The 2022 edition of the Caribbean Regional Four Day Championships was recently resumed with third-round matches played from May 18-21. The matches provided some very interesting takeaways, particularly in regards to competition for available spots on the West Indies Test team. The West Indies are scheduled to play two Tests at home against Bangladesh this coming June and an identical number in Australia this November-December.There are still two rounds of matches remaining before the June 15 commencement of the first Test against Bangladesh, and obviously plenty of cricket is yet to be played. From the performances that have been produced thus far it has, however, already become most obvious that the West Indies Selection Panel will be given much to think about in terms of its choices for the eventual Test squad for the Bangladesh two-match Series.The Championships’ third-round performances can now be viewed as having categorized players into three distinct groups. The first of which would be current or recent players whose performances were sufficiently outstanding as to suggest that they should now be in consideration for an immediate Test squad recall. Right behind those would be the second group of yet uncapped players who have now further advanced their claims for Test selection. Conversely and somewhat sadly, as the third and final group, there are those recent players whose performances would suggest that the prospects for any continuation of their respective Test careers might now be in permanent decline!