West Indies announce 13 man squad to face Pakistan in the 1st and 2nd ODIs

[MenInG]

Windies 13-man squad for 1st and 2nd ODIs

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Selection Panel announced the 13-man squad for the first and second matches of the ODI Series against Pakistan in the Brighto Paints presents the Q Mobile Cup.

The matches will be played at the Guyana National Stadium. First ball in all matches is 9:30am (8:30am Jamaica Time).



FULL SQUAD (with shirt numbers)

98. Jason Holder (Captain)

70. Devendra Bishoo

78. Jonathan Carter

41. Miguel Cummins

85. Shannon Gabriel

4. Shai Hope

18. Alzarri Joseph

17. Evin Lewis

93. Jason Mohammed

5. Ashley Nurse

23. Kieran Powell

52. Rovman Powell

57. Chadwick Walton



MATCH SCHEDULE

Friday, April 7: 1st ODI – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana

Sunday, April 9: 2nd ODI – Guyana National Stadium

Tuesday, April 11: 3rd ODI – Guyana National Stadium

 

[Boi]

Gabriel and Joseph vs our openers will be fun. Don't expect them to last long.

 

[Citizen4]

Gabriel got smashed in the 2 ODIs he played in UAE, he's overhyped, he got some pace but nothing special overall

 

[Citizen4]

so inexperienced squad, a whitewash is written all over it

 

[Markhor]

Good pace attack but batting looks weak.

 

[Bewal Express]

The Windies are very poor as are PK, its all set for a good series. Still amazed that Hetmyer is not in this terrible Windies team.

 

[Ahson8]

Anything less than 3-0 will be seriously disappointing

 

[Brilliance]

Where is Darren Bravo aka 'little Lara' ???

 

[Gabbar Singh]

What a terrible squad.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Where is Darren Bravo aka 'little Lara' ???

Out of the squad owing to problems with the board.

 

[Pakpak]

Atrocious squad.

 

[Pete Rose]

If West Indies can put out pitches with some life, they will beat pakistan easily

 

[ask_analyse_act]

anything less than 2-0 is not acceptable

 

[Pakpak]

If West Indies can put out pitches with some life, they will beat pakistan easily

I doubt it, their batting is horrific.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Seriously inexperienced squad,Pak will easily win 3-0.

 

[silentkiller187]

For once someone is matching Pakistan for their mediocrity. Gabriel is under -ordinary, a typical case of pakistans batsmen making a sub standard bowler look good, as they did in the UAE tests were gabriel picked up a fiver. Anything other than 3-0 and i would be dissapointed

 

[Pakpak]

Carter, Cummins, Hope, Nurse, Powell, Powell, Walton.

We should be ashamed if its not a 3-0.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Pakistan is in a no win situation regardless of what happens.

We should clean sweep this given the opposition, but that will just mask massive issues and lead to a rude awakening.

I'm sure Mickey will know of these issues, but selectors will think all is fine and players will come out lauding there performances.

 

[Brilliance]

Out of the squad owing to problems with the board.

He is the only decent batsman from WI these days. Would have been a good competition for our bowlers. I hope WI batsmen put some good fight, else it is going to be another dull series after the T20s.

 

[Markhor]

Carter, Cummins, Hope, Nurse, Powell, Powell, Walton.

We should be ashamed if its not a 3-0.

Shai Hope is a talented young batsmen. I wrote him off initially as I thought he was brought into the national team too soon but he's been excellent in recent domestic competitions.

Miguel Cummins is also a promising young pacer, he did well for Worcestershire in the County Championship last year. However he's more of a FC than a limited overs bowler.

So I wouldn't group them with the others who indeed are pretty mediocre.

 

[Markhor]

For once someone is matching Pakistan for their mediocrity. Gabriel is under -ordinary, a typical case of pakistans batsmen making a sub standard bowler look good, as they did in the UAE tests were gabriel picked up a fiver. Anything other than 3-0 and i would be dissapointed

Gabriel is not substandard, he troubled the England batsmen in the recent ODI series. Can hit 150kph, extract bounce and getting the ball to seam.

He's bowling with more control now, but fitness has been problematic.

 

[Pete Rose]

I doubt it, their batting is horrific.

No one is abysmal against pace as we are. You just need to look at how West Indies beat us in the champions trophy and the World Cup last time

 

[srh]

Its a dream matchup for the TTFs in Pakistan team.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Its a dream matchup for the TTFs in Pakistan team.

Not for the openers.

 

[Pete Rose]

Pakistan is in a no win situation regardless of what happens.

We should clean sweep this given the opposition, but that will just mask massive issues and lead to a rude awakening.

I'm sure Mickey will know of these issues, but selectors will think all is fine and players will come out lauding there performances.

