Whither withering Windies? by Sheila Rampersad

Wishing the West Indies better fortunes in 2014 at the moment seems just that—a wish; it is one that is unlikely to be realised. If, as Clive Lloyd concluded, the team is drunk on T20 cricket, they must be drinking bad babash for in a 50-over game reduced to 21, the team limped to 124 at a run rate of 5.90 an over; this was their response to record-setting ODI centuries from Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder that allowed the Kiwis to amass a staggering 283—a run rate of 13.47 an over.

And this was in just one outing of the ten scheduled in the land of Fernleaf butter and Anchor cheese.

Lack of commitment, player dissension, mysterious management decisions and injuries comprise the all-too-tedious recitation of woes that has defined the team’s performance in the last two decades.
THE TRINIDAD EXPRESS