I think after a while the success of a team goes beyond just the personnel. I think a couple of the guys on this board have already mentioned the team chemistry, in fact even reading the things Gayle, Sarwan, Taylor or Lara has said during this tournament you get the same feeling.
Based on the stats, I think Remie's points are more than fair, however I think when you add up fielding, bowling and batting you might find that Smith will still give us a bit more. Collymore is a liability in the field and with Bradshaw already there it makes no sense having two.
Also, it is a bit unfair to compare McGrath and his contribution to Collymore; also keeping in mind that Australia's other bowlers contribute much more with the bat than ours so they can afford to keep McGrath in the team strictly for his bowling. Unfortunately we are not so blessed. Australia has their strengths that they play to and we need to find and play to ours.
well said bredda, but i feel marlon samuels can sit for collymore simply bc colly is a wicketaker and despite his short comings in the field i think we could go with taylor, colly and bradshaw, bc our batting is deep enough as it is....
a;;yuh forgetting dwane bravo??
isnt he a bolwer whata llyuh feel the pic himf or his abtting.. i wouldnt say that prior to this series is his bowling and feliding.
so i eh think we need collowmore.
we have enough for the present situation.
maybe he gettign some licks but he also taking important and timely wickets. and guess what he eh to bad with the bat.
batting still is our weakness. not bowling. even if w ehave a bad day witht he ball, we are more likely to have batting collapse.
so having bradshaw, talyor and BRAVO in the team aint a bad bowling line up, plus smith and gayle and samuels on present form. dais 6 bowlers to chose form..and if de shit really hit the fan..give sars an over..lol
so i like de team..u could replace bradshaw with colloymorw..but brother colloymore aint no big wicket taker like allyuh makin him seem.
Colloymore
mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
ODIs 73 3496 2551 72 5/51 5/51 35.43 4.37 48.55 1 1 0
Bravo
mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
ODIs 54 2060 1813 54 3/14 3/14 33.57 5.28 38.14 0 0 0
samuels
ODIs 73 2348 1885 47 3/25 3/25 40.10 4.81 49.95 0 0 0
Colloymores ODI record doesnt show as great ah variation compared WITH THE OTHER GUES OWN.
AND WE BOTH KNOW THESE GUYS CAN BAT. which is an added bonus..no???