Glad you put it up, EW, since it's quite worthy of brosdcast. I could have posted it "live", as it were, so you didn't really "beat" me to it as such. But an MTU devoid of the likes of IrieMan and PatrickH, etc. doesn't encourage cricket posts anymore. Yankee games do just fine though. Still, I can think of at least two posters beyond yourself currently here who follow the game, but generally they prefer for Miss Pearl to update them.
. . That Christopher "Onry" Gayle photo just simply FORCED a posting here and everywhere, that's all.

As to Dwayne Smith, the interesting thing is that he was "fast-tracked" to Test cricket, based on what someone in authority saw (Viv Richards is rumoured to be that person). The kid played only a couple of First Class matches and, I believe, has an average in the low 20's! Yet... the rest is now history.

This fast-tracking may well be the way to go for WI cricket since using the regionals has been producing mediocre players, mostly. The spearhead fastbowler is yet another Bajan youngster, named Fidel Edwards, with little experience, was dragged in by Brian Lara, and who has acquitted himself well, so far.


Re Where there is a will there is way, true true! Especially when applied to fimme baan lan.

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