In reply to analyst-kid
The quality of cricketer during that time was miles ahead of what is played in Barbados, I've been writing about it for over a decade.
You live there and see cricket all the time, so even if a development of a player is below par, most fans don't seem to see it or care.
I remember seeing Roland Holder wicketkeeping in a 1st division match for Empire, the fans at Bank Hall was clapping and shouting after every delivery he catch, I went to Carlisle Best who was commentating that day and asked, is they not an up and coming youngster that is in Empire organization,Carlisle just laugh and said, that what our cricket has come to.
That very afternoon I drove over to Yorkshire, saw Ashley caused and umpire, took of his pads close to the boundary and continue having words with the fielding team.
I played for Yorkshire, we had to returned to the pavilion once we were given out.
That very day tells me, that the BCA had devalue the product, any team can play at the highest level, it was not the best top players playing each other every weekend, it was catering to clubs,
Most of the guys playing at the Elite and 1st division level today, would had been playing Intermediate cricket.
We have not produced a great International batsman in decades, and we celebrate a player by him scoring a century every 25-30 innings.
One of the reasons I have problem with Barbados cricket fans, there a difference between a home cook meal, to one at Chefette.