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While Cricket Australia's immediate focus is on next month's home Test series against New Zealand, and the historic introduction of the pink ball, it's a team that was once clad in pink that has some local officials nervous.
The once mighty West Indies are again in turmoil, this time after coach Phil Simmonds, the former hard-hitting allrounder, was suspended over his criticism of the squad picked for the imminent one-day series of Sri Lanka.
Simmonds, who helped guide the Caribbean islands to a 1-1 Test series result against England earlier this year, was stood down for declaring he had not been given the "best 50-over ODI squad" and faces a disciplinary hearing.
While the ugly side of Caribbean cricket politics is nothing new, that the West Indies are due to play in three Tests in Australia this summer, including the showcase Tests from Boxing Day in Melbourne and New Year's day in Sydney, makes this latest round of trouble particularly worrying.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

This Cameron guy is certainly an enigma.

After successfully negotiating the coveted Boxing Day schedule in Australia, a schedule reserved for Big-Four of late, he had to go and make fools of us with this Simmons fiasco.

In reply to Drapsey

You are very perceptive Guy .
Regional Cricket is governed by People
who are steeped in acting Recklessly
by not thinking about the Implications
and Ramifications of their actions .

The sad thing is that the Region is saddled by these people who refuse to
understand :

CRICKET IS A VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS ,

THAT DEMANDS THAT THE BUSINESS OF

CRICKET, BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY .