Allyuh See Dat Kiwi Match.....

How did a discussion of the Kiwi match turn into an opportunity to bash the Windies?

[quote author=The Captain link=topic=94722.msg607920#msg607920 date=1419825915]
Only Windies can loose a follow on [/quote]

I thought it was Australia who were experts at that. 

Gina145 , one day we will meet and I will explain to you the psyche of Caribbean folks !

It will be like attending a University Anthropology semester 

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=94722.msg608054#msg608054 date=1419887629]
Gina145 , one day we will meet and I will explain to you the psyche of Caribbean folks !

It will be like attending a University Anthropology semester 
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South Africans aren't too bad at criticising their own players either. You have no idea how much negative press Graeme Smith used to get - even when the team was winning.

Gina, if you followed every West Indies cricket game over the past 20 years, you too would be either:

1) suicidal
2) permanently angry
3) a seething cauldron of misanthropy
4) a comedian
5) or a Zen master

Quote:South Africans aren't too bad at criticising their own players either. You have no idea how much negative press Graeme Smith used to get - even when the team was winning.

Graeme Smith deserved a lil bad press in his time.  he was the second man to declare and loose a test match eh.  I mean how smart could that have been ::confused::
it wasn't even smart the first time it was done ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

[quote author=mapoui link=topic=94722.msg608070#msg608070 date=1419905666]
Graeme Smith deserved a lil bad press in his time.  he was the second man to declare and loose a test match eh.  I mean how smart could that have been ::confused::
it wasn't even smart the first time it was done ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::
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Everyone makes mistakes, so I would never suggest that Graeme Smith was perfect.

A little bad press is fine. But no matter how well Smith did, some people were never satisfied and felt that we would have been better off if Hansie Cronje was still captain. I could never understand that.

no Smith wasnt perfect..far, far from it... and Cronje was worse. no real comparison between the 2 men. Smith was a real factor in the, Cronje was a crook.

Smiths problem may not have been of his own making, the white media always hiding his warts instead of honestly dissecting his career as it went along.  but Smiths' achievements were significant, a strong winning career with no implications like Cronje.

but Smith ought not to have been handled with media gloves.  we ought to have known the big ruff and tumble probably racist character he was, not all that brilliant whose winning was due more to the overall top quality of the side he led than any above ordinary capability on his part.

and he was a real, solid test class batsman with the runs and average to match...

altogether a player with a positive overall calculation in the history of the game...

Cronje ::confused::    Cronje who.......... ::confused::

He has great taste with the girls !!

aaaahhhhh ,Slinki Minki  :-*

                                     

Gina , i hope you hiding your eyes  ;D

                                     

Maps called it wrong...again!  ::LOL:: ::LOL::