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Post by MOD-wmchamps » Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:13 pm

Congrats on the win and glad to see Hector perform with the bat
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West Indies NAT Twenty-20 Tour- Division 1 Summaries
The West Indian caravan had reached its venue to play Bermuda on Day 4 of the tour. Archie O'Connor wore the captain's armband for the day, but the coin didn't favour him. Bermuda put West Indies into bat, and West Indies responded with 2 quick edges to the keeper, as the two new-ball experts from Bermuda got Hubert Newton and Hemraj Walsh done for ducks. This put the next two batsmen, in Hubern King and Melford Griffith under quite some pressure, as they proceeded to have a 65-run stand off 64 balls, with both of them ending with strike rates around 100. Their partnership was a start that the rest of the line-up could not build upon, as in the final eight overs following King's wicket, West Indies lost 5 more wickets, barely totalling 104 for the innings.

Chasing 105, the undefeated Bermudan side seemed to have their batting order well designed, with every batsman playing to their strengths. Despite an early wicket, and some very economical bowling from all the West Indian bowlers, Frank Elliot scored 46 runs, wherein he stayed not out till the end, and saw the chase through in the final over. All five of the West Indian bowlers did a decent job, with Wilfred Austin getting 2 wickets, Sugrim Hughes bowling his quota for barely 14, Aaron Munilall and Archie O'Connor showing a lot of promise, and death-bowling specialist Jason Hislop showcasing quite a bit of accuracy, and getting the prized wicket of Earl Douglas when he seemed set to take over the chase. A valiant effort, but with the third loss of the tour under our name, West Indies will be facing the Dutch in a relegation battle.

Other Results in Division 1
Netherlands beat United States of America by 24 runs.
New Zealand beat England by 7 runs.

Fixture on April 16- Netherlands
The West Indian tour will reach its end playing knockout match against the Dutch. After winning the World Cup, and the qualification to Division 1, Netherlands had a fall off the cliff, getting their first win this tour on Round 4. Round 5 will have them, alongside us looking for the second win, in a match that pushes the losing team to Division 2 alongside United States of America. A tie might help the Dutch ahead of us, given that they currently sport a better net run rate. The Kiwis play Bermuda for the winning battle, as either of those sides ends up the Division 1 champion for the season and the Americans and the British would be involved in a dead rubber, with both teams fortune's already set, and with both having qualified for the upcoming EOS World Cup.
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Re: Senior NAT Discussion

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West Indies NAT Twenty-20 Tour- Division 1 Summaries
West Indies were facing the hosts, Netherlands in a relegation battle on the final day of the tour. A win would have kept us in Division 1, whilst a loss would have seen us demoted to Division 2. Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat first on a dry track and had a pretty decent powerplay amassing 55 runs, with Troy Joseph plucking a wicket for West Indies in the final over. Each of the Dutch batsmen to follow chipped in some runs with the bat, and despite Peter Griffin's 2/23 in his 4, they were able to post a 160 on the board.

Chasing 161 on the final day of a tour is a tough ask, but the West Indian openers Winston Nunes and Audrey Anthony seemed up for it, and started off with a 39-run opening stand, before both of them lost their wickets within 4 balls. The double-wicket over set the West Indian innings off, as they continued to lose wickets every odd over from there on. By over 12, the scoreboard read 72/8, and the game was long lost for the West Indies. Peter Griffin played block for a good 20 balls, before the final 2 wickets were taken to stamp a relegation for West Indies.

Other Results in Division 1
New Zealand beat Bermuda by 18 runs.
England beat United States of America by 4 runs.

Implications of the Result
West Indies have joined Unites States of America in the journey to Division 2. Survivors Australia and Pakistan, as well as the Division 3 promoters Sri Lanka and Canada will play alongside them in the Division 2 Twenty20 Tour Season 48. New Zealand have ended victorious as Division 1 champions, with Bermuda, England and Netherlands following them to make up a beautifully symmetric table that wasn't perturbed by net run rate.

Player of the Tour
Len Thomas played 2 valiant innings, beating his highest score on both occasions, and was given a hand in the latter by Vivalyn Hector, who won us our only victory of the tour. Sugrim Hughes, ended up the most economical bowler of the tour, and in a volatile format like the Twenty20's, that is of quite great importance. Hubert Newton plucked 4 catches, with one being an absolute blinder in the final game, and whilst all lads fielded pretty well for the tour, not many return with as many catches over a 5-day tour. There were a lot of decent performances and a lot of hope was shown, and there will be more expectations from these lads heading into the future.

