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Alzari Joseph included in the WI squad for 2nd test.


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Bring him in. WI need young players they can groom for the long run. Alzari has had success in the under-19 Word Cup. Let's see what he can do.  :dance:

 

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Hitting Abdv on head thats something

 

The guy looks to have some really good pace and can trouble with new ball specially to dhawan n pujara, but i feel coming direct from CPL to test cricket would affect his lengths badly. Neverthless seems to be a good talent and West Indies will only gain by investing in him.

I hope he doesnt sit on bench specially on Jamaica pitch, Come on West indies give some competition 

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1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Hitting Abdv on head thats something

 

The guy looks to have some really good pace and can trouble with new ball specially to dhawan n pujara, but i feel coming direct from CPL to test cricket would affect his lengths badly. Neverthless seems to be a good talent and West Indies will only gain by investing in him.

I hope he doesnt sit on bench specially on Jamaica pitch, Come on West indies give some competition 

Beaten for pace. That bouncer was onto AB before he could even get into the pull shot. Great bouncer.

He has only played 8 first class matches till now and has picked up 24 wickets including 2 five wicket hauls. Good talent for WI.

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If they are going to prepare a flattish pitch like they did for the 1st Test, then this is a bad move. In domestics, he has only bowled around 12 overs an innings. He will likely have to bowl 16+ overs twice in the match. If they play him, they should include Kemar Roach to play as the 2nd pacer along with Gabriel, and let Joseph have a limited workload as the 3rd. 

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1 hour ago, Tibarn said:

If they are going to prepare a flattish pitch like they did for the 1st Test, then this is a bad move. In domestics, he has only bowled around 12 overs an innings. He will likely have to bowl 16+ overs twice in the match. If they play him, they should include Kemar Roach to play as the 2nd pacer along with Gabriel, and let Joseph have a limited workload as the 3rd. 

Welcome to ICF. Yeah Roach would have been a decent pick in this inexperienced bowling attack. But I think he was dropped for his poor performance in Australia.

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1 hour ago, Mosher said:

Welcome to ICF. Yeah Roach would have been a decent pick in this inexperienced bowling attack. But I think he was dropped for his poor performance in Australia.

Thanks for the welcome, cheers.

 

Yes, they left Roach out of their 14 man squad, and their only other pacer is Cummins, who also hasn't debuted yet.  Neither Brathwaite nor Holder looked effective bowling in the first test, so they need to give Joseph a green/bouncy pitch if they are going to select him. Although, if they make a green pitch, I'm sure our pacers will have their tails up.  

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Alzari Joseph was mostly bowling 130 k to 138 k in the u19 world cup with an occasional delivery at around 140 k in some matches.  While that was the quickest among the u19 guys, it would be normal pace for test matches. There is the question of maintaining pace also in the longer format.  Joseph gets good bounce though.

 

Like an earlier poster said...why not Kemar Roach ?  He has test experience, decent pace and did play in one of the practice matches.

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Atleast something to look forward too from the WI side of things.....Joseph,Gabriel add Roach and Bishoo to the mix.....it would be a decent bowling line up......Holder and Barthwaite are better than their existing specialist batsman anyways so they can play too

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