Commentary

Windies’ bark louder than its bite

Firstly, the days that my prodigies arrived on earth were the happiest, most interesting days that I have ever had. I was not sure if to shout, cry or laugh. I certainly celebrated. So even if you are single mothers, doing masterful, almost impossible, jobs as both father and mother, or if you are really fathers, if only by biology or idealistically, real male heroes of your offspring: “Happy Father’s Day!” Now, people called what happened at Cardiff “cricket drama.” I think it was plain cricketing stupidity. West Indies cricketers, mostly fathers themselves, must be ruing their lack of timing, lack of game sense even, in that game versus South Africa. They easily had the game in their hands and then just threw it away.

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