12-03-2015, 05:25 AM
Oh, I agree they are not looking good. But we really cannot afford to treat them like faeces.
To be honest, cricket in the West Indies needs a lot of work. They are losing talent to games like basketball and there is so much infighting that it is difficult to see any decision not in that context. The players are not getting the money they once did, so many are becoming specialists at the shorter forms of the game as cricket mercenaries. I can understand all of that.
But if we take them lightly, they may well do a Zimbabwe and shock us out of games. We are not strong enough ourselves to be disrespecting opponents, even ones going as poorly as the Windies at the moment. It is not necessary, nor is it helpful. We need to get our own act together, first and foremost.
To be honest, cricket in the West Indies needs a lot of work. They are losing talent to games like basketball and there is so much infighting that it is difficult to see any decision not in that context. The players are not getting the money they once did, so many are becoming specialists at the shorter forms of the game as cricket mercenaries. I can understand all of that.
But if we take them lightly, they may well do a Zimbabwe and shock us out of games. We are not strong enough ourselves to be disrespecting opponents, even ones going as poorly as the Windies at the moment. It is not necessary, nor is it helpful. We need to get our own act together, first and foremost.
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