[size=14pt]After the severe trashing administered to them by the Pommies, the dhoti bais will be anxiously looking forward to the West Indies tour of India in October 2014. That's when pretenders like Kohli and Dawan will come alive again and dominate the mediocre WI bowling.[/size]
Which of them would you select? Would you play 4 bowlers or 5? I feel like I'm leaving out a Barbados bowler (the name slips my mind).
Gabriel has been very good this CPL. He has always had pace, but he is growing some brains. I like Cotterell too - does anyone know the speeds he gets?
Taylor and Roach, of course, are proven at the test level.
Holder we haven't gotten a good look at in tests.
Badree and Narine are class.
But which combination will kill India? The problem usually, is we knock their top order down and the middle order milk the old ball.
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I feel like I'm leaving out a Barbados bowler (the name slips my mind).
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"India cant deal with the mediocre bajan Chris Jordan"
And Indian pitches suck all the pace/bounce out of your bowling too, so we need movement over extreme pace. The problem is, Indian air conditions dont give you much movement either.
Seriously, WI have a very decent shot if the batting holds up and the pitches are conductive to pace bowling. Bowling cupboard isn't THAT bad - it's far better than it used to be and there are much more options.
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Which of them would you select? Would you play 4 bowlers or 5? I feel like I'm leaving out a Barbados bowler (the name slips my mind).
Gabriel has been very good this CPL. He has always had pace, but he is growing some brains. I like Cotterell too - does anyone know the speeds he gets?
Taylor and Roach, of course, are proven at the test level.
Holder we haven't gotten a good look at in tests.
Badree and Narine are class.
But which combination will kill India? The problem usually, is we knock their top order down and the middle order milk the old ball.
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India's batting has looked decisively mediocre at best (and I think that's being charitable) Given the way they have played Moeen Ali, I would imagine Narine and Badree must be liking their chops at the thought of bowling to Dhawan, Rahane, Pujara et al.