Building a West Indies T20 bowling depth chart
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What weaknesses exist in the West Indies T20 bowling attack?
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This is Kimo Roach, and I listen to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. Yes, yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another edition of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. As the thumbnail suggests, actually, by the time I upload this, maybe the thumbnail isn't even there yet. But if it is, as the thumbnail suggests, this video is looking at the West Indies T20 bowling attack based around CPL and what we've seen in CPL so far. Now, the first thing to understand is this, right? My general take on the situation is that West, and I think before we get into it and before everyone starts flooding in with the comments below, et cetera, understand this question and this concept first. does or do the West Indies
have an elite T20 bowling attack?
Do the West Indies have an elite T20 bowling attack?
Do we have a T20 bowling attack that covers all bases in the international game? Do we have a T20 bowling attack that can go to the 2026 T20 World Cup and really make head waves? I've long been of the opinion, and obviously I was out in Florida for the two T20 games against Pakistan, one of the T20 games versus Australia at Sabah in the Park, literally just last month. And for me, some of the obvious deficiencies within the West Indies bowling attack were clear for all to see. We have issues at the death. We do not have any clear, identifiable death bowlers who you can rely on. We've got issues up front in the power play in terms of having clear, obvious wicket-taking bowlers. And we've got... inconsistencies with some bowlers where you're never quite sure what you're going to get right so before i started this episode the first thing i actually did was i was like oh sorry we have no leg spinner which most top international teams do
So before I started this episode, I actually wrote down, what is West Indies' current best T20 bowling lineup?
What are the current best T20 bowlers for West Indies?
And I am not saying that... What I'm about to say to you, I'm not trying to say that this is definitive, right? I'm not trying to say that this is it. And by all means, if you disagree, please get in the comments below and say, actually, Mash, I don't agree with that. I don't think that's what West Indies' best T20 bowling attack is. But this is what I've got down. Akil Hussain. Gudakesh Moti, Alzari Joseph, Jason Holder. That's four. Romario Shepard or Shamar Joseph. That's five.
Who are the potential bowlers in the West Indies depth chart?
And then Roston Chase is six. There's potentially an argument that is Roston Chase or a Mario Shepard. But that's effectively right now as things stand. I think that's your six bowlers that would go into your standard West Indian T20 international fixture. I'm not saying that that, well, no, I am saying that that is not a winning bowling attack. That bowling attack will not take you to a T20 World Cup final. I'm not even sure if it'll take you to a T20 semifinal, right? But it's serviceable. So what I started to say to myself was in watching the first 14, 15 games of CPL this year, I was like, but who's in reserve? Who's in our depth chart?
What role does CPL play in identifying new talent?
Right. And I guess this is really what I want people to think about when you're analyzing this episode and you put your comments below in the episode. Rather than focusing so much on I don't agree with this person being in West Indies first choice top six bowlers in T20. We're looking at the depth chart right across CPL. And here's the thing. I'll kind of give you a disclaimer now. It's slim pickings, people. where we are starving out there. And let me also say this, and this is where I cuss out CPL. CPL is not helping West Indies cricket in so much as, yes, Breakout League players have been selected this year.
How can the performance of Jadon Seals impact the team?
Yes, 18 of the players that played in Breakout League have got CPL contracts this year. But when you go from team to team to team to team, How many of these breakout quote unquote youngsters are first choice players? How many of these breakout quote unquote youngsters are guaranteed even four games? Four might even be too many. How many are guaranteed three games in CPL this year? So this video isn't even about let's try and identify some really talented youngsters because what's the point?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What weaknesses exist in the West Indies T20 bowling attack?
0:00–1:34
2
Do the West Indies have an elite T20 bowling attack?
1:34–2:50
3
What are the current best T20 bowlers for West Indies?
2:50–3:25
4
Who are the potential bowlers in the West Indies depth chart?
3:25–4:10
5
What role does CPL play in identifying new talent?
4:10–4:52
6
How can the performance of Jadon Seals impact the team?
4:52–5:28
7
What are the challenges faced by Obed McCoy in the T20 format?
5:28–6:35
8
What does the future hold for West Indies cricket's bowling options?
6:35–20:44
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