And Still I Rise

There is never a dull moment in Barbados says a popular tourism advertisement.Am thinking it can be easily applied to West Indies cricket.From one controversy to the next seems to be the order of the day for West Indies cricket.The first one I was fully aware of was the drama regarding Brian Lara on the 1995 tour of England.This one was so huge that the public even got to read the Manager's report courtesy Tony Cozier's cricket quarterly.Then there was the Kensington Oval boycott,the strike at Heathrow prior to the South African tour and the sending of over aged players to an U 19 World Cup.

Now we have been innundated with the WICB/WIPA saga with respect to personal endorsements.Since Teddy Griffith made his announcement all the players with the exception of WIPA and Digicel have made a statement of some sort.Naturally,each side is trying to gain an upper hand in the court of public opinion. But,is it too much to ask that all the parties involved sit down like the adults they are and work out a solution? I don't really care about whose fault is it because it has long gone past that. The damage has been done and now it is time to move forward minus all the silly posturing that is going on.

I must say it find very amusing all the fears of a second string team being slaughtered if the worst should occur.Lest we forget,this team is not even lying in the middle of the test table.This is a team that even with the presence of the "big" names has been beaten soundly all around the world.Indeed,the only test win last yr came against the Bangladeshis.So if it comes down to a second string team all they have to do is maintain the no 8 spot.Not exactly a huge task.Therefore,when or if the dust settles,is it to much to ask the team to at least draw some test matches?