Greatness Rests With Team And Not The Captain

[b]Many of us in the West Indies do not accept that we are lacking players of real ability because we recall the days, not that long ago either, when we produced players like cars off an assembly line. Consider that the following fast bowlers all played first-class cricket during the 1980s: Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Sylvester Clarke, Courtney Walsh, Patrick Patterson, Ian Bishop, and Curtly Ambrose. These are players who, at their best, would challenge for a place in any team of any era. The batters were no slouches either. Here are some names: Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Richie Richardson, Clive Lloyd, Lawrence Rowe, Alvin Kallicharran, Roy Fredericks, and Larry Gomes.

It really matters not one jot who the captain is if the team is poor. The West Indies’ extended abysmal run in Tests has little to do with who is leading the team and almost everything to do with the quality of the players. As it was on every other previous occasion, there will be great expectations and renewed hope when the new captain takes over. But just as it was with Richie Richardson, Brian Lara, Jimmy Adams, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Daren Ganga and Jason Holder, those high expectations will soon come crashing down. It has happened with every change of captaincy over the past two decades or so, and it will happen this time again.[/b]
Jamaica Observer

In reply to spider

ramdin was straddled with 2nd string men, gayle, sarwan, taylor and bravo were alpha males, worse yet, all with ipl contracts so cwi eventually removed them despite gayle and bravo's much improved results as captain. the greater queston is why does west indies cricket fight agaibst its best players? has colonialism scarred them so much that their idea of success is a plantation like system

In reply to Jumpstart

WTF is an Alpha male?

In reply to Jumpstart

And let's not forget the effect of that ill-advised WIPA strike against the touring Banglas.

In reply to Drapsey
the accumulation of years of disrespect. listen homes, gayle, bravo and sarwan came out better for that strike. All three are millionaires and have secured their financial futures.

In reply to Jumpstart


... and the future of West Indies cricket.

Ok, one good thing resulted from that strike. The best West Indies captain ever, $ammy, the current West Indies all format head coach.

In reply to sudden



WTF is regular mail?

In reply to SnoopDog

Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn

In reply to spider

So we should not expect the new captain to win? So why we change the old one?

The thing is since Richards, captains have gone homies first, that's been the biggest issue.

In reply to Drapsey

i hope you maintain that same delusion when all we are playing is zim, bangladesh CCC and afghanistan