Group D (West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland, Zimbabwe)

Windies have almost the team they would have wanted????? Yeah of course the selectors CHOSE the team that they wanted but it definately is NOT the best team that could have been chosen. That is NOT the best bowlers they have on that team. You are dead wrong about that........Ravi Rampaul should have been on that squad...he is in form right now as we saw in the recent regional matches. He and Taylor would have been a good fast bowling combination. How can their batting do the rest when they have people like Samuels, Dwayne Smith and the inexperienced Simmons???? Dwayne Smith should NOT be on that team. Samuels is not a consistant player. He has potential but he is NOT consistant. He performs off and on and whenever he actually makes a good score everyone gets sooo estatic about it. I think that Simmons was not a good choice for the world cup squad.  I don't think he made much runs in the last regional match against Barbados so hopefully he gets some form for the world cup.

 

I would agree with Daisy! There are players who could have been there for Dwayne Smith like Emrit! He played on those bowlers graveyard in India and because of that, they dusted him! It just shows what the WI selectors are - they want you to perform as soon as you have been picked. They went on and on with Dwayne Smith but not someone else like Emrit who is a much more potent bowler, a fine fieldsman and a good enough batter to help out at the end. The Selectors need a brain transplant!

 

Which four team s wll come on top from each group ??

 

I think

 

A   Australia

 

B  India

 

C New Ze Land

 

D  Pakistan

 

 

 

Ravi Rampaul has played international cricket for the west indies already. He has not played a lot of matches of course but he has played international cricket already. OK here's who I think should replaced those players that I said should not have been chosen. Instead of Dwayne Smith they should have chosen Reyad Emrit. He has played international cricket before. I remember him playing in one match in the recent pepsi cup in India. Richard Kelly could have been chosen instead of Samuels and sadly enough I have not come up with a replacement for Simmons but there must be some player that could have been a good replacement for him.

 

 

The reason offcourse will be injuries needing atleast rest for a few more weeks!

 

 

Kaneria's selection has got nothing to do with Malik. He's a good bowler and a handy batsman!!!

 

Kaneria, Hafeez, Malik and Afridi can share the ball alongwith Gul, Naveed and Azhar Mahmood.

 

Malik and Hafeez can open the batting.

 

So this will form a team with six bowlers who have bowled regularly over the year at international level and the 7th one is Azhar.

 

3 solid batsmen, 5 all rounders.

 

Still a good side, I think!

pak need a solid opner bat, should call sulman butt, pak has good middle order i mean best, untill opner s doesnt produce a good start, the whole pak match wll depend only on opener s , nothing else . if there wll be a good target every one wll ball on th line and his best.

 

Asif is a good bowler in tests only , but in ODI's he has consistently failed be it against  Indian side or against SA. Regarding Razzaq ,yes they miss his batting pyrotechniques , but he too dosent often perform consistently.

 

Akthar , I have hardly seen him to complete a big tournament without being injured and left out in the middle of the tournament.

 

No point in cribbing , they have a pretty decent batting line up , and also a good bowling line up[gul,hassan and co].All they have to do is play sensibly.ODI is anyone's game in crutial matches.