Why Nicholas Pooran left West Indies cricket pt 1
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Why did Nicholas Pooran choose to skip the England and Ireland series?
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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. I'm on half of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast, Mashal St. Patrick Hewitt. And with me as ever is my partner in crime, Santoki Nagilendron. Santoki, how are you doing?
I'm good, Mash. I've just about slept off the tiredness from following the West Indies ODI side. I didn't even go to Cardiff, Mash. I just done the edge bastion and the oval. That was enough to knock me out for a few days. Obviously, you've done the final leg. You've done the extra mile in Cardiff as well. And you know what? A lot of people, Mash, will be watching this expecting us to do a T20 preview, looking at the predicted 11 going into the T20 series. But here at CCP, Mash, We're keeping the content fresh, we're keeping it original, and as always of CCP, we're coming at things from a different angle. So today, we're going to focus on a certain Nicholas Poran. So for those eagle-eyed observers, they'll notice that Nicholas Poran...
has chosen not to come to England and Ireland series and play in the T20 series. He wants some rest ahead of franchise commitments coming up this summer. So here at CCP, we're analysing from a West Indies perspective, what does it mean for West Indies cricket? And Mash, what are you saying? Obviously, we're sponsored by Parley, the betting company. What are the odds on our fellow West Indian cricket channels doing a similar pour-around video in the coming days?
Well, I've always been of the belief that every single cricket fan and every single cricket content creator around West Indies Cricket waits for us to drop an episode and then they have their content plan sorted out for the following week. So after this Puran episode is done, I fully expect every single person who believes they're a West Indies Cricket aficionado do the exact same video with just a little tweak on the topic so just for those watching you're welcome and we hope that this really helps your content plan for the next week or so but um as as the kind of thumbnail suggests and as as the title suggests we've we've reached a critical point with I think we've reached a critical point with Nicholas Puram where we have to start to ask the question.
And I'm trying to think how to frame the question best. We have to start to ask the question. I'm not going to say, does he care about West Indies cricket? Because I think that's too simplistic. I think he does. I think all players ultimately care about West Indies cricket. But to different levels and extents, some are more willing to play than others, but they all fundamentally care about West Indies cricket. I refuse to believe that Nicholas doesn't care. However, we've got to a point where we have to ask the question, how low down on his priority list is West Indies cricket? And the facts for me, Santolki, are simple. Nicholas hasn't, well, he's never played test cricket. Now, Nicholas can turn around and say, well, that's not my fault.
There were times when West Indies could have called me up. We could have compromised. I kind of had conversations here and there. It was never as simple as I didn't want to play test, so on and so forth. So that's that. Since our disastrous 2023 World Cup qualifying campaign in Zimbabwe, he has never played an Ojai game again. So we're now literally this month marks two years since Nicholas Piran last played in one day international for the West Indies. And I looked at the stats in our last six series, including the one, in fact, no, last seven, because let's include Ireland. So if you look at our last seven series, Santoki, so let's include Ireland. next week. England, that starts this week, right? And then before that, Bangladesh in the West Indies, England in the West Indies, West Indies in Sri Lanka, South Africa in the West Indies, twice, either side of the World Cup.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why did Nicholas Pooran choose to skip the England and Ireland series?
0:06–11:22
2
What implications does Pooran's absence have for West Indies cricket?
11:22–20:12
3
How has Pooran's commitment to T20 cricket evolved over time?
20:12–25:02
4
What factors contribute to Pooran's decision-making regarding international play?
25:02–30:20
5
How does Pooran's absence affect the West Indies T20 squad dynamics?
30:20–33:47
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