Competitive value

[Gils]

This is the worst one day side I have ever watched...

Something tells me it'll get a whole lot worserer before it gets any better.

Well, West Indies batting first and getting bowled out for 122 to lose by 9 wickets in a world cup warm up match should come as no surprise to most keen observers, however, the response....

go and check the t20 2012 warm up matches where Sri-lanka buss we rass by TEN WICKETS....what did that count for when we lifted the trophy? NOTHING.

has now helped me introduce a new word into the lexicon of Windiesfans.com.

The frao shuffle

Which is defined as the failure to acknowledge primary evidence, either documented or broadcasted live, concerning the non-existence of competitive value in West Indian cricket.

[Gils]

The West Indies make 313-9 batting first in their last warm up match to beat Scotland by 3 runs.

[Gils]

A century from Lendl Simmons was not enough to stop Ireland beating West Indies by 4 wickets in this world cup opener. Batting first WI made 304 which Ireland knocked off in just 46 overs.

CV Rating 0.50

[mikesiva]

"A year ago the Big Three of Australia, England and India altered the constitution of the International Cricket Council so that the bulk of future revenue – well over half – would go to them, the three countries that need it least. Their new maxim: each according to his greed.
West Indies and Pakistan have been left to become the basket-cases of world cricket. Their revenue, we are assured, will increase slightly under the new dispensation, but not nearly so much as that of the Big Three – and not nearly enough to stop their standards falling. Both West Indies and Pakistan suffered humiliating losses in the first week of this World Cup because of the frailty of their batting. Ireland, a non-Test-playing nation, were too professional to allow West Indies to recover from their top-order collapse. Pakistan’s batsmen were embarrassed by India on an Adelaide pitch that was not lively for Australia, but far bouncier than anything they have been used to in recent years. Many of the wounds that West Indian cricket has suffered have been self-inflicted. It is absurd, culpably so, that their captain should be a young man, Jason Holder, who should be concentrating on his own game, not lumbered with captaincy by board officials and selectors playing politics. The decision to exclude Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the World Cup was manifestly not made on merit."

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[Gils]

Pakistan Vs West Indies, West Indies win by 150 runs.

Half centuries from Keeper Ramdin and Lendl Simmons, assisted largely by Russell and Bravo who scored 42 and 49 respectively, see the West Indies total 310 from 50 overs.

Pakistan’s chase got off the worst possible start as 4 wickets fell for just 1 run in 3 overs. They never recovered from that and were eventually routed in 39 overs for 160 runs.

CV rating 8.33

[Gils]

West Indies vs Zimbabwe, West Indies win by 73 runs by D/L.

The West Indies set an ODI world cup record partnership for any wicket of 372 runs. Marlon Samuels and Chris Gayle both set personal ODI record scores of 133* and 215 respectively.

Zimbabwe, although scoring at 6 runs per over, were dismissed for 289 in the 46th over.

CV rating 8.00

[Gils]

Other events of note

215 Runs scored by Chris Gayle, the highest by any batsman in World Cups. He broke Gary Kirsten's record of 188, against UAE in 1996. This is also the third-highest score by any batsman in ODI history.

1 Chris Gayle is the only batsman to score a T20 100, a ODI 200 and Test 300.

138 Number of balls in which Gayle reached his double-century, the fastest for any batsman. The previous record was 140 balls, by Virender Sehwag. Tendulkar got his double-hundred in 147 balls, while Rohit got to his two double-tons in 151 and 156 balls, respectively.

16 Number of sixes hit by Chris Gayle, the joint-most by any batsman in an ODI innings. AB de Villiers and Rohit have also hit 16 sixes each.

9136 Number of ODI runs scored by Gayle, the second-most for any West Indian batsman. Brian Lara is the only other West Indian batsman to score over 9000 ODI runs. Overall, Gayle is the 16th batsman to reach this milestone in ODIs.

22 Number of ODI hundreds for Gayle, the most for any West Indian batsman. He has now equaled Sourav Ganguly (22) and Virat Kohli (22) to go fourth on the overall list of batsmen with the most ODI hundreds.

372 Runs scored by West Indies, their highest ever in an ODI. This is also the fifth-highest score by any team in World Cups. This is also the highest score by any team in an ODI in Australia.

372 The second-wicket partnership between Gayle and Marlon Samuels, the highest for any wicket in ODI history. The previous record was 331, between Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1999. This is also the highest partnership for any wicket in List A cricket (includes domestic one-dayers).

Samuels and Gayle more than doubled the previous record with their 372-run partnership.

298 Number of balls faced by Samuels and Gayle during their partnership, the most for any ODI stand. The previous record was 278, once again by Tendulkar and Dravid against New Zealand in 1999.

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[Gils]

South Africa Vs West Indies South Africa win by 257 runs.

SA 408/5 (50) WI 151/10 (33.1)

AB De Villers scores 166 from 66 deliveries which helps add to the many broken world cup records.

CV Rating 0.10

[AFRO]

Hey GIRLS!!..has Jamaica been "competitive" this year?

[Gils]

Ha haha ha ha haha haha ha haha ha ha ha

why does competitive value mean so much to you