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June 26, 2023 will be remembered by fans of cricket and in particular those who support the West Indies team as another dark day. It was a day orange was the new maroon. It was a day an Associate Member team humiliated a West Indies team by scoring 374 runs to tie a 50 over game in an ongoing competition and finally won it in a super over. A super over which saw Jason Holder struck for 30 runs.

On July 13, 2009 a blog titled The Darkest Day In West Indies Cricket was posted by Barbados Underground. Not many West Indian cricket fans would have envisaged the precipitous decline in our cricket thirteen years later. Baby boomers in the BU household who were fortunate to witness triumphant West Indies cricket teams of the 70s and 80s have had to stop being fans of regional cricket, including the blogmaster.

To be honest the blogmaster feels unqualified to unpack the may problems obviously affecting West Indies cricket. What cannot be refuted is that the passion with which former players from the golden era played the game has long faded. The game has been commodified and our top players from all reports are paid very well, BUT, the passion that is a prerequisite to give of ones best is gone.

To excel as a prominent figure in any field necessitates adopting the most effective management methodologies along with their comprehensive implications. Regrettably, the composition of the Board of Management (WIBC), responsible for the supervision of West Indies cricket, does not adhere to the principles that parallel the operational prowess of prosperous institutions. Astonishingly, the selection process for Directors within the WIBC revolves solely around membership in exclusive circles, driven by capricious desires and aspirations of individuals yearning for recognition and wealth.

BU Blog 2009

Like sugar the blogmaster believes cricket is dead. Many of our regional institutions have started to struggle to deliver on mandates. Whether it is CARICOM, UWI, LIAT, CXC, CDB to name those top of mind. Some may insist that mismanagement of regional economies by governments have created a difficult environment in which to excel. The demise of West Indies cricket should therefore not be critiqued in a vacuum. How have our leaders in the political and NGO spheres brought us here? Has the lack of advocacy by the citizenry helped to hasten the rot in regional institutions?

A reminder what is the Mission of Cricket West Indies (CWI) – To lead, inspire and unite cricket in the West Indies from thriving grassroots to exciting West Indies teams, ensuring sustainable success.

The global media has been reveling at the indifferent performers being trotted out by the once mighty West Indies team with mocking headlines. At least one Prime Minister in the region – Rowley from Trinidad – has been quoted as saying, “Today I saw THE WORST CRICKET MATCH ever played by a West Indies team”. Should Rowley have recalled instead the question posed by late Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Sandiford when he asked – how did we get here? Everything is out of control”, “it did not happen yesterday”.

Orange is the new maroon.

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315 responses to “West Indies Cricket – regional institutions in decline”

  1. John Avatar
    John

  2. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    RE: “I see that both you and “the A guy” realized that my history of WI cricket was deficient.”

    For someone who claims not to follow cricket, you’re making some very thought provoking comments.

    Not saying your “history of WI cricket was deficient.”
    I only asked a question based on the assumption you were referring to the ‘rebel tour’ to South Africa during the early 1980s…… and not Sir Garfield playing in then Rhodesia.

    RE: “The day the first WI cricketer agreed to be called an honorary white in South Africa was when the first nail was driven into the coffin. We gained a few bucks and lost a generation.”

    I agree with you wholeheartedly.

    RE: “A perfect demonstration of a lack of self respect and a refusal to accept that we are our brother’s keeper. What message did this end to our youths? Put aside ideals, forget about dignity and just go after hard cold cash.”

    However, from what I understand, Clive Lloyd’s WI team at the time was ‘so strong,’ cricketers such as Sylvester Clarke, Ezra Moseley, Alvin Greenidge, Albert Padmore, David Murray, Emmerson Trotman, Lawrence Rowe, Collis King, Franklyn Stephenson were unable to merit selection for the team.
    The guys saw playing in SA as an opportunity to earn some money.
    After all, US$125,000 per tour was ‘a lot of money in 1982 and 1984.’

    Although I understand their reasons for playing, by ACCEPTING the designation of ‘honorary white,’ to TEMPORARILY access areas and opportunities reserved exclusively for white South Africans, while their Black brothers and sisters were DEPRIVED of their CIVIL and POLITICAL RIGHTS, under a system of legalised racial segregation……

    …… WI cricketers definitely ‘put aside ideals, forgot about dignity and went after hard cold cash.”

    Did the guys go to SA for the LOVE of CRICKET…… or MONEY?
    Because, it’s obvious that, by going there, they ‘did not see colour.’

  3. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    How is accepting the label honorary white different from the late Frank Worrell 60-61 side playing against an Australian side with an all white selection policy? Just asking.

  4. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    David, 1960-61? You ‘speak’ of a time before I was born. Seriously…… I simply agreed with @ Examine the DNA, it is damaged’s July 7, 2023, 11:52 AM comments. However, the term ‘honourary white’ was an apartheid concept the racist South African regime specifically reserved for those ‘non-white’ who were deemed to be more civilised than their peers, for one reason or the other. Bear in mind, the ICC had already banned South Africa from participating in competitive international cricket since 1970, when the WI ‘rebel team’ toured that country for the 1982-83 & 1983-84 ‘rebel tours.’ During the 1960s, white Australians would’ve obviously dominated cricket, hence, according to you, “…. an all white selection policy.” Australia did not have an apartheid system, nor were they banned from playing international cricket. Two different eras, two different political systems.

  5. David Avatar
    David

    @Artax

    One does not have to live in an era to be aware. Whether Australia practiced apartheid is not the point being made, Australia practiced a white selection only policy for the period mentioned. You should also be aware that although South Africa was banned from international competition established first world countries continued to trade.

  6. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    David, perhaps you may want to explain the similarities between ‘accepting the label honourary white and the late Sir Frank Worrell 60-61 side playing against an Australian side with an all white selection policy,’ because I do not understand the point you are trying to make.

  7. John Avatar
    John

    The 60-61 team built something special from the ground up and enjoyed themselves doing it, bringing joy to millions.

    They were motivated by love of the game.

    Subsequent clowns have knocked it all down.

    Honorary white or no honorary white, cricket like any other sport is meant to be loved, enjoyed and creates the opportunities for individuals to strive and excel.

    The sport is bigger than the man.

    Who wants to play cricket with a bunch of racists individual motivated by hatred who think they are God’s gift to cricket but don’t put in the time training and sacrifice to excel?

    It is all in the facial expressions, you can tell by just looking at a human expressions who harbours hatred inside!!

    WI cricket is just another symptom of failed societies, from the top back down.

    All are ugly to look at.

  8. no Honourary Whites in racism Avatar
    no Honourary Whites in racism

    “Honorary white or no honorary white, cricket like any other sport is meant to be loved, enjoyed and creates the opportunities for individuals to strive and excel.

    The sport is bigger than the man.

    Who wants to play cricket with a bunch of racists individual motivated by hatred who think they are God’s gift to cricket but don’t put in the time training and sacrifice to excel?”

    Apartheid South Africa 1948-1994
    went hand in hand with

    US Slavery, Reconstruction 1861 to 1900, Segregation, Jim Crow up to 60s
    Israel 1948
    Rhodesia 1965 to 1979

    There was no Honourary Whites in legal definition of Blacks

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51Nu9VYmAs

  9. Stir It Up ft. Sarkodie Avatar
    Stir It Up ft. Sarkodie

    During the darkness of global institutional white supremacy racism,
    Blacks excelled in Sports and Music to shine their light (aka the spirit of God)

    Follow Bob Marley

  10. David Avatar
    David

    That is fine Artax, we will not always agree on some points.

  11. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    “Who wants to play cricket with a bunch of racists individual motivated by hatred who think they are God’s gift to cricket but don’t put in the time training and sacrifice to excel?

    It is all in the facial expressions, you can tell by just looking at a human expressions who harbours hatred inside!!”

    Wow. Did you come up with this nonsense all by yourself or did you use ChatGPT? Were you smoking something as you were writing this? Perhaps, rabbits get high nibbling on marijuana leaves.

    How did we move from the racism of 1980’s South Africa to today’s WI players being racist? One moment sanity, the next is utter madness.

  12. John Avatar
    John

    It is the regional Governments who destroyed the careers of West Indian Players who opted to go to South Africa.

