12-27-2015, 09:24 AM
(12-27-2015, 08:52 AM)DJC link Wrote:I think that it's more of an indication of the 21st century political, social and economic realities in the Caribbean. If the West Indies is ever to be a cricketing force again, the ICC really needs to take action to reform the West Indies Cricket Board and revive interest in the longer forms of the game. A strong West Indies is good for world cricket.
The locals have more interest in their Premier league 20/20 local comp that gets played between the islands than they do in the traditional formats, why would you want to play test cricket and
get paid peanuts when the short format specialists get so much more?......not many Windies players in county cricket anymore, they dont want to learn how to play the longer formats of the game that require technique and more hard work to learn.
These blokes cant even field properly..its comical watching them ....the IPL has stuffed Test Cricket for the poorer nations IMO, only hope is if the ICC pump more money into the longer game but with India holding the whip hand at the ICC table and running the IPL its not going to happen and I fear we may lose the Windies as a test playing team..