Cape Town – Considering how long once-mighty Caribbean cricket has been in the doldrums for, perhaps it is futile to believe the “real” West Indies will stand up against South Africa in Port Elizabeth on Sunday (10:00 start).
We knew the gulf between the one-day international sides was acute even before hostilities began; the Proteas’ big wins in all of the first three games in the five-match series have only underlined that.
Perhaps some of the Windies’ players who have seen service throughout the broader summer tour are suffering from the one-foot-on-the-plane-home syndrome ... and if they are, that isn’t a great sign considering that the visit ends with the fifth ODI at Centurion on Wednesday (January 2
yet they are back in action with their first warm-up game for the six-week Australasian-staged World Cup as quickly as February 9.
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Fire Cameron...
Fire Cameron
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves
Speaking to the SUNDAY SUN at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus on Friday night, Gonsalves said the best thing for West Indies cricket going forward would be the immediate replacement of Cameron.
He described the Jamaican’s leadership of the WICB as “poor” and “embarrassing” and said this was shown up in his handling of the dispute which led to the abandonment of the West Indies tour of India in October.
The Vincentian leader and keen cricket enthusiast blamed Cameron’s “dismissive” attitude to the West Indies cricketers and also to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the main reason that West Indies cricket was in its current predicament.
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boi ah dunno what to say about Windies Cricket but the problems have existed YEARS now under different Presidents and different selectors and different coaches.
