West Indies are the U19 World Champions!

[Islandman]

Well the final was a game dominated by the bowlers. WI put the strong Indian team in to bat and the pacers delivered the goods. Apart from the star Indian batsman Sarfaraz Khan who already plays in the IPL, the wickets fell regularly and India were bowled out for 145.

India were not planning to go away quietly though, their bowlers came back and pegged down the WI batsmen, they had to fight for every run. WI looked to be in trouble at 77 for 5 but the two batsmen Paul and Carty weathered the storm and took it home.
The WI were aided by a few dropped catches from India, without those the outcome might have been very different. Nonetheless much credit to the WI who were also excellent in the field.

Joseph and Holder are class bowlers. WICB please, please give them the support they need to develop into professional players.

[Mosiah]

Joseph and Holder are class bowlers. WICB please, please give them the support they need to develop into professional players.

...and then they run off to play pro cricket in these lucrative tourneys!

[Islandman]

Surely some common ground can be found which doesn't require a player to sacrifice his best earning opportunities in order to play international cricket, and doesn't require the WICB to go into debt to pay its top players. Is that too much to ask when big egos are involved?

[Peter R]

Well done U19... they dealt very well with the pressure; notwithstanding the dropped catches, but it wasn't like they were "dolly". I started watching around 1 AM went to sleep, woke up 3.45 watched for half hour, made an airport run, back home by 6... and watched the rest of the innings.

What do you guys think about that controversial run out that took WI to the semis (?).

With one ball to go and two runs to make, why should the batter get the benefit if he's taking a little lead? Times change, batsmen don't walk anymore, fielders claim "grassed" catches...

I don't have a problem with it.

[Islandman]

No problem with what they did. Why should a batsman be allowed to get an advantage especially in this era of replays where centimeters can make a difference between a batsman being in the crease or just short?

It can't be maintained a law of the game but you are not supposed to enforce it.

[Islandman]

Don Bradman on the original Mankad incident. Perfectly logical.

Why on earth is this still such a big issue in cricket ?

For the life of me, I can't understand why [the press] questioned his sportsmanship. The laws of cricket make it quite clear that the nonstriker must keep within his ground until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is the provision there which enables the bowler to run him out? By backing up too far or too early, the nonstriker is very obviously gaining an unfair advantage.