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West Indies cricket needs overhauling
DEAR EDITOR,
There is no doubt that West Indies cricket is getting bad to worse — even the most ardent crickets fans are fed up with both the administrators and the cricketers. Two or three decades ago we were the world champions — today we are at almost the bottom of the ladder. What a shame.
Our current players are more concerned with dollars and cents rather than to play for pride and the love of the game. Moreover T20 seems to be “killing” test cricket, mainly because of the mighty dollar and the fact that spectators prefer to see the shorter version of the game rather than to witness a five-day match.
Our players prefer to play T20 matches for IPL and other sponsors because they are well paid. Kieron Pollard for instance is a top T20 player but has never played a Test match. Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith are outstanding T20 players and are being overlooked for Tests and star batsman Chris Gayle is now more recognized as a T20 blaster than an accomplished test player.
Andre Russell who has been described as one of the best all-rounders in the world prefers to play T20 rather than Tests.
Despite the fact the West Indies have outstanding T20 players, as a team we are still at the bottom of the ladder, and one wonders what the problem is. The administrators were blamed and there was a complete breakdown between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board which ended up in a disgraceful spectacle in India when the players refused to play in the midst of a tour, and as a result the Indian Cricket Board is claiming US$42 million in financial losses as a result of the aborted tour.
Fans feel that there should be a complete restructure. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves is calling for the removal of the WICB President Dave Cameron, because he failed to honour his agreement. The entire Board needs to be overhauled, new selectors should be named and the disgruntled players should be banned for life. We do not need three captains and former outstanding West Indies players should be tapped to be administrators.
Oscar Ramjeet
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