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WI, the dark horses for the World Cup


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WI is a team that I have admired for the talent it produces. In a tourney with a lot of group matches, you do not want your team to only rely on selected players but have a pool of players that can peak at different stages to take your team through. WI fits the bill for such a team esp. if its players find peak form during the tourney 

 

Players to watch out for:

  • Batsmen: Hope, Hetmyer, Chase (should try him in ODIs as he can bring some solidity and bowl spin too), Lewis  
  • ARs: Holder, Russell, .... 
  • Spinners: Naraine, Nurse, Bishoo, .... 
  • Pacers: Thomas, Roach, Gabriel, .... 
  • If experience is required, Gayle can come in too 

 

 

If WI can start of its campaign by defeating Pak and Aus, it could gain momentum and strength. Its group schedule is below: 

 

DateMatch DetailsTime
May 31, Fri
Windies vs Pakistan, Match 2
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jun 06, Thu
Australia vs Windies, Match 10
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jun 10, Mon
South Africa vs Windies, Match 15
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jun 14, Fri
England vs Windies, Match 19
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jun 17, Mon
Windies vs Bangladesh, Match 23
The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jun 22, Sat
Windies vs New Zealand, Match 29
Old Trafford, Manchester
8:30 AM
12:30 PM GMT / 01:30 PM LOCAL
Jun 27, Thu
Windies vs India, Match 34
Old Trafford, Manchester
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jul 01, Mon
Sri Lanka vs Windies, Match 39
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
Jul 04, Thu
5:30 AM
09:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
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They could try starting with 

 

Gayle

Lewis / .... 

Hope

Chase

Hetmyer 

Naraine

Russell 

Holder

Roach

2 from: Nurse / Bishoo / Allen / Gabriel / Thomas / Joseph / .... 

 

  • If ARs are bowling well, they can even strengthen their batting by playing a specialist batsman 

 

If they "fire consistently", WI's depth is as good as Eng's 

 

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1 minute ago, zen said:

They could try starting with 

 

Gayle

Lewis / .... 

Hope

Chase

Hetmyer 

Naraine

Russell 

Holder

Roach

2 from: Nurse / Bishoo / Allen / Gabriel / Thomas / Joseph / .... 

 

  • If ARs are bowling well, they can even strengthen their batting by playing a specialist batsman 

 

If they "fire consistently", WI's depth is as good as Eng's 

 

WI are totally struggling in ODI. Think even Bangladesh is ranked better than them in rankings, aren't they ? I guess India, England, NZ, Pakistan, Bangladesh are all higher than them. 

 

WI firing consistently is very very doubtful given the way they have played ODI's in last few years.

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4 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

WI are totally struggling in ODI. Think even Bangladesh is ranked better than them in rankings, aren't they ? I guess India, England, NZ, Pakistan, Bangladesh are all higher than them. 

 

WI firing consistently is very very doubtful given the way they have played ODI's in last few years.

Can't go by ranking alone as in WC, WI will play its best (or nearly best) squad :dance:  

 

And WI has nothing to lose / no baggage 

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7 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Apart from rankings, their batsmen apart from Shai Hope are too inconsistent. Always tough to win atleast 3 back to back (required to win WC) matches with such inconsistency that they show. 

The positive is that they don't need to rely on one player esp. if they can play consistently well as a team .... they just need to win enough games, not necessarily 3 back to back games ....  WI have the dark horse qualities! 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, zen said:

The positive is that they don't need to rely on one player esp. if they can play consistently well as a team .... they just need to win enough games, not necessarily 3 back to back games ....  WI have the dark horse qualities! 

 

 

Quarters, semis and finals. 

 

If they do not do well in round Robin, they might have to win 4 or 5 back to back. 

 

Dark horse, surely yes. They can spoil others chances. 

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Holder should not bowl at death and bat in top 5.. don't rely too much on those bits and pieces ARs on flat pitches.. imho if they can be in top 6 after group stages.. it's a win for them.. expecting Bangladesh and Afghanistan to do better.. Srilanka and Windies will probably fight for the second last place..

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This time there doesn't seem to be any dark horses as the gap between top and bottom teams is too wide.. South Africans are probably the closest to being the dark horses since they are probably least expected to win out of India, England, NZ, Pak, Aus

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7 hours ago, SK_IH said:

Gayle

Lewis

Hope

Bravo

Hetmyer

Chase

Russell

Holder

Nurse

Roach

Gabriel

 

This looks like a decent lineup,if Russell plays then they are most certainly better than over rated Poyz

Decent on paper. Their Appetite most suited for T20s.... Don't have the game and patience for 50 overs.. barring hope nobody averages more than 38..  other teams have players where most of them average in high 40s and 50s

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Dark Horse means a team that is under the radar but can still win the entire tournament. Say someone like Australia who are not favorites but right about there. WI and even Bangladesh are teams that cannot be underestimated and can upset teams on their day but don't think they have it in them to make it all the way in this format of the WC where consistency is the key.

 

They just don't have the temperament to be a little consistent. too many hacks and mercurial players.

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42 minutes ago, maniac said:

Dark Horse means a team that is under the radar but can still win the entire tournament. Say someone like Australia who are not favorites but right about there. WI and even Bangladesh are teams that cannot be underestimated and can upset teams on their day but don't think they have it in them to make it all the way in this format of the WC where consistency is the key.

 

They just don't have the temperament to be a little consistent. too many hacks and mercurial players.

First goal is to reach the SFs. Once there it can be anyone's game (Ind won it in 83, Aus in 87 and Pak in 92. SL emerged as a strong team during the tourney in 96) .... Teams like Aus, Eng, Ind, NZ, Pak and SA are expected to compete for the last 4 spots and depending upon whom you ask can be favorites 

 

The SFs poll has Eng, Ind, Aus and NZ as leaders so far 

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