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published: Thursday | January 24, 2008
When Jamaica's Test players return for the fourth cricket match in the Carib Beer Series, the big question will surround whether Tamar Lambert, the man who led the team to three wins from as many starts in the Carib Beer Series, retain his position in the middle-order.
Lambert led Jamaica to a maximum 36 points. He has done it again and as Jamaica captain, he has a great record of eight wins, and two first innings points from 10 games.
Captain Chris Gayle, Brenton Parchment, Marlon Samuels, Darren Powell and Jerome Taylor are the players on West Indies duties who are expected to join the Jamaica team for the fourth round contest against Trinidad & Tobago, starting February 29 in Port of Spain.
Gayle and Parchment will open the batting while replacing Xavier Marshall and Donovan Pagon who did so in the last match; while Samuels should take his place somewhere in the middle-order, more like at No. 4.
Wavell Hinds, who is Jamaica's leading scorer with 252 runs, including four half centuries at an average of 63, is safe, at least for now.
Opener Marshall, with two half centuries, follows with 190 runs at an average of 47.5. It would be very unfair if the selectors don't find a place in the middle-order for him, preferably at one down.
So with Gayle, if fit, and Parchment at the top, Marshall at three, Samuels, four; and Wavell Hinds at five, it's now to decide on the No. 6 spot, which is between Lambert, Brendan Nash and David Bernard Jr.
Lambert has played three matches, batted five times for 80 runs at an average of 16.
Nash, in four innings, scored 119 runs at 39.66, while Bernard in a similar number of innings, scored 92 at an average of 46.
Lambert scored 36 against the Leewards in the first match. In that game he showed poor technique and has got out caught between first slip and the keeper too often.
Nash started poorly, scoring six runs in both innings against the Leewards, but picked up against the Combined Campuses and Colleges with 22 in an important partnership with Wavell Hinds, but justified his selection with a patient and determined 91 not out against Guyana last weekend.
Bernard started well, but despite not getting enough batting time, he is yet to impress.
For the No. 6 position I would have to go with Nash, not because he is an Australian, not only because he is getting into the mix of the runs, but because he is also a useful medium pacer.
Carlton Baugh should bat at No. 7, even though he has not contributed a great deal of runs this season.
Now for the bowlers. Odean Brown, Nikita Miller, Jermaine Lawson and Andrew Richardson have been playing, while Jerome Taylor and Daren Powell will rejoin the team after Windies duties in South Africa.
Both Taylor and Powell will be the fast bowlers, but this raises questions about Lawson's future in the team, especially since returning from a poor first two matches to take eight for 102 against Guyana on the weekend.
With Taylor and Powell in the final 11 it means only two bowling spots are available. Base on the season so far, Brown and Miller appear sure picks as they have already taken 20 and 15 wickets, respectively.
Miller has taken eight wickets in 716 deliveries bowled against Trinidad & Tobago, with a best of 4-27, and took six from 427 deliveries bowled against Barbados. Brown had nine wickets in 337 balls against Trinidad & Tobago and nine in 377 balls against Barbados.
Lawson took five wickets from 769 balls bowled against Trinidad & Tobago and eight wickets in 337 balls bowled versus Barbados.
My final XI is Gayle, Parchment, Marshall, Samuels, Hinds, Nash, Baugh, Miller, Taylor, Powell and Brown.
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Lambert
published: Thursday | January 24, 2008
When Jamaica's Test players return for the fourth cricket match in the Carib Beer Series, the big question will surround whether Tamar Lambert, the man who led the team to three wins from as many starts in the Carib Beer Series, retain his position in the middle-order.
Lambert led Jamaica to a maximum 36 points. He has done it again and as Jamaica captain, he has a great record of eight wins, and two first innings points from 10 games.
Captain Chris Gayle, Brenton Parchment, Marlon Samuels, Darren Powell and Jerome Taylor are the players on West Indies duties who are expected to join the Jamaica team for the fourth round contest against Trinidad & Tobago, starting February 29 in Port of Spain.
Gayle and Parchment will open the batting while replacing Xavier Marshall and Donovan Pagon who did so in the last match; while Samuels should take his place somewhere in the middle-order, more like at No. 4.
Wavell Hinds, who is Jamaica's leading scorer with 252 runs, including four half centuries at an average of 63, is safe, at least for now.
Opener Marshall, with two half centuries, follows with 190 runs at an average of 47.5. It would be very unfair if the selectors don't find a place in the middle-order for him, preferably at one down.
So with Gayle, if fit, and Parchment at the top, Marshall at three, Samuels, four; and Wavell Hinds at five, it's now to decide on the No. 6 spot, which is between Lambert, Brendan Nash and David Bernard Jr.
Lambert has played three matches, batted five times for 80 runs at an average of 16.
Nash, in four innings, scored 119 runs at 39.66, while Bernard in a similar number of innings, scored 92 at an average of 46.
Lambert scored 36 against the Leewards in the first match. In that game he showed poor technique and has got out caught between first slip and the keeper too often.
Nash started poorly, scoring six runs in both innings against the Leewards, but picked up against the Combined Campuses and Colleges with 22 in an important partnership with Wavell Hinds, but justified his selection with a patient and determined 91 not out against Guyana last weekend.
Bernard started well, but despite not getting enough batting time, he is yet to impress.
For the No. 6 position I would have to go with Nash, not because he is an Australian, not only because he is getting into the mix of the runs, but because he is also a useful medium pacer.
Carlton Baugh should bat at No. 7, even though he has not contributed a great deal of runs this season.
Now for the bowlers. Odean Brown, Nikita Miller, Jermaine Lawson and Andrew Richardson have been playing, while Jerome Taylor and Daren Powell will rejoin the team after Windies duties in South Africa.
Both Taylor and Powell will be the fast bowlers, but this raises questions about Lawson's future in the team, especially since returning from a poor first two matches to take eight for 102 against Guyana on the weekend.
With Taylor and Powell in the final 11 it means only two bowling spots are available. Base on the season so far, Brown and Miller appear sure picks as they have already taken 20 and 15 wickets, respectively.
Miller has taken eight wickets in 716 deliveries bowled against Trinidad & Tobago, with a best of 4-27, and took six from 427 deliveries bowled against Barbados. Brown had nine wickets in 337 balls against Trinidad & Tobago and nine in 377 balls against Barbados.
Lawson took five wickets from 769 balls bowled against Trinidad & Tobago and eight wickets in 337 balls bowled versus Barbados.
My final XI is Gayle, Parchment, Marshall, Samuels, Hinds, Nash, Baugh, Miller, Taylor, Powell and Brown.
athonyfos@gmail.com
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