A very sad saga indeed. Or perhaps a long road to self-destruction. I certainly feel for the young man and wonder if the cricketing authorities have not contributed to his demise.
The Jamaican cricket authorities are always protective of their players, casting aside any criticism as biased against Jamaicans. I recall also that the then President of the WICB, Rev. Wes Hall, intervened to block Marlon's expulsion from a Tour to India for indiscipline when Viv was Chairman of Selectors.
The Jamaican Authorities need to do some introspection. This incident, plus the illegal bowling situations involving Marlon and Jermaine Lawson are cases in point. They also need to watch the development of young Marshall carefully.
I hope that Marlon can be rehabilitated and that some opportunity would be available for him to play some cricket and earn a living (perhaps the ICL?). We should not allow him to deteriorate as has happened to other well know ex-players.
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