AFRO wrote:mikesiva wrote:Gayle in tests in 2012....
Four tests - average 53.
There is still a big difference between gayle and the members of WETT. For starters gayle is the only one of the four to score a test century last year. Replacing him with kraigg would be a backward step and not even otis is that stupid.
Imho gayle is in the test side until the summer at least. Lets see if anyone can challenge for his place then. Gayle averages more than 40 in tests and you dont just discard a player like that. That is why it was such a mistake to drop sarwan....
BWAHAHAHAHAH what a fecking JOKE!!.. you think we're stupid enough to believe that Gayle averaged 53 in tests this year?

the man FAILED IN THREE OUT OF FOUR TESTS YOU IDIOT, so don't try and fool us with your biased tendencies, i can't believe one ton and six failures bumps up your average that high,
Gayle's return has in the most part been a disaster, he's not delivered at all, at least with Kraigg you'll get a kid who can stick around, Gayle's been hitting two boundries then out quick recently, and it's just not good enough old boy!!

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Unlike you, I don't pick and choose Tests to assess players...I'm assessing all Tests played by the openers in question in 2012, so I'm not the biased one - you are.
I repeat...here is how our openers have performed in 2012:
1) Kraigg Brathwaite (three Tests, average 14.20)
2) Adrian Barath (six Tests, average 16.27)
3) Kirk Edwards (three Tests, average 11.66)
4) Chris Gayle (four Tests, average 53.00)
So, last year, it's clear to me that Gayle outperformed not just Kraigg, but also Kirk and Barath, in Tests in 2012. For that reason, Gayle should open the batting in the Tests against Zimbabwe. If he fails in those Tests, and fails for Jamaica in the subsequent domestic four-day season, and Kraigg has a good season, then maybe Kraigg can be putting pressure on Gayle for his place "if" there are any Tests against Pakistan in the summer....
But only if the above happen....Gayle still has his Test place for now.
Not that it matters, because we don't seem to be playing many Tests in 2013....