This brings about the end of a rather unfruitful tour for the West Indies. Playing a lot of young lads, the team did show some valiance but would be disappointed to not turn that into wins. West Indies have qualified for the EOS Twenty20 World Cup, and would hope for a better show there. Yet again, it is quite appreciated that folks train and allow us to borrow their lads for the National Side. Until then, support the West Indies U20 side in their Twenty20 tour here before the senior side returns for the next One Day tour beginning May 3.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Sun Apr 25, 2021 7:11 am

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Squad Announcement (May 3-7)
After maintaining a spot in Division 2 in the previous One Day tour, the West Indian side heads to the subcontinent of India for a very crucial tour. A demotion here could put a question mark to West Indies' plans for the EOS 48 One Day World Cup. A promotion would be pretty beneficial, and survival will hit the sweet spot, where it wouldn't make things worse, even if it doesn't get better. The runners-up from the most recent World Cup had a winless Division 1 tour and will look to make things right this time around, and have had their curators lay out some uneven, green and slow tracks for the same. The Division 3 promotors, Canada and Pakistan, alongside Division 1 demoters, Bangladesh and India will face the Division 2 survivors in Australia and West Indies, who interestingly also demoted from Division 1 together in the final Season 46 tour. The tour can be followed here, and the eighteen folks heading to India are the following.

Aaron Munilall Gold Prospectors X1 Right-arm Fast Medium/ Right-hand Bat

Audrey Anthony Nepali Gaints Left-hand Bat

Carl Beresford John Peters Espionage PLC Left-arm Fast

Colin Eugene Caribbean Pirates Right-hand Bat

Edgar Outridge Caribbean Pirates Left-arm Fast Medium/ Right-hand Bat

Floyd Doctrove Blaze Of Glory Right-hand Bat

Hubert Newton Marvellous XI Right-hand Bat

Lemmy Khuminyar John Peters Espionage PLC Right-arm Fast Medium

Len Thomas Caribbean Pirates Right-hand Bat

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Peter Griffin Caribbean Pirates Right-arm Finger Spin

Satish Phillips ChePu 206 Right-arm Medium DEBUT

Sugrim Hughes Queens Park Cricket Club Right-arm Fast

Troy Joseph Antiguan Golden Cats Right-arm Finger Spin/Right-hand Bat

Vivalyn Hector Al Khobar Falcons Right-hand Bat

Wilfred Austin Direwolves Right-arm Fast Medium

Winston Nunes One Man Rock Band Right-hand Keeper Bat

The five-match tour begins on May 3, as West Indies will play Canada to open their tour. The match starts at 0430 FTP Time. These are the fixtures for West Indies:

May 3- West Indies vs Canada Green

May 4- West Indies vs Australia Uneven

May 5- West Indies vs Pakistan Green

May 6- West Indies vs India Green

May 7- West Indies vs Bangladesh Uneven

The West Indian management thanks all the managers for lending their players for the tour, and congratulates Satish Phillips for making his international debut. Vivalyn Hector's impressive performances in the Twenty20 Tour have earned him a spot in the One-Day tour, as his ability to smash balls for boundaries will be an exciting treat to watch. The highlight of the squad also includes Edgar Outridge and Lemmy Khuminyar coming back to the touring party, after missing both the earlier flights for Season 47. Lemmy Khuminyar's last appearance was in the final Season 46 One Day tour, whereas Edgar Outridge had his time back in club cricket after a rather unsuccessful World Cup tourney.

