Future of WI cricket in focus
Mon, Jun 22, '15
AS THE EVER UPBEAT president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron sees it, the annual meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Barbados at the end of the week “demonstrates the significant role West Indies cricket continues to play in the global game”.
The distressing reality is that it hasn’t played “a significant role in the global game” since the unprecedented dominance of the 1980s in teams under Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards; it is unlikely to do as long as a revival continues to be hindered by performances on the field and in the boardroom.
Every ICC member is keen for the West Indies to regain their strength. They recognise that the decline of a team once revered everywhere it went has diminished the game; they also recognise that unless West Indies cricket rids itself of its peculiar constraints, such as a lack of enlightened leadership at all levels, constantly tense board-player relations, substandard pitches and facilities, progress is impossible.
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