Wanted - A Few Good, Solid Batsmen
Sun, Jun 28, '15
There are three standards of cricket in this world. There is the high standard of South Africa, Australia, India, and New Zealand. There is the weak standard of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, and there is - not those in between like England and Pakistan - but those who are seen as average, or mediocre like the West Indies.
Once upon a time, the West Indies were the kings of cricket, the rulers of the game, the team that was rated as possibly the world's greatest ever cricket team.
They were better than teams like Don Bradman's all-conquering Australians of 1948, or Ian Chappell's men of the 1970s and especially 1974 and 1975.
It has been a long time since those days of greatness and it appears as if the return to those days, or anything close, is a long way off.
In fact, based on the revelations of the basic weaknesses as exposed by Australia recently, and by others earlier, including England, India, New Zealand, and South Africa, it will take a long, long time for West Indies cricket to get back to those halcyon days.