West Indies have racked up two wins in preparation friendlies already, and will be facing Kenya and Bangladesh in a couple more of those before the tour begins.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Mon May 03, 2021 10:14 am

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Canada
The West Indian lads were in the subcontinent of India, and were all set to face the Canadians for the tour opener. Captain Troy Joseph won the toss and elected to field first on lavish green surface that had grass striking a lot of different poses for the photographers as it hopped around with the wind. The Canadian batsmen came hard at the West Indian bowlers as new ball specialist Wilfred Austin's wily inswingers were flicked for fours with some beautiful wrist work from their batsmen. Edgar Outridge made reparations grabbing a wicket towards the end of the powerplay, and Satish Philips got one right after to put Canada in a spot of bother. After seeing the new ball off, the Canadian middle order, beginning with captain Chaim Hughes, played with the license to go hard at the ball. He was hitting boundaries for fun, and rode his luck along when Hubert Newton grassed a tough chance at midwicket. The loss of a couple wickets at the other end made his innings slow down, before Austin came back into the attack and wrapped up his 77-run knock. The Canadian all-rounders tried their best to grab a few runs and push the total to the 250's, but Satish Philips coming back to grab his fourth scalp ended their partnership, and Edgar Outridge and Lemmy Khuminyar came back to put a stop to Canada's tail at 243.

Chasing 244, Audrey Anthony was run out in the very first over as he attempted a rather risky run. Winston Nunes and Len Thomas joined hands and got a decent partnership to end the powerplay on a high. Both the batters were riding their luck as their aggressive approach of looking for a boundary every few balls kept the required run rate quiet. Winston Nunes soon handed a simple return catch to the bowler to lose his wicket, and Colin Eugene, the new batter fell to an off-cutter. Len Thomas stayed alive for a little while more, but lost himself before drinks, and the pressure got to Melford Griffith, who edged one to the keeper on his third ball. At drinks break, West Indies were five down for 98 runs, needing 145 runs at a little less than a run-a-ball. Hubert Newton had settled himself in, and captain Troy Joseph had some time to figure the pitch out as Hubert Newton took charge of controlling the RRR. The two were involved in a 103-run stand, facing a total of 107 balls during it. This partnership brought the game back in West Indies' sight, and big ol' lad Edgar Outridge knew how to take the game forward. He hit a quick 28-run blitz, smashing one four and one six, and before he got out, the target was 6 runs away. Troy Joseph got West Indies the win, as his 66*(71), not only saved the match for West Indies, but also won him the Man of the Match award.

Other Results in Division 2
India beat Australia by 4 wickets
Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 5 wickets

Fixture on May 4- Australia
West Indies face the mighty Australians tomorrow under flowing winds and on cracked pitches, and with the Aussies still looking for their first win, the encounter promises to be riveting.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Tue May 04, 2021 1:53 pm

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Australia
An uneven deck saw the clash between the mighty Aussies that had held the wood over West Indies in their previous two encounters, and the spirited West Indians, that were fresh and confident off a victory in the previous match. Captain Peter Griffin won the toss and asked the Australian Batsmen to bat first. Quick Sugrim Hughes, who has been a part of all tours this season, started the innings off with a sharp bouncer, got the Australian debutant Kostya Tszyu to play a mistimed pull, and almost began celebrating, before noticing the ball had popped out of Aaron Munilall's hands at midwicket. That started off a rather poor powerplay for the West Indies batsmen, but Carl Beresford got the experienced opener in Callum Sewart pinned leg before after the powerplay. Captain Peter Griffin had Crackers Breust stumped, and Aaron Munilall made up for his dropped catch by rattling Kostya Tszyu's stumps to add to the wickets tally. As Australia's innings began ascending into chaos, Floyd Doctrove contributed with a brilliant throw from point that caught Sharrod Hay short and had him depart for a duck. Despite Aussie skipper Luke Davies-Uniacke hitting a decent fifty under immense pressure, and Julius Dew playing a hand in the partnership, the West Indian pacers found a way into the Aussie lineup, and with Carl Beresford and Aaron Munilall grabbing 3 wickets each. Australia's innings ended at 205 runs.

Chasing 206, West Indies lost Melford Griffith early, but Martin Marshall and Vivalyn Hector did not let the West Indian innings dissolve into a collapse and got a 62-run stand. Arryn White, an Aussie fastie, came into the attack late, but got two wickets in two overs as soon as he came. Both southpaws, Martin Marshall and Audrey Anthony were back in the hut, and Floyd Doctrove was now partners with Vivalyn Hector. Vivalyn Hector, after a gritty thirty nine run knock, got out in the desperate search for a boundary, and Colin Eugene's attempt to play the spinner into the gaps with soft hands failed when he handed mid-off a simple catch to hold onto. Edgar Outridge nicked one to the keeper, failing to pick up the chinaman's googly. The last recognised batsmen were on the crease, and had all the pressure on them. Aaron Munilall, known for his ability to play the older ball at club level, had also played a couple decent knocks for West Indies in recent times, now, got another one added to his list. His 36* accompanied Doctrove's 62*, allowing West Indies to get over the line with 16 balls to spare.

