The Disrespect for Women's Cricket Continues Unabated

The WICB announced the following Women Management Team for the 20/20 Tournament: Sherwin Campbell, Coach; Patricia Greenidge, Team Manager, Physiotherapist Jacqueline King-Mowatt, and fitness and conditioning co-ordinator Shannon Lashley.

Am I missing something or are all these Barbadians? Is there no other capable person in the entire region. The Board continues to ignore those persons who have given their all for Women's Cricket and appointed someone who is not known to the Women's Federation as Team Manager, compounding the insult of the appointment of a Secretariat Staff to the recently concluded Women's World Cup.

Nobody seems to care!

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West Indies Were Awful!

As good as England were, though, West Indies were awful. Their shot selection was woeful, the running poor and the general application gave a further impression of a team that isn't bothered. The decision to rest Fidel Edwards was also strange on one of the quickest pitches of the season so far. If Gayle can turn on the style in Birmingham they could yet level the series, but don't bet on it.

I have generally been impressed with Dyson, but anyone would look good after Bennett Kings and his sidekick. I am also very convinced about the skills, particularly the fielding skills, of David Williams. However, something is not right. It is easy to blame the coaching staff but I have this feeling that the Captain is a major contributing factor in the apparent motivational decline of the team.
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How do you play good swing bowling?

This was a question raised on another blog.

The answer is very simple actually. You practice, and practice....

Buy several dozen swing-kings from Australia. Or, tape one side of a soft ball, or shave one side of a tennis ball. Any of these would cause the ball to swing prodigiously. Use regularly in the nets or on a tarmac and I guarantee that our batters will significantly improve their ability to handle swing and our bowlers would be better equipped to control the swing.

But, should not our coaches know this already? Says a lot about our coaches!

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Fazeer Calls on Gayle to Resign, Now!

We have a WICB president who isn't sure what's at stake in England, and a captain who views the responsibilities of leadership as a burden that he is more than ready to give up.

With leadership comes responsibility and expectations that extend well beyond the boundary ropes, and having made crystal clear that these are burdensome and uncomfortable, he should be prepared to function as a regular player from tomorrow morning.

What message is he sending to his team-mates when, as also appears in the Guardian interview, he not only gripes about wanting to give up the job, but harps on the fact that it was only at the insistence of unnamed officials (selectors? President? CEO?) that he accepted the position in the first place?

I could not agree more! I said it before, West Indies Cricket is slowly dying, leadership at all levels is non-existent. We are in some serious trouble.
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Gayle to Quit Captaincy?

Read the story here!

At a time when we need to be positive we get this hogwash of negativity from our Captain. Not a good sign at all...

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LLoyd Hits Out...

Lloyd hinted he was not entirely convinced at the reasons offered by the West Indies board for Bravo's continued participation for the Mumbai Indians while the Test series in England proceeds. Note: Is Lloyd not a member of the said Board?

He was also sceptical of Gayle's argument that the springtime pitch conditions in England contributed to his side's heavy defeat at Lord's. "They've been playing county cricket a month before that," he said. "It's a matter of getting here early, getting in your nets, working hard at your fielding and your batting. It's Test cricket - you have to be at your best. It's a Test of your character and your skills. That's why it's called a Test match. You've got to be on top of your game."

Source: cricinfo.com
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A Media With No Independent Thought

Copy cat media! That is what we have in the region. No independent thinking; no sense of identity. They copy whatever is written elsewhere (the insults; the mistakes)and reproduce them.

I just read a piece on sportsmax.tv about the Manny Pacquiao decisive victory over Ricky Hatton. The article is laced with insults to the Philippino people.

- the impoverished nation celebrated Pacquiao's emphatic win;
- a gun-ridden metropolis of 12 million (referring to Manila);
- Pacquiao's dirt-poor home city of General Santos, while in Manila's depressed Tondo area another 2,000 people packed an airless gym to watch the fight;
- ..Philippines, often a victim of natural disasters, political upheaval and corruption and whose already struggling economy....

Was all of this garbage necessary on an occasion like this?

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Donald Peters "Pushed" Out

In what should come as no surprise to cricket watchers, the WICB announced that it has accepted, with some amount of glee I may add, the resignation of Dr. Donald Peters as CEO. Peters' tenure was a comedy of errors, missteps and misstatements. The last straw was the ill advised public criticism of his own Board.

The quick acceptance of his resignation and his immediate departure speaks volumes.

I am anxious to see whether nepotism or objectivity wins out in appointing a replacement. In the mean time, I wish Stephen Camacho the very best.

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