West Indies versus Sri Lanka’s first Test at wonderfully reconstructed Galle Stadium, one of many important Sri Lankan venues, totally devastated by that terrible tsunami on Boxing Day (December 26, 2004), which killed at least 250,000 people, one of the ‘top ten’ of all-time natural disasters, has produced a study in steely attitudes and massive recoveries akin to Lankan Tigers.

Steel, despite its widely varied usefulness, is not one of the specific “Periodic Table of Elements”, that table which is so essential to chemistry, physics and wealth, even construction. Instead, steel is a combination “alloy” of elements in that table, mostly iron (Fe – Atomic No 26) and carbon (C – Atomic No 6), with other original trace elements from that “PTE” thrown in.

Thus, steel is extremely hard, strong, and particularly tensile, with great flexibility and stretch ability, all characteristics that that wonderful allow(sic) should share with cricketers.

Full article at Trinidad Guardian

Steel is pretty cheap now due to the oversupply to the Chinese market.Shouldn't cost too much then to help out the West Indies.

mebbe the article meant Red Steel.

Who the hell approved of that first paragraph?

In reply to Devin

Man when you coming home? I am sure you can do better than Croft

Croft made a few good points, like what does the coaches say to these players before the game and while the game is in process, someone should of reminded Gabriel in the first innings that 34 runs were needed to avoid the follow-on. The coaches should be reminding Bravo that fifties are no longer enough for a batsman of his talent and definitely the coaches should be reminding these players to raise their intensity and just catch the ball.

All those words from Croft and not single word about his prowess as an aviator!

Wonders!

There is hope yet!!

steel is no longer the symbol of toughness, in addition steel can be hardened by increasing the carbon content.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

The kind of Steel or Backbone needed
by our Players is not sold anywhere ,
it is a commodity that has to be learned , by playing a lot of Cricket in the longer versions of the game .

Once that is done , Our Players will over time will find that they will acquire it . I invite all once again to look at the the number of matches
that the Sri Lanka Players have played , & the number of matches our
our Players have played . There is a disparity .

I expect to hear soon the standard refrain from the WICBC Stooges in this Forum ; that they have no money .One of these days sooner than they
expect , People aint going to by that Nancy Story .

In reply to djdrastic

Red steel not Chinese steel

In reply to camos

Why is it WI Cricket and their cricketers always in need of steel?

These players were ordinary at all levels below Test cricket. Where will they get the "steel" from?

In reply to Gupta

I am on record in this Forum stating that the standard of Cricket in the Region is Piss Poor , the recent Tours by England & Australia proved this without the shadow of any doubt .

For many years WE have been serenaded
by refrain that " They have no Money " .I know of no impediment that prevents them from seeking Financial Sponsors .

Telling the people in the Region that they have no money , and at the same time they Recklessly cancelled the
Tour to India ; leaving the BCCI with a mountain of Debt .

In addition , Our Players are currently playing less Cricket than their Counterparts on teams ranked above our Team , in ALL Formats of the game .

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

more red steel?

Thinly veiled attempt to get more Trinis in the side. Steel indeed....