West Indies v Australia, Only T20, Bridgetown, 20th June

For what it's worth...

WI squad
Ramnaresh Sarwan (c)
Sulieman Benn
Dwayne Bravo
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Fidel Edwards
Andre Fletcher
Xavier Marshall
William Perkins
Keiron Pollard
Daren Powell
Denesh Ramdin (w)
Kemar Roach
Darren Sammy
Jerome Taylor

Aus squad

Ricky Ponting (c)
Michael Clarke
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Brad Haddin (w)
James Hopes
David Hussey
Michael Hussey
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Shaun Marsh
Andrew Symonds
Shane Watson
Cameron White

Andre Fletcher?

Don't ask me, I got it from crapinfo.

I hope Shaun Marsh and Cameron White play.Symo will probably be out.
Bracken a chance,depending on what the pitch is like?

Andre Fletcher

Actually, doesn't playing this match at 2pm local time on a weekday kind of defeat the alleged purpose of t20? That is, play it in the evening or under lights so people can come down after a day at work to see a whole game.

Why not play it somewhere that has lights?

Are any grounds in the Windies floodlite?

There's one, I think.

They didn't play any day/nighters during the last Gilly...

Probably wouldn't have worked out for the subi TV audience.

Let there be light(s)

You'd think a night game would have worked for both the Caribbean and Australian tv audiences better, as the game would have started at about 8am Aus time.

should rest Haddin and play Ronchi

Would have been better to play it in St Lucia IMO

Nath wrote:should rest Haddin and play Ronchi

I'd agree with this. Seems odd to be playing Haddit with a busted finger in a hit and giggle.

skully wrote:

Nath wrote:should rest Haddin and play Ronchi

I'd agree with this. Seems odd to be playing Haddit with a busted finger in a hit and giggle.

Has Ronchi stayed on?

You'd assume so. Haddit still has a busted finger.

Ronchi is still in the WI. He'll almost certainly play. Would be mad to risk Haddin for the JAMODIs and JAMOTT with an India tour a couple of months away.

Just to fill you in on Andre Fletcher, he is a 20 year old right handed hard hitting middle order batsman from Grenada. He can also keep wicket when required and is a good fielder in most positions.

He is another pick based on 'potential'. Dyson saw him score a century agianst an attack including Taylor, Powell and Lawson, in a match where 13 lbws were given against the Windwards Islands (basically the local umps just gave it out automatically if it hit the pad). So Fletcher played an amazing innings to score an unbeaten 103 out of a total of 189.

I really hope they give all the youngsters a chance in the 20-20. I would love to see Kemar Roach, William Perkins, Kieron Pollard and Andre Fletcher given a go. It would make it a ridiculously young team but who cares? It's only 20-20 and it will give them some exposure against a champion team.

Has Dwayne Smith made himself unavailable for the West Indies? He's chosen county over country?

Starts at 0400 on the east coast down here.

The amazing thing is our TAB is betting 2.85 WI and only 1.40 Aus.

Centrebet is more cautious at 1.50/2.60.

I don't think Australia are great t20 players though the additions to the team will be vital.

Henry wrote:Has Dwayne Smith made himself unavailable for the West Indies? He's chosen county over country?

He's only playing in the 20-20, and he is out of favor anyway.

I've always rated Smith's talent. Fantastic fielder as well. He's the sort of cricketer who you could see doing great things if given some support and guidance.

kikuyu wrote:Starts at 0400 on the east coast down here.

The amazing thing is our TAB is betting 2.85 WI and only 1.40 Aus.

Jebus, 2.85 looks pretty generous to me. Would have to be worth a lazy JGK pineapple.

The JGK pineapple is far to sacred to be frivolouly used on a match of this status. It's woofing power should be saved for the important stuff.