West Indies cricket team

Otherwise, if there was relevance from the point of view of these players, then literally we are even...

We are even at a stage where we are below West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe.

So what is below this? Below this are Uganda, Nepal, Somalia, Namibia.

Because the rest of them have gone above us.

They were a good team in the 80s.

It was always about the individual brilliance.

Pakistan was the second best SI during the dominance of the West Indies.

If you look at that time.

This is a special episode.

People have been saying to me for a while, "Mash, how comes you and Santoki aren't bringing on guests as frequently as you used to?" And I think I mentioned in an episode a while back, I said, "Yeah, we're, we're still planning to bring on guests, but it's gotta be worth it." Like, it's if, if we're bringing guests on the show, it's gotta be something that we're super interested in, uh, something that's significant enough news, um, in West Indies cricket, uh, something that has seismic ramifications, if you wanna call it that, across the region in general.

And, uh, yeah, I think this is one of those episodes, you know.

You can already tell from the thumbnail what this, um, episode is to do with.

But that doesn't exactly happen with him.

Even against West Indies, he was not at his best.

That's one way to look at it.

But his Indians played well, especially someone like Devdutt Padikkal.

If you look at a few other things like staying deep in the crease, staying leg side of the ball, not having those side-on stances, more of open stances.

So, a few of those Sri Lankan batters have that.

It could be Mishara, it could be Ivan Udara, who looked in decent touch in the West Indies.

Lairu looked like a decent player.

Great question.

Um, it, it saddens me how little cricket is played in the West Indies.

Uh, it, it surprises me the amazing talent that there is because of the little cricket we're, we're, we're playing, and I think the authorities have really gotta look at that.

Um, you know, I, I would look...

Um, so yeah, you know, it's all learning.

As long as we keep learning, then we get better as a club, as a team, as a, as a franchise.

And, and West Indies cricket, it helps West Indian cricket, which is what we want.

And just one last question from me before I hand you back over to Jordan.

The Asian Games is coming up.

The West Indies and Afghanistan are going to tour India for an ODI series.

The India A-teams for the Australia multi-series have been announced.

And I am very happy for one to see a chap called Shams Mulani, who's 29 years old, made his debut way back in 2018.

That's something that he would be able to do so in even more detail by sitting next to these players.

And you look at...

One day international centuries in India, three in South Africa, two in the West Indies.

He scored centuries against Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, all in one day internationals, had 37 T20 internationals as well, played against all the major nations.

Finally falls for 86 after an innings which everybody here will remember for a long, long time.

This innings probably has given the Prudential trophy to the West Indies.

They were struggling a bit at 99 for four when he came in and has taken them on to 238.

Five wickets down and still the best part of ten overs to go.

Cricket in Canada numerically has never been stronger.

Cricket is being played in more clubs, more schools, universities.

This is being driven by a huge demographic change in the country of immigration, especially from South Asia and to a certain degree before that from the West Indies.

The cricket-playing population of Canada is actually larger than some cricket-playing countries.