Other Results in Division 2
Canada beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets.
India beat Pakistan by 116 runs.

Fixture on May 5: Pakistan
Back to the grassy plains, West Indies will face the Pakistani side in their next match. The weather is forecasted as cloudy, and the currently winless Pakistani outfit can be expected to come really hard against the West Indies to grab their first points on the board.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Wed May 05, 2021 10:04 am

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Pakistan
Game 3 of the tourney pitted the Caribbean side against Pakistan, and Captain Troy Joseph put them into bat. Having won two chases already, West Indies had the opportunity to chase on their hands, yet again. The Pakistani openers were out to bat, and one has to feel for Ammar Cheema, who saw Wilfred Austin, West Indies' designated new nut operator, grab three Pakistani Batsmen's wickets, as all he could do was sigh from the other end. The powerplay saw Pakistan languishing at 34/3. The loss of wickets had slowed down the scoring rate and Ammar Cheema decided to take on the spinner Troy Joseph, but was outwitted by him, miscuing a shot into the bucket hands of Vivalyn Hector at cow corner. Lemmy Khuminyar grabbed another wicket, as his quicker one went through Pakistani Captain Mishary Al-Afasy's defence. 5 wickets down, Pakistan were under immense pressure, and West Indies used that against them, when the Pakistani innings went from 65/5 to 65/8 in three balls, with Troy Joseph grabbing one and Khuminyar the other two strikes. Wilfred Austin and Lemmy Khuminyar cleaned up the tail, as both of them ended up with 4-wicket hauls, and Pakistan's innings came to a halt on a measly 119 runs.

Chasing 120 runs, a wicketless powerplay where West Indies scored 37 runs, took away Pakistan's final chances of hoping for a collapse away, as the required run rate kept sliding down every over. Despite struggles in the West Indian batting outfit, as they lost 5 wickets in the next 15 overs, and were 98/5 at the drinks break, West Indies seemed favourites to win the match. Needing 22 runs more, Len Thomas got fed up of his fellow mates, and decided to finish the chase off by himself, hitting 31 runs off 32 balls. His blitz left West Indies at 119 runs, and with one more run needed. West Indies decided to play the next 7 balls as dots, and tired out Pakistani offie Nawaf Laeeq, who bowled a wide to end this irritating display of dot balls that was occurring. The match has given West Indies 3 wins in 3 matches, and a bit of a boost on net run rate, after the the first two victories were pretty close. In the post-match conference, Captain Troy Joseph admitted that he was thinking about batting first, but manager Bustergut went ahead with the call to bat second and it worked wonders, as well as the fact that the Pakistani bowling was pretty tough to face in the second innings, but the lack of scoreboard pressure did the trick for the West Indian side.

Other Results in Division 2
India beat Bangladesh by 23 runs.
Australia beat Canada by 15 runs.

Fixture on May 6: India
The undefeated West Indian side faces the unbeaten Indian side in their next encounter. The curators have a greenish deck ready for us at Eden Gardens, and winds are expected to move across the pitch, giving the spinners some added movement on the ball. It will be crucial to see if the captains can use their spinners well, and from the right ends to use the wind to their advantage.

Scenarios for West Indies
Currently sitting at the second spot with 3 wins in 3 games, West Indies have confirmed survival in Division 2 for yet another tour, as only two of Bangladesh, Canada and Australia can get to 3 wins, as Bangladesh and Australia face each other in Round 4, implying West Indies will end 4th on losing their next two fixtures as well. Given that Bangladesh, Canada and Australia also can get to a maximum of 3 wins, a tie or a win for West Indies in the next two rounds should take them to Division 1.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Thu May 06, 2021 11:32 am

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs India
West Indies and India were facing each other in Round 4 of Division 2, and the match had a qualification spot to Division 1 at stake. Qualification for Division 1 would quite heavily boost the World Cup Qualification chances for both the sides, as teams will have to gear up for the EOS 48 World Cup after the Twenty-20 World Cup at the end of this season. The Indian side has been pretty strong, ending finalists in the World Cup, having a blip with a winless One Day Tour to relegate, but coming back to win all of their Twenty-20 and all One-Dayers in this tour till here. West Indies lost their first toss of the tour, and Indian captain Aravind Kadiwala chose that he'd rather have his team set a target for the West Indian side. The worn-out pitches and the tired players by Round 4, suggest that batting gets tougher in the second half of the games in the final rounds, but West Indies had perfected three chases in the tour thus far, and were set for another.

