Stern first test for second-string; what will Brathwaite’s young West Indians be thinking?
Ardent WI cricket fans said a prayer. And continue to pray. Curtly Ambrose made an appeal. Sir Clive Lloyd wrote a letter. Coach Phil Simmons issued a challenge. But the biggest impact on the performance of Kraigg Brathwaite’s second-string unit in Bangladesh over the next couple of weeks is likely to come from the announcement made by Ricky Skerritt last week.
“Broadcast media rights income is crucial to the future financial sustainability of CWI,” the CWI president declared, “and this five-year rights agreement is just the start of good things to come.”