REALITY CHECK: Old Age Catching Up With Shiv

[quote author=mapoui link=topic=90865.msg572716#msg572716 date=1404161506]
edwards next captain.  edwards cant bat well enuff to keep is place.  there is no possibility of a captain kirk for the west indies
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* The WICB rewards FAILURES.

* Anyway, the next WI captain will be Kraig Braithwaite----in 3-5 years time.

Rev

I thought was supposed to Powell

[quote author=The Captain link=topic=90865.msg572723#msg572723 date=1404162389]
I thought was supposed to Powell
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* Powell was dropped, but can very well make a come back.

* gayle will be retired in a few years.

* Next WI captain will be Braithwaite---or maybe Lil Bravo.

* Ramdin will be captain for the next bang series----then for the series against SA later this year----and then for the series at home versus England.

* After that he may be gone as captain.

Rev

WI LOST BY 53 RUNS.

* Shiv was well set until he had a brain freeze and was stumped for the first time in 156 tests.

* Had Shiv been able to score another 25 runs----the outcome of this test could have been different.

* Oh well! Shiv is old----his playing days are fast coming to an end.

* His 48.75 series average was a failure---by his high standards.

* Shiv's only goal right now is reaching 12,000 test runs----he needs 586 more runs.

Rev

Quote:* Next WI captain will be Braithwaite---or maybe Lil Bravo.

Kraigg seems logical at this point.  lil Bravo is a rabbit.  no chance at all

[quote author=mapoui link=topic=90865.msg572736#msg572736 date=1404164675]
Kraigg seems logical at this point.  lil Bravo is a rabbit.  no chance at all
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* Actually, Lil Bravo should be disqualified for the manner in which he got out in the 2nd innings.

* HE GOT OUT MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE IN A ROW.

* It is OK to get out making a mistake---but to get out twice making the same mistake---that is downright inexcusable.

* Lil Bravo was looking solid until he played that foolish shot.

* I accused Shiv of having a brain freeze, but Lil Bravo's dismissal was worse---he did not learn from his mistake in the first innings.

Rev

Sadly , it seems to me that Bravo 's game has not improved or will  it ever improve . Sure he will have some big scores but they will be few and far between

well thats lil Bravo.  he is a rabbit

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=90865.msg572738#msg572738 date=1404165256]
Sadly , it seems to me that Bravo 's game has not improved or will  it ever improve . Sure he will have some big scores but they will be few and far between
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* He made an impressive hundred in Trinidad and then gifted his wicket.

* And today he was looking solid before he played that foolish shot and got out for 40.

* Lil Bravo still has a lot of learning to do.

Rev

lil Bravo does not have the intelligence of a great batsman and it wont change.

he has run  into trouble, challenges from bowlers who now know his game.  he has had interventions from Lara and other greats to no avail..or to just short term benefit before lapse again.

thats it.  what we have seen of him is what we are going to get all the way through..or for as long as he lasts