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Originally Posted by BrianLara7
Well there is no place for Powell in the main xi from those 15. Chris gayle, Kirk edwards should open. Bravo, Chanderpaul, Samuels and Deonarine makes a good batting lineup with Ramdin at 7. Sammy at 8 as all rounder and narine, Rampaul and Roach makes a decent bowling lineup. That's a pretty good test team actually, they can definitely beat sides like Sri lanka in tests.
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The thing is, WIndieFan and the WICB are big fans of Powell, even though he has a Test batting average of just 25....
So, his name will be one of the first pencilled in. IMHO, Powell needs to do a lot more than score one Test century to earn his place in the side. Adrian Barath scored a Test century, and he's declined to be out of the reckoning. Yes, Powell scored a Test against a weak Kiwi side, but I'm not convinced that he's the long-term solution to finding an opening partner who can actually stick with Gayle.
The problem with Dwayne Bravo is that he hardly ever plays any four-day cricket these days, so has done little to earn a recall to the Test side, even though he's a fixture in the limited overs version. But if he's making more money as a T20 player than he ever did as a Test player, I suppose the question is, why should he?