Senior NAT Discussion

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Squad Announcement

West Indies will be fielding the following eighteen next week in the fifty-over Division Two League.

Bats:
Michael Allflatt (Schweddy Balls)
Nick Allflatt (Ashburn CC)
Wayne Lewis (Rustars)
George Maris (Tobago Saucers)
Viv Richards (Schweddy Balls)
Ronald Roberts (Sussex Exiles XI)
Lakka Teepee (TheWizard's XI)

Keepers:
Tyrell Hoad (Hassanites)
George John (Tobago Saucers)

All-Rounders:
Peter Biley (Chesney Champions)
Junior Wight (Space Wolves)

Bowlers:
Zahir ad-Din Tughtikin (Space Wolves)
Dinanath Challenger (Illawarra Dragons CC)
Joseph Graham (stresseddesserts)
Andy Hampson (Pink Flag)
Livingstone Phillips (amsterdammer)
Dadrian Polius (Donna's Kebabs)
Anthony Tekah (Allmanna Idrottsklubben)

The five fixtures are:
May 20 - Kenya - Uneven
May 21 - Bermuda - Dry
May 22 - New Zealand - Uneven
May 23 - Ireland - Dry
May 24 - Australia - Dry

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The five day tour saw the Windies side pull off three consecutive wins to start the tour, which took away demotion worries. The final two fixtures unfortunately saw West Indies lose two humdingers as the Irish and the Aussies pulled off final over chases, with just one and two wickets apiece spared.

Amongst the bats, Michael Allflatt added to his repertoire with his second century and first fifty in just six games finishing as the most successful Windies bat. Young gun Zahir ad-din Tughtikin also impressed with seven wickets, putting a fine display of potentially leading this attack in the seasons to come.

Up next would be a Division 3 Twenty-20 Tour, which after a disappointing failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup this season, implies that the Windies will be heading in desperate into the new cycle.

[Jujoh]

Well done, shame that there was no win to be had in the final two

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pulled it close, but we did not do great on days we won tosses and did brilliant on days we lost 'em.

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solid stuff mate, need a good tour this time around for wt20 qualis next season

[Jujoh]

Good luck

[Jujoh]

Let's keep it up this tour!

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West Indies NAT Update

We finished the Twenty-20 tour with three wins and two losses. This unfortunately left us stranded on the third spot for the second consecutive Twenty-20 tour and will probably knock us out of another Twenty-20 World Cup next term.

This was followed by the One Day Tour. Debuts were handed to Najm ad-Din Ilghazi, Ralston Valentine and Michael Ramatali.

We finished with four wins and have promoted to Division 1 for next season. This implies that we shall begin the new World Cup Qualification Cycle in good stead. George Maris with the bat was a highlight, and so was Ernest Fraser, who picked three four-wicket hauls and showcased exemplary skill with the older ball in some high scoring affairs. Zahir ad-Din Tughtikin also impressed with 8 wickets and very economical returns in conditions averse to his bowling.

Up next, would be the 50-over World Cup. We share a group with India, Bangladesh, South Africa, UAE and Ireland. The fixtures will be out in a week and the World Cup shall occur during the off season. West Indies fell at the final hurdle and lost the finals of the previous iteration and the onus on the current batch of lads to better that performance will be there.

The West Indies Senior International Ground, named the Caterham Crusaders Arena for their Division One SOD victory in the season gone by will see renaming of its ends. Exiles End and Tobago Saucers End have been awarded the honours for their impressive Matt Krevs Memorial Cup runs.

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West Indies World Cup Update

https://www.fromthepavilion.org/nattour ... eamId=3007

I have linked the squad here. Apologies I haven't been able to be on top of comms. Arthur Power has been handed his debut cap and will be playing the Proteans on a sticky dog tomorrow. We have managed to eek away against India today to start the tour alright.

Also, continuing tradition, the windies international ground is now named Tobago Saucers Arena to honour their Division One OD Win.

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West Indies NAT Squad Announcement

The West Indian Side will be heading to South Africa for their upcoming tour to play on Crumbling, Dry and Slow Decks.

The tour can be followed here: https://www.fromthepavilion.org/leagueo ... 18795#curr

The eighteen lads that have been selected for the tour include:

Bats -
Nick Allflatt - Exiles
George Maris - Herosnzeros
Michael Allflatt - Schweddy Balls
Najm Id-Din Ilghazi - Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club
Ronald Roberts - Sussex Exiles XI
Ralston Valentine - Birds XI
Vaughn Thompson - Sussex Exiles XI

Keepers -
Courtenay Bravo - Stunning Stars
Mervyn Antoine - Never liked the name of my team DEBUT

Seam Bowlers -
Zahir ad-din Tughtikin - Space Wolves
Marlon Pilgrim - ReDuX DEBUT
Edgar Cummings - Groundfielders
Junior Wight - Space Wolves

Spin Bowlers -
Bertel Benjamin - Donna's Kebabs DEBUT
Aaron Gabriel - Never liked the name of my team DEBUT
Soqman ibn Ortoq - Space Wolves DEBUT
Michael Ramatali - Never liked the name of my team
Algernon Davies - Antiguan Golden Cats DEBUT

We will be heading in with what has to be one of our youngest bowling combinations experience wise, with five debutants. Of the five spinners, Ramatali tallies to 4 games across two tours to compliment four debutants. We'll be up for an exciting challenge as the bowling component of the squad largely transitions.

Thanks for allowing us to tour your players!

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Tour Summary

It was a rather disappointing tour. We had a dominant display against the Aussies in what had become a dead rubber for us to end the tour but three consecutive losses on the trot where we failed to come to the party with bat and ball was a bit disappointing.

i'll simply highlight some promising performances. Aaron Gabriel's fifer in game one against the UAE won us a game that we were losing by a mile. Junior Wight managed to threaten and pick up wickets with admirable consistency and so did Zahir ad-din Tughtikin. Michael Allflatt scored a splendid ton in the chase in the final fixture, whilst George Maris contributed with a few forties but failed to convert his starts.

We'll be playing in Division 2 in the final tour of the season.

We are also hosting the Twenty-20 tour in a couple weeks.

Thanks for the support, cheers.