WI to be replaced in the VB Series.

[Beny]

http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/C...25NOV2004.html

If this does happen and the West Indies dont come I hope they choose to play an Australia A team.

Hopefully though It dosent come to that and the West Indies tour with a full strength side.

[acker]

I'm with you Beny , although I think we should make Australia A qualification for under 28 year olds only

[Beny]

I think we should make Australia A qualification for under 28 year olds only

I'd be interested to see what guys like Hodge and the Hussy brothers could do against the best. The rest should all be under 29 though.

[vvvrulz]

It would be terrible if the full team couldn't make it. As you well know I support the Windies, and think they have the goods to give the aussies a run for their money, in the ODI arena anyway. It would be disappointing if they were replaced, Kenya and India being the only two other available sides.

[Zainub]

I'm hoping for West Indies to resolve their issues, however if the can't happen I'd rather play Aus A than Kenya (who whould really struggle to compete, and hence it's going to produce a really non sensical 3rd team like last time when Zimbabwe were involved in a string of dead rubbers which had no effect on who was going to be playing in the final) or India (with whom Aus have just last year had such a long VB series and we too will be going there just after the Aus tour to play them).

[Occasional Fan]

Originally Posted by Beny

Hopefully though It dosent come to that and the West Indies tour with a full strength side.

Absolutely. What a miserable week for cricket: half strength sides all over the show.

[Mr Kiwi]

an article in the news here saying NZ could replace the windies if a few changes to the schedule were made. not sure if aus will think thats worth it for the likely competition nz would provide at the moment . . .

[Zainub]

NZ are a better one-day side then a test side, a lot of their players are more suited to the one-day game, it's not that they would be a walk over, they are not that bad, really.

I still hope though, that it doesn't come down to that, and that WI can resolve all their disputes and take part them selves.

[vvvrulz]

I'm not sure, last time NZ met the Aussies, actually last two times, we got completely pasted. I think our high ODI ratings are somewhat disjointed. We win a lot of ODI's at home, on pitches where Chris Martin takes seven wickets.

[Zainub]

Last time Aus met NZ, they lost, comprehensively, that was in the Champions Trophy. Before that Aus met NZ in the WC, and on that occasiosn I don't think you could have called it a pasting, Shane Bond shook them up, but the batters couldn't finish the job and were blown away by Brett Lee, it was reasonably comprehensive still, so I get your point.

You're right about NZ winning a lot of ODIs at home, last two series they beat us 4-1, and SA too, 6-1 I guess. My point was basically that they are a better one-day side then a test side.