New Year, same battle for West Indies

When the clock ticks over from 23:59:59 on December 31 and the fireworks go off to herald a change in year, we all say something like this:

"It's a new year, hopefully we can change some things. We are going to make a fresh start."

Denesh Ramdin actually means it and you need only consider what lies ahead for West Indies to see why. 2015 and beyond is an important period for their cricket as it tries to move out of another crisis and into a clear dawn. Apart from the World Cup, the latest FTP has West Indies scheduled to play 14 Tests between March 2015 and July 2016, against England (three home), Australia (two home, three away), Sri Lanka (two away) and India (four home) and they hope to kickstart a full schedule with the lessons they have learnt on this tour.

"We are learning and we are playing against the No.1 team in the world. If we can do some of the things South Africa are doing, we can try to move up the rankings," Ramdin said.

an ESPNcricinfo article