The state of regional cricket

As 2015 begins, those of us who still have the best interests of West Indies cricket at heat should be wishing at least for a change in its fortunes. Not only on the field of play where, despite an infrequency of brilliant performances over the years, we remain rooted in the nether regions of the International Cricket Council Test [8th] and ODI rankings [8th] and marginally better only [7th] in the T20 form of the game.

Further corroboration was lent to this ethos of inconsistency in the most recent test of the on-going South African tour when after a spirited and productive 176 run partnership by two of our batsmen, Messrs. Brathwaite and Samuels; we were forced to witness the familiar collapse of six wickets falling for a mere 42 runs.

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