debut: 11/30/17
12,509 runs
When the obituary of West Indian cricket is finally written in the very near future, let no one say that nobody saw this coming. Wen West Indian cricket dies, make no mistake, the game in each island dies as well. We know cricket has little money beyond the top 3, so it have nothing as an associate
Tim Hector of West Indian cricket.....26 years ago
Keiron Pollard on West Indian batting in 2022
Context is Pollard noticed himself and Holder would be in before 20 overs were up on a regular basis.
Tim Hector of West Indian cricket.....26 years ago
Peter Roebuck had this to say: ``Cricket in the West Indies faces a challenge that goes far beyond its immediate task of trouncing all-comers in an entertaining way whilst uniting a group of nations inclined to sniff each other with the suspicion a crafty cat shows when it spots a lump of cheese.'' Few that I know have been more apt and more succinct in stating the interests, contents and purposes of West Indies cricket: Trouncing all-comers, in an entertaining way while uniting islands deranged by foaming channels and the vast expanse of bitter faction and fricton.
But even more cogently, Roebuck continued: ``Cricket and the way of life that surrounds it, in the West Indies, is under threat ... But the threat goes far beyond, mere hospitality, reaching into the tradition of calypso and courtesy, of friendship and faith which have, apparently been part of West Indian life for 100 years. It can be heard for instance in the stinging, the bitter lyrics of rap music (or Dance-hall) now everywhere to be heard ... Calypso and reggae are West Indian, rap is an import from the back streets of America, streets full of crime and cocaine. It is part of an invasion. So too is Cable Television. Grenada already has 2,000 television subscribers (Antigua has 10,000) and it is growing apace and so it will be in sport, as basketball, whose dreadful tentacles already hold so much of the world in its grip, spreads its empire ever wider. Can West Indian culture survive the current onslaught? ... Today West Indian cricketers live in more confusing times, torn between the ways of their raising and the influence of music, cable TV and the abject politics of vengeance. If care is not taken, cricket will be part of a dying culture and faith, calypso and courtesy will die with it. All those who have travelled will confirm that the replacement is definitely inferior.''
I hasten to disagree that basketball, in and of itself, has any dreadful tentacles, not even the greed that surrounds basketball is native and inherent in the game. It is a wonderful game. But otherwise, Roebuck is on the ball. West Indian society, long in one-crop or one-industry stalemate, is decaying, and that decay, that fragmentation, that degeneration into the politics of vengeance'' of bribes, of inducement with money and not with policies, must have a telling effect on us all, Lara inclusive. We consume the products and ways of others, and so cannot become. Lara, like our society in general, is trapped between the ways of his raising and the value-less globalizing invasion which assails us all.
But let the last word go to Lara. ``We are'' he said ``going through a period where a lot of questions are flying around about the future of West Indies cricket and I see my issue as a very small issue in the entire scenario ... The main issue is West Indies cricket does not belong to the Board. It doesn't belong to the players. It belongs to the West Indian people and they are now coming forward, maybe because of my issue and that's very good for West Indies cricket.''
I agree entirely. But it will take a West Indian nation to make West Indies cricket belong to the West Indian people, in our long delayed Becoming.
But even more cogently, Roebuck continued: ``Cricket and the way of life that surrounds it, in the West Indies, is under threat ... But the threat goes far beyond, mere hospitality, reaching into the tradition of calypso and courtesy, of friendship and faith which have, apparently been part of West Indian life for 100 years. It can be heard for instance in the stinging, the bitter lyrics of rap music (or Dance-hall) now everywhere to be heard ... Calypso and reggae are West Indian, rap is an import from the back streets of America, streets full of crime and cocaine. It is part of an invasion. So too is Cable Television. Grenada already has 2,000 television subscribers (Antigua has 10,000) and it is growing apace and so it will be in sport, as basketball, whose dreadful tentacles already hold so much of the world in its grip, spreads its empire ever wider. Can West Indian culture survive the current onslaught? ... Today West Indian cricketers live in more confusing times, torn between the ways of their raising and the influence of music, cable TV and the abject politics of vengeance. If care is not taken, cricket will be part of a dying culture and faith, calypso and courtesy will die with it. All those who have travelled will confirm that the replacement is definitely inferior.''
I hasten to disagree that basketball, in and of itself, has any dreadful tentacles, not even the greed that surrounds basketball is native and inherent in the game. It is a wonderful game. But otherwise, Roebuck is on the ball. West Indian society, long in one-crop or one-industry stalemate, is decaying, and that decay, that fragmentation, that degeneration into the politics of vengeance'' of bribes, of inducement with money and not with policies, must have a telling effect on us all, Lara inclusive. We consume the products and ways of others, and so cannot become. Lara, like our society in general, is trapped between the ways of his raising and the value-less globalizing invasion which assails us all.
But let the last word go to Lara. ``We are'' he said ``going through a period where a lot of questions are flying around about the future of West Indies cricket and I see my issue as a very small issue in the entire scenario ... The main issue is West Indies cricket does not belong to the Board. It doesn't belong to the players. It belongs to the West Indian people and they are now coming forward, maybe because of my issue and that's very good for West Indies cricket.''
I agree entirely. But it will take a West Indian nation to make West Indies cricket belong to the West Indian people, in our long delayed Becoming.
Keiron Pollard on West Indian batting in 2022
"I think it is a combination of everything. I think, overall, holistically, I think we have a batting problem, with all the words as you mentioned - mentally, technically, being able to assess situations, conditions, and play appropriate shots that is needed at that point in time," he said. "Again, as I have stated, it's not just the 11 guys that are here, or the 15 guys that are here, it's around the Caribbean, and we continue to, sort of, reward a guy going to Super50 and score a couple of hundred runs and then, you know, he has to play, or he has to get into the team.
[b]"We chop and change different individuals at different times, but I don't think we are actually addressing the real problem. But, having said that, it's always easier to, sort of, cast blame or put the responsibility on the guys that you are seeing. And as I said, as a leader, and as a leader of this team, obviously I can take that mantle and I can take that responsibility that we haven't done well and that is not something we can hide from.
"But as I have said before, it's not just here, it's overall across all formats, if you be totally, totally honest.[/b]"
[b]"We chop and change different individuals at different times, but I don't think we are actually addressing the real problem. But, having said that, it's always easier to, sort of, cast blame or put the responsibility on the guys that you are seeing. And as I said, as a leader, and as a leader of this team, obviously I can take that mantle and I can take that responsibility that we haven't done well and that is not something we can hide from.
"But as I have said before, it's not just here, it's overall across all formats, if you be totally, totally honest.[/b]"
Context is Pollard noticed himself and Holder would be in before 20 overs were up on a regular basis.
