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"No captain can suddenly turn the water of a weak team into the wine of champions"

As was inevitable, Jason Holder has had the West Indies Test captaincy added to the ODI responsibility unexpectedly placed on him in January for the series in South Africa and the subsequent World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Holder's record as the youngest of all West Indies captains, at 23, has now been extended to the longer, traditional version. His first assignments in his new role - two Tests in Sri Lanka next month, three in the contrasting conditions of Australia over the new year - loom as demandingly as the South Africa and World Cup campaigns did. West Indies have not won a Test, let alone a series, in either country this century.
The apparent mitigating factors, that each is in a state of rebuilding after the retirement of key, experienced players, that Sri Lanka are coming off successive defeats at home, against Pakistan and India, and that Australia are under a new captain, are negated by West Indies' identical situation. 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Holder himself needs influencing.
Will he bat from 1-11 and bowl both ends? Maybe put all 3 keepers to keep in same match and see who is better.
WI selectors are so dumb and once given that post they automatically get duncy. Sometimes we have 3 openers in same game now we will have 3 keepers.
Mistake in taking Roach.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

SL is at its weakest without Dilshan,Sanga, Jayawardena, Murali, Vass, Malnga. Without them the SL team is trying to rebuild just like the WI. I am waiting to see how the young prospects of WI future do in this tour.

In reply to Pacy

You trying to set some invisible must win standard for WI ?

WI have never done well in SL. No matter who they put out. Both in A team cricket and senior level cricket.

So hold strain.

With 6 other countrymen in the team, one of whom is the vice captain, he should get the support he'll need.

In reply to imusic

Who do you think should be captain?

In reply to Commie

What was wrong with what Pacy said? SL are also rebuilding....just like WI. That's a fact.

In reply to HumbleCalf

Somebody who can make the team.

I don't have a big issue with Holder. If it were me, I would have continued with Ramdin....but the selectors want to move on.

The team is young with 9 of the 15 man squad having played less than 60 test matches COMBINED. I assume the thinking is that the young team can grow under the young captain.

Nothing wrong with that

In reply to imusic

The fact is that rebuilding or not WI have rarely won in SL.

It makes scant difference.

In reply to Commie