WICB—disjointed institution

"Holder for all his optimism and those shared by Lara, Richards and the selectors will be inheriting a team where a losing culture is almost normative."

The West Indies selectors and WICB continue to err even when it is seeking to establish a new course to haul West Indies cricket out of the deepening abyss it has found itself since losing the Frank Worrell Trophy 2-1 to Mark Taylor’s Australian side in 1994/95.  

Since that series the West Indies have played 194 matches winning 40, drawing 54 and losing a staggering 100 matches with the last being against Australia in Jamaica, June 2015. The win - lost record is even worst when matches against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are excluded.

For instance the press releases to announce the change of captains for both the men and women’s team were fraught with language and lack of information to court all kinds of conflict-ridden interpretations. These interpretations have not done any good for the desired purposes of the changes and the spirit of good governance for a seemingly disjointed institution.