Sugrim Hughes took the new ball for West Indies, and got a wicket ball one. He continued bowling nagging lines to irritate the batsmen, and the odd-snorter that he bowled, forced Indian Batsmen Shiva Maneesh to mistime his pull, giving Hughes his second scalp for the day. Two wickets down in the powerplay, Indian batters Chaitanya Grover and Mandeep Suratwala stitched a 113-run stand to stage a comeback, but Aaron Munilall and Satish Philips sent them back off of consecutive overs. Edgar Outridge got another wicket a couple overs later, and Sugrim Hughes got Parimal Shreshta off of a beautiful yorker as Shreshta seemed to look for big hits to switch the run rate up. All-rounder Saurav Sahar was the final hurdle West Indies had, and he hit a quick 53 runs off of 45 balls, before Sugrim Hughes got him and Sunil Waghela out in his final over to finish his fifer. India hit a total of 247 in their fifty, and Sugrim Hughes was the pick of the innings, ending with the figures of 10-2-34-5.

Chasing 248, West Indies began the chase off on the wrong foot, losing a wicket every third run. The stood at 9/3 after 4 overs, with Martin Marshall, Hubert Newton and Floyd Doctrove back in the hut. Melford Griffith, who had been struggling this tour, got his first score in the double digits, before he was wrongly adjudged LBW for 33 runs. West Indies were four down for 73 runs, and Len Thomas joined hands with Colin Eugene. The two shared a 70-run partnership, before Thomas edged his drive to point off of quick Pravand Murgan. The oldest in the squad, Edgar Outridge, was under this pressure of finishing a chase off for the second time in the tour, and he played his part well, scoring a few quick runs to up the scoring rate a little, before having his stumps rattled by Taj D'Argento's pace looking for a big loft. Colin Eugene also lost his wicket after a masterpiece 89-run knock, looking to get a few boundaries.

West Indies needed 60 runs off 64 balls, and on one end was Aaron Munilall, who had done a very good job at finishing chases off late, and on the other was the man of hour, Sugrim Hughes, and he could simply do no wrong. Aaron Munilall took charge, and knowing that boundaries weren't as easy to find, he ran 37 of his 45 runs, before edging one to the keeper when Taj D'Argento bowled a cutter, and gifting him his fifer in the penultimate over. The equation boiled down to five runs off six balls, and Sugrim Hughes, the man who could do no wrong today, who had already hit two fours in his innings, hit a well-placed french cut for three runs on the very first ball of the final over. Captain Peter Griffin scored a single, and Sugrim Hughes mishit an attempted six for a single to win West Indies the game and a Division 1 spot.

Other Results in Division 2
Bangladesh beat Australia by 47 runs.
Canada beat Pakistan by 7 wickets.

Fixture on May 7: Bangladesh
West Indies play Bangladesh in their final fixture on an Uneven deck and under Cloudy weather. Bangladesh will look to come up strong against the West Indies to make the most of their opportunity to qualify for Division 1.

Scenarios
West Indies has qualified to Division 1, but the battle for the second spot is still pretty interesting. India need to beat Canada to qualify, whereas Canada needs to beat India by more than a certain margin to beat them on net run rate to qualify. Bangladesh are the third side that can qualify, and they need to beat West Indies by a massive margin given that their net run rate is currently negative, and also hope that Canada beat India. Pakistan have already relegated, and Australia, Bangladesh and Canada all run the risk of being the other side to relegate.
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Post by desert7 » Thu May 06, 2021 12:09 pm

Excellent tour guys and massive congrats on securing promotion :clap

All this after Bustergut nearly convinced me of impending doom on the horizon for the West Indies seniors... or was it the coming of the Apocalypse, the end of days, or did he say he'd worked out the Mayan Calender finished on Friday 7th May 2021 or summat like that... :think

Superb write ups quirkyalive BTW :thumbsup

Anyway hope you can go 5 for 5 and then we can celebrate like it's the end of the world (only kidding Buster!! :think ) :party
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Thu May 06, 2021 6:34 pm

Thanks mate.

