soso killer
TBF to Aus Windies dominated when most sides were weak albeit with one or two ATG in the side.
Also teams kept on losing players via rebel tours or Kerry Packer series. They never even faced the best team of that era which was SA.
The only strong candidate was Pakistan. Most sides improved vastly in the 90 s like India, or Lanka in the late 90 s and early 2000 s. Then the reintroduction of SA which made the 90 s the most competitive era. No one can tell me India or Lanka were strong in the 80 s or 70 s, that would be bull even for the nostalgic farts. Australia were weak as well, Border moulded a team that would dominate in the 90 s and 00 s, and boy did they dominate.
By Neto Baptiste Former West Indies fast bowler, Winston Benjamin, believes young players are not being given enough time to adjust when asked to make the leap…
Former pacer Winston Benjamin impressed with Joseph’s first new ball spell
Winston Benjamin, who has worked extensively with young pacer
Alzarri Joseph, was impressed with the way the player handled the new ball during the senior men’s team’s six-wicket loss to Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Joseph, one of the more senior players on tour in Bangladesh after a number of the team’s regulars like ODI Captain Kieron Pollard, Test Captain Jason Holder and his deputy Roston Chase all opted out of the tour, was shouldered with the responsibility of bowling the new ball for the first time in his senior team career.
Watley: Combined Schools programme serves a purpose
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Former player and coach of the Combined Schools cricket team,
Pernel Watley, disagrees with the argument that the programme, which is run by the Ministry of Sports, serves no purpose in its current format and that the team should be disbanded.
Watley, while speaking on the Good Morning Jojo Sports Show, said the unit gives young players who may not be able to get into their community teams and opportunity to get some competitive cricket under their belt.
“Some people think you shouldn’t have any Combined Schools and stuff like that but if you don’t have any Combined Schools and let be honest, you look around and you don’t see much people practicing so having the kids together at Factory gives them that opportunity to train and play. If they want to branch off to go to clubs, I have no problem with it,” he said.
Former West Indies youth captain Zorol Barthley calls for the return of LICB three-day tournament
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Zorol Barthley, is calling for a return of three-day cricket at the sub-regional level.
A former chief cricket operations officer for the West Indies Cricket Board, Barthley believes young players from within the Leeward Islands have failed to adopt a higher standard of play because they are not being prepared for the rigours of having to bat more than 50 overs.
“I think the absence of multiple-day cricket or red ball cricket, three-day cricket, for example, is hampering the younger players coming through, players like