Global Cricket

West Indies batting is heavily dependent on Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Gayle, and Bravo. But out of all the players, I think Chris Gayle has the biggest role to play. West Indies team often wins games because of the cameos Gayle provides time after time. But...

Kamran Akmal, a regular Pakistani test wicket keeper for the last few years is not playing against England in Birmingham (2nd test of the series). He has been replaced by Zulqarnain Haider, a rookie with no ODI or test experience.
Kamran Akmal's faulty keeping behind the stumps as well as his ordinary batting most of the time has put Akmal's test career as a wicket keeper in jeopardy. Another bad news for Kamran Akmal; Zulqarnain scored a fighting 88 and probably gave Pakistan...

There used to be a time when Pakistan had a very solid middle order along with a world class top order. At that time, their tail-end batsmen can chip in with a few runs too.
Right now on 2010, Pakistani batting does not back up the fact they used to have a world class batting line up. Selectors that are in charge of selecting players for Pakistan, need to wake up and smell the coffee. In my opinion, batting talent is present...

Bangladesh has 52 points in ODI ranking currently, West Indies has 70 points. Which means, if Bangladesh somehow manages to win a few games against some top nations they can easily replace West Indies from the 8th position in the ODI ranking.
Bangladesh is supposed to play zimbabwe later in 2010 (if i am not mistaken), which they should win comfortably. Before that, they are supposed to host New Zealand that includes 3 ODI matches. New Zealand faced a very tough time last time they toured...