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Article by May 12, 2021
Legendary former West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards and former Barbados and England opener Roland Butcher have sent words of advice to promising Guyanese and West Indies middle-order batsman Shimron Hetmyer.
An overweight and unfit Hetmyer has not featured for the West Indies side in recent times, and despite his abundance of talent, both retired players suggested he is failing to fulfil his true potential.
Richards called on Hetmyer to take a more mature approach to cricket in order to realise and maximise his full potential. The iconic former batsman fondly referred to as the ‘Master Blaster’ said that any failure by Hetmyer to do justice to his ability would be a great loss not just to the West Indies, but to the sport as a whole.
West Indies won’t ever see glory days again – Ambrose
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Fast bowling icon Sir Curtly Ambrose believes it will be difficult for the West Indies to unearth players with similar talents to those from the team’s glory days of the 70s, 80’s and early 90s because the current crop of players have not grasped what cricket means to the people from the region.
The outspoken 57-year-old Ambrose, who took 405 Test wickets in 98 Tests between 1988 and 2000, was speaking on Talk Sports Live with Michael Bascombe in Antigua on Saturday when he made his stunning declaration.
“This is no disrespect to the players we have now because we have a couple of guys who have some quality in them and can become grea,t but what we have to understand is that I don’t think we will ever see those great, exceptional glory days again,” said the towering Antiguan, who famously took seven wickets for one run in a devastating spell against Australia in Perth in 1993.
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By Gemma Handy
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image captionWarri is a board game popular in Antigua, and groups get together to play across the island
Under the shade of a wooden hut, a stone s throw from the flurry and fumes of the Antiguan capital s main bus station, a battle of wits is afoot.
Two men are bent over a handcrafted mahogany board, deep in concentration in the throes of a game of Warri .
As the tension rises, so too does the banter from the engrossed bystanders. One player makes a rash move, and both his opponent and the crowd jeer in response.