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Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:10 am
by BallOil
Sorry to say that Smithy will be warming the bench now that the other players coming in. With only 4 Intl players permitted per game it will be difficult to mek di team with these players below... Roach might be on the chopping block too if he doh lift his game..

Adam Gilchrist -- Automatic (Cappo)
Herschelle Gibbs -- Automatic
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Marsh
Kemar Roach
Dwayne Smith
Andrew Symonds -- Automatic
Chaminda Vaas

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:23 am
by matchstick
Dwayne smith had an IPL career when other players were required to be away for country duties.

That's not gonna happen anymore and he is now obsolete

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:26 am
by BallOil
Who knows? Maybe he gets a new life with the expansion teams .. plus not all the players are available due to International commitments.

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:17 pm
by matchstick
well with the gap being made for IPL by ICC soon enough most players will be available...

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:21 pm
by BallOil
good point....we will see how this one plays out... Smith with be on the 20/20 scene though :)

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:21 am
by mikesiva
Smith will be so rusty when he returns to the Caribbean, with all this inactivity....

It's just as well he's been omitted from the world 20/20 squad.

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:57 pm
by BallOil
mikesiva wrote:Smith will be so rusty when he returns to the Caribbean, with all this inactivity....

It's just as well he's been omitted from the world 20/20 squad.
Smithy will be back...being on the bench will make him more hungry and force him to perform when the opportunity comes

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:08 pm
by socafighter
Hopefully all the West Indians become better players because of the IPL . Coaching , with senior players arround them to talk and help, some great practise sessions and tips......

West Indies will benefit :D :D :D

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:40 pm
by BallOil
socafighter wrote:Hopefully all the West Indians become better players because of the IPL . Coaching , with senior players arround them to talk and help, some great practise sessions and tips......

West Indies will benefit :D :D :D
that is another way of looking at it even on di bench... Not like there is anything in place locally to help the players

Re: Dwayne Smith will be warming bench this IPL Season

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:08 pm
by matchstick
Lets wish Dwayne Smith well in his free lance T20 career.

He will not be playing for WI any more...

He sent himself packing to the Ganga crew aka the squad of shythounds

Ganga
Dwayne Smith
Ryan Hinds
Darren Powell

more to follow and congrats to the WI selectors on making this call.