Originally posted by CharlesDarwini
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And a fairly simple win ties the series.
We took wickets regularly early on, and when spin came into the attack they were already 3 down. They restricted the batsmen even further, and picked up a wicket each when partnerships started to build. When the seamers came back, Holder was the man who did the late damage. He added 4 wickets to his earlier one, and Alford got the last to bowl Pakistan out for a measly 114.
Simmons and Barath started exactly as required, a partnership of 68 at just over a run a ball. Simmons was the slight aggressor in the partnership, his 39 coming from 37 balls and including 5 boundaries. They both got out fairly soon after each other, but Bravo and Burton arrived to (just!) see us over the line in time.
Series State | West Indies and Pakistan tie the series 1-1. |
Batting Award | Lendl Simmons - Just got us ahead to make sure we won. |
Bowling Award | Brathwaite/Holder/Alford/Narine/Khan - Entire unit was SUPERB. I could not have asked for more, and they all played their parts. |
Player |
Type | Age | Comment |
A. Barath | O | 27 | 2 good tests against Pakistan have him in the squad again! |
A. Allen | O | 21 | Andy is 21 years old and averages 88 in 2nd team cricket. No great record in FC, but worth a go. |
D. Bravo (VC) | BAT | 28 | Probably our best batsman across all forms. |
K. Edwards (C) | BAT | 32 | Test captain and all-round good egg. |
M. Paul | BAT | 27 | Really promising Test career ahead of him... Just needs a century now! |
S. Burton | BAT | 24 | Not a great Test record... but I really like him. |
R. Sarwan | BAT | 36 | Old guy. Spare batsman. |
D. Barrett | BAT | 22 | Dean, 22, has started his FC career well and gets a shot at the tour! |
M. Alford | ALL | 22 | Yeah. Mike Alford. Who's surprised? Thought not. |
D. Francis | K | 22 | He's never going to keep performing. Never! |
M. Browne | K | 23 | Solid. Dependable. Strictly average. |
M. Nixon | SEAM | 22 | Still a very exciting prospect for me. |
I. Khan | SPIN | 32 | Decent with a bat, great with a ball, always there or there abouts. |
J. Holder | SEAM | 25 | A real revelation in recent times. Cracking. |
K. McClean | SEAM | 29 | Yeah, he's still in the squads. Hasn't really let us down yet. |
V. Permaul | SPIN | 27 | Permaul has too good a record to have only ever played 2 matches for me. |
J. Horace | SEAM | 25 | Joe, 22, is a RF bowler. From the West Indies. With good stats. Good luck. |
S. Narine | SPIN | 28 | Narine is a beast. We know this. |
Barath, Allen, Bravo (C), Barrett, Burton, Browne (K), Nixon, Khan, McClean, Permaul, Horace.
Yeah, the batting's a bit light, but hopefully we shouldn't need too much. Here's the Sussex team for anyone interested... in other words, me.
Hales, Gale, Gatting, Prior (K), Hurst, Horton, Piesley, Beer (C), Arif, Goodis, Panesar.
We won the toss and chose to bat. Should be a laugh!
Stat! - The average age in our squad is 26.2. Nice and low.
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