I am quite shocked at how good/lucky we've been this tour. Bringing back a couple of guys probably helped us.

Think both of your AR's from each of your sides have had the best tour, Munilall has been absolutely fantastic with the bat:)
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Fri May 07, 2021 9:22 am

West Indies NAT One Day Tour 2- Division 2 Summaries
West Indies vs Bangladesh
The final day of the tourney had the West Indian outfit facing the Bangladeshis, and they put the West Indians into bat. Having won 4 chases prior to that, the West Indian side had already qualified for Division 1, but Bangladesh were still fighting for survival in Division 2, whilst holding onto a very shimmering little hope of promotion. Martin Marshall and Winston Nunes opened for West Indies, and both of them got starts and climbed into double digits before getting out in consecutive overs. The final over of the powerplay saw Hubert Newton hand a dolly to slips, and West Indies were languishing at 27/3 after 10. The next 10 overs saw Vivalyn Hector take charge, as hit two fours and a six in his 34 run inning, before he was adjudged leg before. Floyd Doctrove was part of partnerships with Hector and Len Thomas, but struggled to muster runs, before he also misread the seam of a quicker one off the cracks to get out leg before. Len Thomas tried to soak in the pressure, playing one end carefully, as Troy Joseph looked to get runs from the other end, but the 5-pronged pace attack that Bangladesh had, saw them both get out off consecutive overs for 21 and 14 respectively. Carl Beresford scored a 7 ball duck, but Aaron Munilall got the team some runs after they were at 135/8. The pitch seemed tough to bat on, and Munilall could stretch the Caribbean effort to a 165 only.

Defending 165 was always going to be tough, the score was barely touching the par line, and most days it would take a couple batsmen to make this look really under par. This was one of those most days. Sugrim Hughes and Carl Beresford sent both the openers packing in the powerplay, but the gamechanger was Suresh Gupta. In a 72-run partnership with Ambathi Binny, Suresh Gupta and Ambathi Binny upped the ante, as despite losing Binny's wicket, Bangladesh were 111/4 by drinks. Lemmy Khuminyar grabbing a couple of wickets opened a window for West Indies but Suresh Gupta taped it shut. Suresh Gupta continued the effort, scoring a magnificent 75, wherein he hit 4 maximums, one of them being the shot to win them the match.

Is this loss the end of the world for West Indies?

Other Results in Division 2
India beat Canada by 25 runs.
Australia beat Pakistan by 27 runs.

Implications of the Results
India and West Indies end with 4 wins and a loss, and this allows them to end top 2 and promote for Division 1. The Division 1 results, as to who demotes and who survives are going to be decided this evening. Pakistan have had a winless week, and will be heading back to Division 3, and Australia have been pushed alongside losing to Canada on net run rate.

Player of the Tour
Another tour had another list of strong performances, and one where we've racked up four wins saw some performances be remembered for how well they turned the game in our favour. Troy Joseph's 66, alongside Hubert Newton's fifty won us game 1 after Canada pushed us to 5 wickets down at drinks. Game 2 had Floyd Doctrove and Aaron Munilall repeat the heroics. Game 3 saw Wilfred Austin and Lemmy Khuminyar bowl marvellously well, whilst Game 4 had Sugrim Hughes grab a 5-fer, and finish the chase off that Aaron Munilall orchestrated. Colin Eugene's 89 was another highlight from Game 4. Len Thomas chipped in a few runs almost every game to end West Indies' highest run getter. Game 5 saw Hector's aggressive approach and Hughes's economical bowling, but in a game where West Indies struggled, they weren't enough.

In this series of memorable performances, the player of the tour was Aaron Munilall, winning us two chases against Australia and India, and also grabbing 6 wickets across three games. The youngster has been on every flight for Season 47, and has consistently given performances to remember, with his 63 from the previous One Day Tour against Ireland being the innings that helped us survive Division 2, and with his 36* and 45 getting us to Division 1 this tour.

Yet again, I would like to express gratitude towards all managers who recruit and train West Indians, for the managers that have let their lads go out on the tour. Next up would be the post season World T20, and West Indies will be playing to defend their title. Until then, cheer for the West Indies U20 here as their tour begins May 10th.

