Will Hope Shine in the English Summer?


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On the stage where he has had his finest hour yet, Shai is returning to that country. On his last visit, he skillfully and gracefully crafted two centuries. He scored one in each innings and as such immortalize himself. Likewise in the consciousness of cricket fans, Shai is the batsman that can invoke that hope in a sometimes unpredictable West Indies line up.

There are great expectations on the shoulders of  arguably West Indies best batsman. If West Indies has any ambitions of defeating the English at home, then Shai Hope is the man that would  have to  be the nucleus of the batting . He would have to be the nucleus in practice and not in theory. Defeating England would require batsmen to score centuries consistently, Hope will be expected to be the chief protagonist.

However with an average of  27.2 in tests from 31 matches, and those twin centuries remain his only hundreds, he will have to improve considerably. Maybe, he would need to transpose his ODI form of a healthy average of 52 from 78 matches.

He is a batsman with a great aura that plays delightful and aesthetically pleasing shots but glimpses of brilliance will not be enough. As he returns to the theatre where the world witnessed his greatest innings, the stage is again set for Hope to shine. The stage is ready for Shai Diego Hope to confirm to the world that his exploits in England wasn't a fluke.

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CW Forrest

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