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Letter to the Sports Editor…DECISIVE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR SARWAN

Jan 30, 2014 Sports

Dear Editor,
I have noted with intent the various individual and team records that were set during the previous 50 overs Regional cricket tournament, compliments of sports historian Charwayne Walker. The statistics are quite impressive but none other than Ramnaresh Sarwan’s three centuries in a single tournament.
This fact cannot be understated but should serve as a decisive moment of reflection and motivation for Sarwan to emulate if he desires to instantly return to the West Indies team. Injuries, loss of form and with it confidence would have unfortunately stymied the progress of an otherwise stellar career of the Guyanese batting stalwart. I still believe he is one of the finest of contemporary batsmen since his test and one day batting average of over 40 should be considered as a distinction according to academic terms, particularly with him having played over 80 matches in both formats of the game. Such qualities aptly reinforce his class, skill and character, exhibits which ironically have eluded him of late.
The timing therefore is absolutely crucial for the resurrection of his career, thus the 2014 50 overs tournament should be the ultimate stage for him to once again stamp his mercurial authority.
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) speculative experiment though tentative at this time, still remains troubling for West Indies cricket especially if the body decides upon a two tier test system. This will mean that the West Indies team will be demoted since their status and points standing remains disappointingly low; a static trend endured by the team for the last three years. A recollection of the recent series against India and New Zealand is an ample sign that transformational changes are required both structurally as well as technically.
The WI players are not being under-paid yet they consistently under-achieve; such gratuitous display by the WICB and selectors does not exist in a competitive and professional environment nowhere else in the world.
It is therefore inherent upon someone such as Sarwan’s magnitude and ability to demand his rightful place and seek to resurrect a faltering WI team that is well below the high standards that have been set by other countries such as Australia, India and England (the super three may also impose their influence on the governance of the ICC).
The WICB may still suffer the imminent embarrassment should the team be relegated to join featherweights such as Afghanistan, Scotland or Argentina at the test level under the potential new system being studiously studied by the technical committee of the ICC. Sarwan therefore can and should make a difference to his career and that of a brighter future for West Indies cricket beginning with the super 50 Regional tournament to be held in Trinidad.
Elroy Stephney

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