Thank you:)
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Sun May 16, 2021 8:27 am

West Indies NAT Twenty20 World Cup- Schedule Release
The schedules for the upcoming end-of-season World Cup were released, and West Indies will be heading to England to part-take in the Group 2 matches. As the defending champions of the previous World T20 where the young lads and the seniors, both won West Indies the World Cups, West Indies will have the title on the line to defend this time around. They will be facing some tough sides in Bermuda, who won 4 of their five matches in Division 1 this season, India and Bangladesh, both sides securing a promotion into Division 1 in this season's tour, the Dutch, who stomped West Indies into Division 2 in a relegating knockout affair this season, and the Irish, who had a poor tour this season, but have been quite a strong Twenty20 outfit in the recent past elsewise. The squads will be announced in a week's time, and the pitches that the groundsmen over in England have decided to layout for West Indies would be directing the choices that will be made:

May 31- West Indies vs Netherlands Hard

June 1- West Indies vs Bermuda Flat

June 2- West Indies vs Bangladesh Flat

June 3- West Indies vs Ireland Dry

June 4- West Indies vs India Sticky

The World Cup begins on May 31, and the matches will begin at 1000 FTP Time for the week.
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Sun May 23, 2021 1:49 pm

West Indies NAT Twenty20 World Cup- Squad Announcement
The West Indian outfit heads to England for the EOS 47 World Cup. The defending champions of the 20-over format World Cup, West Indies will face the Dutch, India, Bangladesh, Ireland and Bermuda in their group, whilst the hosts England, Australia, the unbeaten Kiwis, the Americans, the Kenyans and Pakistan fight in the other group. The eighteen man squad that will be heading to England for the tourney is:

Aaron Munilall Gold Prospectors X1 Right-arm Fast Medium/ Right-hand Bat

Alfonso Van Spooge The Sultans of Spooge Left-hand Keeper Bat

Audrey Anthony Nepali Gaints Left-hand Bat

Carl Beresford John Peters Espionage PLC Left-arm Fast

Colin Eugene Caribbean Pirates Right-hand Bat

Daren Browne Caribbean Pirates Right-arm Fast Medium DEBUT

Floyd Doctrove Blaze Of Glory Right-hand Bat

Hemraj Walsh Marvellous XI Right-hand Bat

Jason Hislop Space Wolves Left-arm Wrist Spin

Len Thomas Caribbean Pirates Right-hand Bat

Melford Griffith Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club Right-hand Bat

Peter Griffin Caribbean Pirates Right-arm Finger Spin

Sydney Cox Legacy of Warne Left-arm Fast Medium

Thornton Ishmael Mewtwo Strikes Back Right-arm Fast

Troy Joseph Antiguan Golden Cats Right-arm Finger Spin/Right-hand Bat

Vivalyn Hector Al Khobar Falcons Right-hand Bat

Wilfred Austin Direwolves Right-arm Fast Medium

Winston Nunes One Man Rock Band Right-hand Keeper Bat

An international debut for Daren Browne headlights the announcement as he joins the leadership unit in the West Indian camp. A comeback for Sydney Cox, and the guy who just got himself a new passport with a brand new name, Alfonso Van Spooge are selected amongst others with as many as four players touring from the Caribbean Pirates squad. West Indies will be facing India in a final warm-up friendly before boarding to England on May 26 here.

Yet again, the West Indian management thanks all the managers for recruiting and training West Indian lads. The World Cup defence begins May 31 here.
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West Indies NAT Twenty20 World Cup Summaries
West Indies vs Netherlands
The first fixture of the World Cup saw the defending Twenty20 World Cup champions West Indies face the champions of the most recent One Day World Cup in Netherlands. Netherlands' pace attack has been their biggest strength of late, and that proved to win them the game today as well. The game was at the ground known for the dreamy atmosphere it creates, as people get secluded from reality and make rather bold claims. The ground was named Super Kenya World Cup Winners, and had a hard track prepared for the game. Captain Peter Griffin put the Dutch into bat, and they were two wickets down in the first three balls. A brilliant throw from Sydney Cox from third man, and a catch for Vivalyn Hector at deep square leg brought the end of both the openers. The middle-order went hard at the two fasties, Carl Beresford and Thornton Ishmael in the powerplay, before Ishmael got the third scalp for the day. Captain Eildert Kusters fifty propelled the score to 164, with Aaron Munilall, Thornton Ishmael and Carl Beresford making sure he did not have much support from the other end.

