selected. It seems he was on a mission to prove the selectors wrong.
My dad said that story is being repeated in Chanderpaul.
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - Berbice Babu - 01-29-2017
[quote author=mapoui link=topic=108154.msg727662#msg727662 date=1485446783]
I always wondered why Viv retired when he did. it was good for Lara but I thought he could go on for more years...
Lara too..Richardson..Greenidge..Haynes..even impse Lloyd ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::
[/quote]
From what I heard, Mr. Maps, Richards failed in the last 9 years of his test career when you consider the high standards he set in the years prior to that. I have heard some compared him to the Indian batsman, Sehwag. They both had similar style of making much of their superior hand/eye coordination ability.
Re: Whe Should The Great Players Retire? - chairman - 02-04-2017
recall shiv now