This is why it's so difficult to draw any positives from this series. I just look at those squad and the champions trophy. They can score 600 here and dismiss West Indies for 10 and it will have be bearing on the embarrassment that awaits us at the CT

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

This is why it's so difficult to draw any positives from this series. I just look at those squad and the champions trophy. They can score 600 here and dismiss West Indies for 10 and it will have be bearing on the embarrassment that awaits us at the CT

Sadly its eerily similar to the last Champions trophy, an aged one dimensional team that is about to be humiliated. Only difference being our bowling should hopefully be slight more potent.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Gabriel and Joseph vs our openers will be fun. Don't expect them to last long.

shan will be gabriel bunny.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Anything other than white wash will be seriously disappointing for Pak.

 

[Syed1]

Waiting to see how "explosive" opener 35 year old TTF tackles the pace of Gabriel and Joseph.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan will win because of their bowlers. Then out TTFs can take their time getting to the target

 

[Ellipsism]

Gabriel got smashed in the 2 ODIs he played in UAE, he's overhyped, he got some pace but nothing special overall

He was the best bowler during the test series vs Pakistan in the UAE, so he certainly isn't overhyped.

LO cricket isn't his fortè.

 

[Abdullah719]

Why did they drop Kraigg Brathwaite?

 

[Ellipsism]

Why did they drop Kraigg Brathwaite?

Because he was playing a test strike rate against England.

 

[aloo paratha]

Gabriel got smashed in the 2 ODIs he played in UAE, he's overhyped, he got some pace but nothing special overall

Got 4 wickets in one innings and 5 in another in tests in UAE and made Root, Roy and other English openers look like tailenders a month ago.

 

[Citizen4]

Why did they drop Kraigg Brathwaite?

more importantly they dropped Samuels!

 

[aloo paratha]

Waiting to see how "explosive" opener 35 year old TTF tackles the pace of Gabriel and Joseph.

Will be fun to watch lol, Kamran faced club level fast bowling in the T20s/

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Why did they drop Kraigg Brathwaite?

Not suited to ODI cricket,plays at a very slow strike rate.

 

[Abdullah719]

Because he was playing a test strike rate against England.

That was a rhetorical question.

He would have made up for the Test strike-rate we're likely to see from Shehzad.

 

[Square Drive]

Why did they drop Kraigg Brathwaite?

They dropped the future ATG. [MENTION=137148]Rayyman[/MENTION]

 

[Citizen4]

Got 4 wickets in one innings and 5 in another in tests in UAE and made Root, Roy and other English openers look like tailenders a month ago.

in the last series he only took 3 wickets in 2 matches, he got Root and Roy out early in the 1st match but overall he was kinda expensive, and both of them scored 50+ in the second game

 

[Ellipsism]

That was a rhetorical question.

He would have made up for the Test strike-rate we're likely to see from Shehzad.

Despite WI renowned for producing big hitters nearly all their batsman play at fairly low strike rates in LO cricket.

With Kraigg there they would be barely crossing 200.

 

[aloo paratha]

in the last series he only took 3 wickets in 2 matches, he got Root and Roy out early in the 1st match but overall he was kinda expensive, and both of them scored 50+ in the second game

If you saw his opening spell you would understand what I meant, liek another poster said, ODI isn't his strongest format but he's stong enough to kill the GOATs Kami and Shezzi Boi.

 

[Citizen4]

If you saw his opening spell you would understand what I meant, liek another poster said, ODI isn't his strongest format but he's stong enough to kill the GOATs Kami and Shezzi Boi.

I watched his bowling in the last series and in the UAE series as well.
Let's see if he's able to complete his quota in 2 matches in a row, he has serious injuries issues I'm sure you know it as well. I know he's better in tests but this thread is about Odis not tests.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan should easily win this series 3 - 0

 

[Sanzcool]

Horrible team, good that they are not part of CT

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Good to see Joseph there. Hope he plays in the Test series as well...tremendous talent.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Waiting to see how "explosive" opener 35 year old TTF tackles the pace of Gabriel and Joseph.

he is good against pace escpecially anything little wide he will slash at it hard to the point or cover, if they bowl straight wicket to wicket or little outside off stump he will not last an over...

 

[ask_analyse_act]

darren bravo, marlon sameuls and Lendl simmons are their best bats currently....After the IPL these guys simply dont play a full strength team ever....their ODI squad was quite decent with Dwayne Bravo as captain but after the half-ended series they aren't competitive at all...their squad should have been as below

Gayle
Smith/Charles
bravo
Simmons
Ramdin (wk)
Samuels
Bravo
Pollard
Sammy
Rampaul
Narine
Badree
Russell
Alzarri Joseph
Gabriel

not even their captain can make it to the actual team that they can put up if there were no fight between players vs board