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West Indies players threaten boycott
West Indies' home series against Bangladesh, due to begin on Thursday with the first Test, has been thrown into chaos following a boycott announced by the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA). A statement from WIPA president Dinanath Ramnarine said the players would boycott the series "with immediate effect" because of a long-running contractual dispute with the home board

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Let me have a guess they want to play more T20's .

West Indies have announced a second-string team in the first Test against Bangladesh on Thursday following a boycott by the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA). Cricinfo had learnt 11 players arrived in St Vincent and trained at the Arnos Vale Ground on Wednesday afternoon and the West Indies board announced a 15-man squad later in the day.

Former top-order batsman Floyd Reifer, who played four Tests between 1997 and 1999 and now plays his cricket for the Combined Colleges and Campus team in the West Indies domestic tournament, was appointed captain, while Darren Sammy, who was part of the recent ICC World Twenty20, was named his deputy.

West Indies squad for the first Test Omar Phillips, Dale Richards, Floyd Reifer (capt), Travis Dowlin, Chadwick Walton (wk), Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach, Ryan Austin, Tino Best, Kevin McClean, Nelon Pascal, Andre Creary, Nikita Miller, Kraigg Brathwaite, David Bernard.

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What a mess...

Bangladesh will beat this side.

Pup wrote:What a mess...

Bangladesh will beat this side.

From their point of view you'd hope so

West Indies vs Bangladesh
Kingstown, St. Vincent

STUMPS DAY ONE

Bangaldesh 0/42 (18.5 overs)
Rain ruined Day one


Nine debutants in the match, two for Bangladesh, seven for the West Indies

Negotiations to end the current impasse surrounding player contracts have failed after the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) refused a call by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to end its members' boycott of the first Test against Bangladesh The representatives of the two parties met in Port of Spain this morning, but the meeting lasted only 23 minutes

And the death knell is ringing.....

Cricket was on the way out in the Caribbean. This will surely kill it off.

Looks like we are going to have a great summer of test cricket coming up in Oz with the Windies coming over.

the tigers are edging closer to just their second win in 59 Test matches

currently lead by 252 going into the 5th day. If their bowlers get their shite together it could be a reality

Bangladesh wins by 95 runs

Thiele wrote:Bangladesh wins by 95 runs

West Indies vs Bangladesh
2nd Test
Bangladesh won by 4 wickets

West Indies 237
TM Dowlin 95
DM Richards 69
Mahmudullah 3/44
Shakib Al Hasan 3/59
Enamul Haque jnr 3/62

Bangladesh 232
Mushfiqur Rahim 48
KAJ Roach 6/48

West Indies 209
DE Baernard 69
TM Dowlin 49
Shakib Al Hasan 5/70
Enamul Haque jnr 3/48

Bangladesh 6/217
Shakib Al Hasan 96*
Raquib Hasan 65
DJG Sammy 5/55

Man of the Match - Shakib Al Hasan
Man of the Series - Shakib Al Hasan

Bangladesh win the 2 match series 2-0

And the REBellion has started ....

whufc wrote:Looks like we are going to have a great summer of test cricket coming up in Oz with the Windies coming over.

errhh really, should be a real contest then....

No wonder the Windies players have threatened Boycott. He's a complete and utter wanker.

regards,

REB

Rik E Boy wrote:No wonder the Windies players have threatened Boycott. He's a complete and utter wanker.

regards,

REB

Gold

For those who subscribe to the theory that Watto > Flintoff, how does Shakib al Hasan > Watto grab you?

MarblePark wrote:For those who subscribe to the theory that Watto > Flintoff, how does Shakib al Hasan > Watto grab you?

Who has ever suggested that?

With the rise of Bangladesh as a Test nation not to be reckoned with, perhaps all those wickets that Murali took against them establish more validity?