West Indies v Australia, 5th ODI, Basseterre, 6th July

Men against boys...

I have lost the will to care quite frankly. I still can't believe Ramdin and Sammy didn't even attempt to hit Watson's 80mph length balls over the top. So I won't even bother following it.

Instead I will be following our Under 19 players battle each other out in our domestic tournament, as they are as yet unaffected by the losers syndrome that has completely overtaken our senior squad.

Time to drop Ramdin and give Baugh another chance? Seems to be a better batsman.

btw, the WICB is simply the best:

President Hunte and the old boys network

An office in St Lucia which is used by the president of the West Indies Cricket Board, Dr Julian Hunte, is now the subject of raging controversy.

And WICB officials are calling on Dr Hunte to clear the air on the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the office.

Board members claim that some US$150,000 was spent to construct the office on property owned by Dr Hunte.

“It is not unusual for the president to have an office in the country in which he lives. But it is the first time that WICB money has been spent on a property belonging to the president for his own use,” said a Board source.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Time to drop Ramdin and give Baugh another chance? Seems to be a better batsman.

Baugh's keeping is terrible so I doubt they will go back to him. I hope they give the gloves to young Fletcher and see how it goes.

Light rain forecast.

This is the team I'd play tonight:
Watson
Ronchi
M Hussey
Clarke
Symonds
D Hussey
White
Hopes
Johnson
Bracken
Clark

That's president Julian 'Yorrick' Hunte.

Nath wrote:This is the team I'd play tonight:
Watson
Ronchi
M Hussey
Clarke
Symonds
D Hussey
White
Hopes
Johnson
Bracken
Clark

I like White, but you have to give Marsh another go.

Hawaii?

Unchanged line up. Should be Bog's last game for a while.

Honalulu Lulu.

The Kid has victorious but costly start to his ODI captaincy career.

"Michael Clarke may have escaped with his unbeaten captaincy record intact following Australia's last-gasp victory in the fourth ODI on Friday while he was deputising for the injured Ricky Ponting, but he couldn't avoid a fine for a slow over-rate.

He lost ten per cent of his match fee in his first ODI as captain, the third time he has skippered Australia having led them in two Twenty20s. His team-mates were each docked five per cent after Australia were ruled to be one over short of their target when time allowances were taken into consideration.

The offence is contrary to Section J of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to slow over-rates. For such offences, the decision of the ICC match referee is final and binding."

Hehe. Teach the frquer right for nosing up to his Fyoorah

I don't think the grand or so is gonna make him lose too much sleep. It's why the whole fining thing is a crock of sh!te.