Chasing 165, West Indies had a quiet start, managing 7 off the first 12 balls. The third over saw Audrey Anthony clipping a ripper onto his stumps. Winston Nunes and Vivalyn Hector made sure the rest of the powerplay wasn't a waste, and managed a few boundaries. The scoreboard read 48/1 after six overs, but the ease on fielding restrictions saw Vivalyn Hector's mistimed pull land in the hands of deep midwicket. Melford Griffith tried his best to not let the aggression die, as the two batsmen hit the next over off the spinner for 13. Richard Knopper continued his spell in the next over, and the pressure due to the increasing required run rate saw a brainfade occur and Winston Nunes was runout, followed by a golden duck for Colin Eugene the next ball. Len Thomas was cleaned by a delivery that was almost touching the 100 mph mark, which meant that half the West Indian team was back in the hut. Aaron Munilall and Melford Griffith formed a partnership, but the lack of boundaries, and the ever-growing required run rate saw Melford Griffith miss out on a fifty. Succumbing under the pressure, Aaron Munilall could barely manage singles off of edges in the final few overs, as West Indies ended 22 runs short, and Munilall's strike rate fell below 100. Three of the 4 seamers leaking less than a run-a-ball on a hard deck simply made the chase too tough, despite managing 41 off the spinner's four.

Other Results in Group 2
Bangladesh beat Ireland by 11 runs.
India beat Bermuda by 29 runs.

Fixture on June 1: Bermuda
After a rather different Day 1 of the tournament with all scores being defended in Twenty20's, Round 2 sees West Indies pitted against Bermuda on a flat track, or as I lovingly call it, the devil's track. The weather forecasted is humid, but I don't trust the green-screen earth they show on the news;)

Also, incase Kenya do end up winning the World Cup, it was not because my joke fuelled them to perform better:)
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Post by MOD-quirkilyalive » Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:12 pm

West Indies NAT Twenty20 World Cup Summaries
West Indies vs Bermuda
Bermuda and West Indies headed into Round 2 of the round-robin fixtures looking for their first win of the cup. West Indian captain, Troy Joseph, now owning the jersey of his NAT manager's club side as well, put the Bermudans into bat on the flat track. The powerplay dwindled between the two sides, but West Indies captured a couple wickets, and leaked barely at 7 an over, giving them a slightish lead in this absolutely random and volatile format. Captain Joseph grabbed the third wicket, as his singular wicket was his only acclaim on a rather poor and expensive day and Bermudans were struggling at 61/3 after 10. This was followed by a 97-run stand, that had Earl Douglas hit a 82* masterpiece of an innings, carrying Bermuda to 166 in their twenty. At one stage, the fourth wicket stand made it seem like 180's were attainable, but Wilfred Austin's double wicket over caused a bit of a stutter in the innings, leaving them with a par score of 166, that gave their bowlers no room for error. The four seamers, all had an economical outing for us on a flat track, and that is a rare and beautiful sight to witness.

The chase began on the wrong foot with keeper-bat Alfonso Van Spooge clipping one to the keeper over one. Vivalyn Hector and Troy Joseph also lost their wickets by the end of the powerplay, leaving West Indies at 50/3 after six. Len Thomas and Colin Eugene joined hands at the crease, and they constructed another one of their marvellous partnerships, as the 119-run stand almost allowed the West Indian side to scale down the total. Unfortunately, the partnership was broken, and followed by Floyd Doctrove's wicket the same over, 13 runs away from the target. Len Thomas made sure there were no more troubles in the chase, getting those 13 runs off the next over, and ending with a career-highest 72*.

Other Results in Group 2
India beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets.
Netherlands beat Ireland by 3 wickets.

Fixture on June 2: Bangladesh
In this beautiful symmetric table that Group 2 currently has, the two sides with a win and a loss face each other on a flat track and under cloudy weather tomorrow. A win here would help both sides, but Round 3 also presents opportunities for India and Netherlands to get to three wins, with them playing Ireland and Bermuda, the sides looking for their first points in Group 2.
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