Same old; More things change, more they remain the same
Mon, Oct 20, '14
This is neither the beginning nor the end of anything. By abandoning the tour of India after the fourth One Day International on Friday, Dwayne Bravo and his team are merely participating in the continuation of a process. It is a process defined by dysfunction and mistrust between two of the three key parties in West Indies cricket that the third party—West Indians and fans of West Indies cricket—has endured for almost 40 years, at least.
During the political standoff between the Democrats and Republicans that essentially shut down the US government three years ago over the matter of dealing with that country’s gargantuan national debt (it was then over US$15 trillion), the succession of last-minute deals that kept the nation open for business was described by political observers as “kicking the can down the road.” In other words, they were short-term measures that didn’t really deal with the key issues in any meaningful way.
