WIPA and WICB reach agreement

A full strength squad will be selected for Australia.

Joint Statement

If the WICB keeps their word of course. They have been known to just ignore arbitration results that go against them (so all of them), resulting in more action from WIPA.

Woohoo. I can now start my campaign to garner an invitation to the company box for the first day of the first test

G.Wood wrote:Woohoo. I can now start my campaign to garner an invitation to the company box for the first day of the first test

Good luck. Should be a decent enough contest now, not Reifer and his crew versus Ponting.

good stuff!

WI comes OUT of a turmoil the same day PAK cricket ENTERS a turmoil.

Hope both these sides have a succesful tour of AUS

WIFAN wrote:

G.Wood wrote:Woohoo. I can now start my campaign to garner an invitation to the company box for the first day of the first test

Good luck. Should be a decent enough contest now, not Reifer and his crew versus Ponting.

Thanks
It was emberrassing that they trotted that lot out under the West Indies banner

(a bit like when Bryce McGain represented australia)

In both cases the players have stood up for what is right PP.

I'd be proud of Younis if I was a Pakistan fan.

G.Wood wrote:

WIFAN wrote:

G.Wood wrote:Woohoo. I can now start my campaign to garner an invitation to the company box for the first day of the first test

Good luck. Should be a decent enough contest now, not Reifer and his crew versus Ponting.

Thanks
It was emberrassing that they trotted that lot out under the West Indies banner

(a bit like when Bryce McGain represented australia)

Yep, though the only positive is that Kemar Roach jumped to the front of the fast bowling queue ahead of Lionel Baker etc. We might look back on that in a few years and decide it was worth it for a World Class express paceman.

G.Wood wrote:Woohoo. I can now start my campaign to garner an invitation to the company box for the first day of the first test

You freaking idiot.

You should have got in when no one wanted the tickets.

Excellent news for Test Cricket.

DJ_Smerk wrote:Excellent news for Test Cricket.

I guess so, but WI weren't exactly setting the world on fire before this.

Agreed, but I'd rather see players like Chanderpaul, Gayle, Sarwan, Taylor and Bravo than most of the other lot.

but neither have we ... while we keep playing F graders like horrors, fleas and haddit we are barely competitive

WIFAN wrote:A full strength squad will be selected for Australia.

Joint Statement

If the WICB keeps their word of course. They have been known to just ignore arbitration results that go against them (so all of them), resulting in more action from WIPA.

Excellent news.
The WI in its present form was beginning to look like a sad joke ... so it's good to see that reason has prevailed and the likes of Crystal, Ronnie, Chunders and the like will return to do battle.

And if the WICB renege on the arbitration findings, then it ought to be up to the ICC to kick arse or else suspend the WICB from future involvement in ICC meetings and decision making.

I'm hoping the WI go out there and lay all the cards on the table. Hope they don't cave meekly like they did in 2005.

Good stuff. Shame it took a sham like losing to Bangla for anything to progress. I wonder how many of the scabs won't be ditched....

taipan wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:Excellent news for Test Cricket.

I guess so, but WI weren't exactly setting the world on fire before this.

You really are a negative qunt sometimes .

Fantastic news, hopefully it will be a competitive series.

vilkrang wrote:

taipan wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:Excellent news for Test Cricket.

I guess so, but WI weren't exactly setting the world on fire before this.

You really are a negative qunt sometimes .

Fantastic news, hopefully it will be a competitive series.

obviously I would prefer a strong WI, but it has been evident for some time that the current crop of players don't seem to relish the test arena.

Taipan wrote,
I guess so, but WI weren't exactly setting the world on fire before this.

vilkrang wrote:You really are a negative qunt.

Fixed.

Merlin wrote:

I guess so, but WI weren't exactly setting the world on fire before this.

vilkrang wrote:You qunt.

Fixed.

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Quality last two posts. It's like the brains trust have allowed two of their star 'pupils' to reply.....

Brass Monkey wrote:Quality last two posts. It's like the brains trust have allowed two of their star 'pupils' to reply.....

And the village idiot to comment on them.

Aye Douggie.

Brass Monkey wrote:I wonder how many of the scabs won't be ditched....

Roach, Tonge, Miller and Sammy IMHO.

Kemar looks pretty special, Tonge offers something different with his bounce, Miller is a solid left arm spinner and Sammy makes for an excellent back up all-rounder to Dwayne Bravo.

If they pick anyone else it is simply rewarding them for scabbing and not a serious reward for performance.

Blimey WIFAN, that's most of the bowling attack.

Still, an attack of Edwards, Taylor, Roach and Tonge looks good. How can you fit a FT spinner in there? Or you won't. I'd opt for not doing so.

Brass Monkey wrote:Blimey WIFAN, that's most of the bowling attack.

Still, an attack of Edwards, Taylor, Roach and Tonge looks good. How can you fit a FT spinner in there? Or you won't. I'd opt for not doing so.

It's tricky. Tonge will be the reserve pacer and a spinner will play. I think it will be:

Gayle
Barath
Sarwan
Bravo/Nash
Chanderpaul
Nash/Bravo
Ramdin
Taylor
Miller/spinner
Roach
Edwards

So Fidel and Taylor opening the bowling, followed by Kemar. Bravo will be the 4th seamer and Miller the spinner. Gayle will support with decent off spin and Nash can bowl some left arm filth.