The down days of West Indies cricket
Depending on whom you ask, the description of the state of West Indies cricket can provide an answer which will lead one to believe the best and the worst, but certainly not complimentary to the present image of the game which had reached the highest quality above every cricketing country in the world many moons ago.
However, few of the armchair critics cared to explain the reasons for our demise. Was it a sharp deterioration from the level of the legendary presentations of players like Sir George Headley, Sir Garry Sobers, Sir Viv Richards, Rohan Kanhai, through to the absolutely brilliant batting genius Brian Charles Lara.
The ranking scale has dropped from ten to a zero and before anyone tries to find excuses, stand in the line of thousands who can provide some strange ones. To be angry, emotional, disappointed or furious because of a drop in standard or in any mood, will be justified.
Target the poor work of administrators, the attitude of the players or in many cases comments which will incite insularity, partisanship, social status, the negative or positive effect of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) during the downward spiral of the game, will mirror total confusion and no progress.