on second thought: Dinanath Ramnarine

Despite taking 45 wickets in 12 Tests, and being the leading wicket-taker in the recent Red Stripe Bowl tournament, Ramnarine has been left out in the cold since February 2002, his last Test, against Pakistan. In that series, he and Carl Hooper, captain at the time, had an on-field disagreement, and their relationship became worse last year when Ramnarine, in his role as president of the WIPA, changed the system of sharing sponsorship prize money among players from seniority to equality.
It was a move Hooper didn't agree with, but even after Brian Lara replaced Hooper as captain, Ramnarine still couldn't get back in the team. "I haven't been chosen for the West Indies for the last two years and I don't think it was because of my performances on the cricket field," he said. "I believe the whole Caribbean knew what was taking place but everyone basically allowed it to happen."
He added: "At the end of the day, you have to decide what it is you want to accomplish. I've been basically playing cricket, day in, day out, for the past two years and not been able to get a chance." He also inisisted that it was pointless to continue playing for Trinidad and Tobago with no prospect of playing international cricket. He said, "It's better someone else has a chance."

So you would never find me picking up a chair to toss at an adversary during a meeting smile

anything to do with trade unionism or workers' rights, a bajan would never be interested in

That's a yorker!

West Indies' captain Brian Lara performed an extraordinary about-turn just seconds before the toss, when it appears that he unilaterally reinstated the fast bowler Mervyn Dillon to the starting XI even though the chairman of selectors, Sir Viv Richards, had insisted on his omission.
Dillon had looked clearly the most effective bowler in the first two Tests, which West Indies lost heavily, but Richards imposed his considerable presence and overruled Lara, who had wanted Dillon, a fellow Trinidadian, retained for the third Test at Cape Town. Richards, according to West Indian sources, has long felt that Dillon's figures were inadequate for a man of his experience and ability, and Viv also prefers a bowler to play with more obvious passion and commitment than the laid-back Dillon.