The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Same old story for West Indies

Sun, Jul 6, '14

by TONY BECCA

Commentary

West Indies cricket continues to amaze, and it continues to do so to those who are blinkered and refuse to see, or cannot see, the shortcomings of the regional game.
The shortcomings of the regional game, the quick fix method to the problems, the selections of some of the teams, and the failure of the team to win were exposed once again in the defeat to New Zealand in the just-concluded series.

After losing the first Test at Sabina Park, the West Indies dropped a few players, recovered to win the second Test at Queen's Park Oval, and then, with everything set for an exciting finish at Kensington Oval, dropped a player who had done well on his Test debut and limped to a disappointing loss in a rain-shortened game.