OUTGOING West Indies head coach, Stuart Law, has revealed that the lack of experienced senior players available on tour to guide the upcoming Caribbean talent has hurt the side’s progression and overall aspirations for the future. Referencing the team’s preparation and level of mentorship for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup, Law called the situation less than “ideal,” especially in the batting area.
Speaking with ESPN on the contract disputes and the player availability issues plaguing the squad since 2014’s walkout in India, Law admitted, “Some players have explained to me what’s going on, and some haven’t really explained it. So it’s hard to get that continuity in the team. What we’re doing right now is building up for a World Cup. And if we keep chopping and changing, (it isn’t ideal).”
With Dwayne Bravo retiring from all forms of international cricket and Chris Gayle and Andre Russell available for selection but not suiting up for the Windies in the lead-in to the tournament, Law said gauging the final roster still remains an unpredictable task. The ex-Australian international, who’ll be stepping down from his position before the World Cup, lamented that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) couldn’t solve the selection criteria with certain senior players in time, allowing them to balance out their Twenty20 (T20) schedules with long-format cricket.
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In reply to natty_forever
Whats so wrong about what he said? Your flippant bye is no cure for the problems he alerted everyone one to.
Success at any World Cup demands a long term strategy and seriously good preparation.
In reply to ProWI
Success at any World Cup demands a long term strategy and seriously good preparation.
How many of these have you seen?
Or team selected they were going to win without WICB/CWI support.
Totally concurring with Coach Laws.
In reply to ProWI
Very Well Stated . The fact of the matter from my perspective is the fact
that Our Players are apparently constrained perhaps due to Incompetence , and or Lack of Financial Funds ;from having Meaningful Preparation Camps to Hone
& Harness their Talents .
Let me again emphatically state this
Freaking Fact that has been ignored by those in the Governance of West
Indies Cricket :
IN RECENT TIMES IT WAS OUR FORMER
GREAT PLAYERS WHOSE ADMINISTRATION &
GUIDANCE OF WEST INDIES CRICKET IN
THE SHORTEST VERSION OF THE GAME
THAT MADE OUR PLAYERS WIN 2
CONSECUTIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
THIS FORMAT OF THE GAME .
Those are the persons that should be
in charge of Our Players , regarding
Our Players being fully competitive
in the International Cricket Arena .
However that probably will never happen ; because WE would have concrete evidence that the WICBC/CWI
is a Colossal Joke , and its longevity is dependent on its many
Lackeys who claim to be Sports Journalists .
Even worse is the fact that the ICC , an entity formed by International
Cricket Boards for the benefit of
its members will say nary a word about the abysmal Stewardship of:
THE WORST INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
BOARD IN THE COMMONWEALTH ; AKA
THE WICBC/CWI .
It is their lack of Testicular Fortitude regarding the fact that their silence that has empowered the WICBC/CWI to become absolutely:
THE WORST INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
BOARD IN THE COMMONWEALTH .
Cricket in the Region
Now this aint a figment of my Imagination , Our Team is at or near
the bottom of International Cricket .WE used to beat Bangladesh regularly.That aint the case these
days .
IN ESSENCE WE HAVE REGRESSED NOT
PROGRESSED . DESPITE THIS FREAKING
FACT ; THE PSEUDO SPORTS JOURNALISTS
IN THE REGION REMAIN SILENT .