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With question marks continuously surrounding the techniques of several of the West Indies top-order batsmen, one former outstanding first class cricketer has offered himself and his academy to assist the struggling batting unit.In fact, former Barbados allrounder Franklyn Stephenson is now the second highly qualified cricketer over the past months to have signalled a desire to assist West Indies batsmen with their faulty techniques. Former Barbados and West Indies opening great Desmond Haynes who formed arguably the best opening pair in Test cricket history with Sir Gordon Greenidge, has previously been snubbed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) as the team’s batting coach.Nonetheless, Stephenson, who has been a coach for many years, put forth himself and at the same time criticised CWI’s decision last December to hire Indian Monty Desai as the batting coach for the team. Desai, who has never played international cricket, is currently with the West Indies squad in Jamaica and together
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Article by June 24, 2021
Cricket West Indies should not have to look outside of the Caribbean for a batting coach when the region has the likes of Sir Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, two of the greatest batsmen the Caribbean has ever produced, says former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Milton Small.
The 57-year-old Small’s comments follow the recent disappointing 2-0 Test series whitewash West Indies received at the hands of South Africa, and he scoffed at the move of having a batting coach from outside the West Indies. West Indies most recent batting coach has been Monty Desai, who has had previous coaching roles with the likes of Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and regional teams in his India homeland. Desai, who has never played international cricket, has not been with the West Indies team in recent times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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