shivfan
Banned
Windie, it's a big step up from playing on dead batting strips against Bangladeshi bowlers, to facing Steyn and co on wickets that assist pacers....
As I've said before, let Lil Bravo play the remaining two ODIs, but he has more to learn from touring England with the A team, than being rushed in prematurely against a South African Test team. The England A team is superior to their Bangladeshi equivalent, and the wickets assist bowlers in England. That's the next level for Darren Bravo. Let him cross that bridge first, and then when he passes that test, he can get into the test side.
I know you're the eternal optimist, but it would be useful to read what the WICB CEO has to say about the general absence of talent in the Caribbean....
'More embarrassment in store from West Indies' - Hilaire | West Indies Cricket News | Cricinfo.com
"Until the High Performance Centre, as a structure of support that has been created now [in Barbados] to prepare the next generation, we will suffer a lot of embarrassments and a lot of awfulness, because our present cricketers are not prepared. I have listened to many past players, taxi drivers, immigration officers, and hotel barmen to name a few. All will give you advice on what to do with West Indies cricket. People ask me, 'What will you do about this team? They are an embarrassment'! I tell them you have about three more years of embarrassment still to witness." Hilaire said there was little hope even in those who could take over the reins from the existing senior team. "I keep hearing from people, 'Fire those [current] guys, and bring in new ones!', but where is the new set coming from? Who are we going to bring in? Somebody said to me, 'Bring in the Under-19s. They came third at the Youth World Cup'. And I whispered that almost half of the Under-19 team could barely read or write. The simple fact is that we are producing cricketers who are not capable of being world-beaters in cricket. It's just a simple fact." While acknowledging that there was talent coming through, Hilaire said there was a general failure in the transition to succeeding at the highest level. "We can win matches occasionally, but not consistently with what we have," he said. "It is not that we do not have the talent, but in today's cricketing world, having talent alone means absolutely nothing. For the last nine years, we have been chopping and changing. Between 2000 and 2009, the WICB has tried 59 new players in Test match cricket alone. We have put young men in the international arena only to be slaughtered, demoralised, dejected, and the development path they ought to take never really takes place."
As I've said before, let Lil Bravo play the remaining two ODIs, but he has more to learn from touring England with the A team, than being rushed in prematurely against a South African Test team. The England A team is superior to their Bangladeshi equivalent, and the wickets assist bowlers in England. That's the next level for Darren Bravo. Let him cross that bridge first, and then when he passes that test, he can get into the test side.
I know you're the eternal optimist, but it would be useful to read what the WICB CEO has to say about the general absence of talent in the Caribbean....
'More embarrassment in store from West Indies' - Hilaire | West Indies Cricket News | Cricinfo.com
"Until the High Performance Centre, as a structure of support that has been created now [in Barbados] to prepare the next generation, we will suffer a lot of embarrassments and a lot of awfulness, because our present cricketers are not prepared. I have listened to many past players, taxi drivers, immigration officers, and hotel barmen to name a few. All will give you advice on what to do with West Indies cricket. People ask me, 'What will you do about this team? They are an embarrassment'! I tell them you have about three more years of embarrassment still to witness." Hilaire said there was little hope even in those who could take over the reins from the existing senior team. "I keep hearing from people, 'Fire those [current] guys, and bring in new ones!', but where is the new set coming from? Who are we going to bring in? Somebody said to me, 'Bring in the Under-19s. They came third at the Youth World Cup'. And I whispered that almost half of the Under-19 team could barely read or write. The simple fact is that we are producing cricketers who are not capable of being world-beaters in cricket. It's just a simple fact." While acknowledging that there was talent coming through, Hilaire said there was a general failure in the transition to succeeding at the highest level. "We can win matches occasionally, but not consistently with what we have," he said. "It is not that we do not have the talent, but in today's cricketing world, having talent alone means absolutely nothing. For the last nine years, we have been chopping and changing. Between 2000 and 2009, the WICB has tried 59 new players in Test match cricket alone. We have put young men in the international arena only to be slaughtered, demoralised, dejected, and the development path they ought to take never really takes place."
i'm optimistic about the youngsters we have coming through who are quite clearly the best bunch we've probably had in around 20 years!!, that foolish "CEO" won't change my line of thinking, i'm looking to the future, relying on the likes of Gayle, Sarwan and Chanders right now is obviously a lost cause but that doesn't mean the likes of Barath, Brathwaite, Chesney Hughes, Darren Bravo, Roach, Holder, Powell, Hamilton, Gabriel, Andre Russell, Akeem Dewar ect are gonna fall by the wayside like others have before them, 
