"It has been just over a week since last week's dramatic and abrupt end of the West Indies tour to India. In the mean time, thousands of articles have probably appeared on the web talking about the decline in everything related to West Indies cricket. Here is one more on the same.

In my opinion, the time has come for the West Indies as a cricketing team to close down", writes Nishant Kumar in Sportskeeda

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com


Facile... feeble...


I won't even ask who this twit is.




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In reply to Ewart


As an actor asked in a movie ..'who is this guy ?'

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

....(yawn)......who is Nishant Kumar? Another one of these sensationalism writers I suppose that apparently bored.

In reply to Ewart

Anyone who calls for the break up of the West Indies or for the islands to go alone is talking rubbish.

25 years ago together we were strong. Since then we have been going downhill.

Now is not the time to break apart.

You could imagine all of the individual boards fighting for some sort of recognition, living off scraps that Zimbabwe and Babgladesh would refuse.

It's our one common cause. We should be ensuring no matter what comes next, we do not make any other nation make us break apart.

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In reply to archangel

I am not burying my head in the sand and I know things never stay the same.

What bargaining power would T&T have on its own. Do you think T&T developed thier T20 Stars in isolation?

I am not expecting the West Indies to go back to their glory days, but as individual territories trying to make it on the international stage we have no chance.

If you believe that T&T can make it on its own, well that's your view.

In reply to laynew

In reply to archangel

You are not comparing apples with apples.

One of the reasons West Indies cricket (up until last week) had some relevance was because of its past glories and the way we played the game.

When you read a lot of comments on various message boards, a lot of the comments are that people would love to see the West Indies return to their glory days. So we still to some degree live on our past glories.

What history/heritage does Trinidad have?

I won't go as far as to say that Trinidad can't make it on their own, but they would have a major uphill task getting any recognition on the international stage.

I would rather see West Indies cricket collapse then have the rich mediocre players run the asylum.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Why is cc.com headlining a story written in a random website by some random fan (not even a professional writer) whose profile is as follows:

In reply to Verstehen

Everyone's allowed a stupid opinion.

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In reply to laynew
No other nation is breaking us apart. The people who are breaking us apart are those low-performing, self-absorbed, minimal-talent, overpaid mal-contents who call themselves WI cricketers. They think their trump card is the IPL, but I hope the IPL kick all of them out, then you would see them crawling back with their tails between their legs!

Regardless of this writer's qualifications, the article raises valid concerns:

"The West Indies as a team concept are a unique example in not just cricket but across the sporting world. They transcend national boundaries. It’s not just one nation but different countries across the Caribbean region who come together to play as one on the cricketing field. In every other sports these countries have their own separate identities but cricket unites them. However, the multiple national interests may also be the cause of the breakdown. So I feel that the time has come for the various nations in the West Indies to go their own separate ways. Most likely they are just waiting for the first one to take the plunge and go its own separate way. And maybe having separate national teams might rejuvenate the flogging interest in the game within the region. It will be a sad day for cricket when this happens. But the way events are unfolding it seems to be a question of when and not if. The demise of the West Indies cricket will be mourned by all cricket lovers, but their current avatar will not be missed."