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Originally Posted by WindieFan
"Unfortunately"? are you serious?  for a start Dwayne hardly set the world on fire when he was last playing tests and young Powell has just got a big ton against NZ in the last series and done well alongside Gayle, so it was obvious that he would retain his place,
Would have liked to have seen Delorn Johnson, Gabriel or Cotterrell get a chance but it looks like Sammy's position makes that impossible right now,
Imo the team will be
Gayle
Powell
Darren Bravo
Samuels
Chanderpaul
Deonarine
Ramdin (wk)
Sammy (c)
Narine
Roach
Rampaul
i think we'll do very well to be honest!!  , in the bowling department Narine is on fire and Roach has just been sensational for us over the last year, infact i think he's one of the top wicket takers in 2012, and in the batting unit Bravo, Chanders and Samuels make a tasty little combination, Deonarine's off-spin will also come in handy considering he's taken 4fers vs Australia and NZ recently.
So may the best team win!! 
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We have already lost the series before it even began. We are big time screwed with Gayle at the top. Gayle will face our mediocre pace bowlers at the beginning of the innings and there will be no one to put him under pressure early on (yes even Rubel wont do that job because he is bad in tests). Closest person would be Nazmul if he even gets picked. He showed that he can get put good batsmen under pressure when he bowled well to the Paki batsmen in the Dhaka test.
Darren Bravo who is a bit out of form but is a class batsmen will dismantle our pace bowling. Chanderpaul is too good and will really play our bowlers with ease. I guess we are going to rely on Shakib, Enamul and Elias very heavily. Mahmudullah might even chime in.
Our batsmen might really struggle to play Narine. Spinning conditions are going to suit Narine and he is in good form. Roach will fire in and scare our batsmen. Im really worried about this tour. The only way to win any of the matches is to hope that Elias, Enamul and Shakib are in top form and really hope that they dismantle the West Indies batting lineup.