    It is the Regional Governments who wanted to destroy Sir Garfield for playing in Rhodesia.

    The Regional Governments are the paymasters of the players and are on relentlessly about pie in the sky reparations against “the white man”!!

    The players take their lead from the regional governments which are all racist.

  13. Levántate Negro Black Lift Avatar
    Levántate Negro Black Lift

    Colombian Salsa
    Levántate Negro Black Lift

  14. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    Please name “the regional governments that are the paymasters of the players.”

  15. John Avatar
    John

    https://cricketwindies.com/forum/the-pitch/23897-government-subsidizes-cricket-prices

  16. John Avatar
    John

    The John Knox universal doctrine.

    “Any failing entity is generally subsidized by Government, regardless of country”.

  17. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    The government of Antigua & Barbuda subsidising the entrance fee for people to watch cricket, is your example of ‘regional governments paying players?’ You are a ‘cricket illiterate.’

  18. John Avatar
    John

    Netherlands who scored 375 to beat WI got blown away by Sri Lanka and barely scraped 100.

    Lost by 128 wickets.

  19. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Rabbit
    You are reaching too far and not making your points. Rabbit holes are too shallow and not worth exploring.

    Eugene and Rabbit
    https://youtu.be/GBkT19uH2RQ

  20. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “The John Knox universial doctrine:” a provocateur who deliberately spews controversial comments to incite anger and provoke an argument.

  21. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    It’s one of his go-to plays, fah sure.

    And just as surely those of us who love to hold forth on these media have learned the valued lesson of restraint in the face of absurd provocation.

    Oh, re the comment on the other blog about the NY Times: can we get REAL and stop crying like illiterates!

    Is this not the same NYT that has also written extensive pieces on matters like the French financial rape and racist actions towards Haiti and of course created the 1619 project.

    But this same NYT wrote glowingly about the Iraq war (before having to fall on its sword for poor and erroneous reporting); it also has been cited for sigificant plagiarism by a reporter !

    So yes what if they – as did the UK PM of the time- supported Hitler with articles … the paper has also been stridently adverse to the same Hitler and Stalin at the same time …

    It’s childish and intellectual dishonesty to act as if the NYT and other such media houses have pushed ONLY one side of VERY sensitive matters over the years …they have been both pro and con.

    The paper was/is OWNED by folks of JEWISH origins isn’t it!

    Stop the shouts of ‘FIRE’ and properly explain that the smoke is from some people smoking cigarettes but there are lots of others who condemn those smokers and have the situation fully controlled.

    Provocation for its sake! SMH!!

  22. John Avatar
    John

    Go look at how the NYT promoted Castro between 1957 and 1959.

    NYT is a creature of the left, seeking to destroy conservative thought.

    Hence Communism, Fascism and Socialism are their bread and butter.

    Religion is a target for destruction as it is in the communist manifesto.

    The 1619 project is targeted at removing Christianity because it was Christianity that built America and freed the slaves.

    The amazing thing is that this “project” seeks to claim that America started in 1619, one year before the Mayflower when in fact Virginia had been settled in 1607.

    The difference between the settling of Virginia in 1607 and the Mayflower settlement of 1620 is the 1607 settlement was by adventurers seeking to find a Northwest passage to the Indies.

    It wasn’t about families fleeing religious persecution and seeking to practice their own beliefs and spread the Gospel. Individual thought is anathema to the left, the state has to tell people what to think and do.

    The Mayflower settlement by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620 at Plymouth Rock was founded on the Rock of Christ.

    The American Revolution is probably the only revolution that has worked. It was not consumed by its children as was the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Russian Revolution and the Cuban Revolution.

    The reason is because God was not left out of the American Revolution.

    Leftists hate God because individuals have individual relationships with Him and draw strength from Him which is far greater than any collective state power the left can install.

    The left love ugly but God doesn’t.

  23. Bajan Zooologist (Rabbit expert) Avatar
    Bajan Zooologist (Rabbit expert)

    Rabbit: Barbadianus Quackerus ObKnoxious
    After years of observation and careful review of all data collected, we have concluded that the Bajan rabbit’s behavior is similar to what has been claimed about ostrich. The rabbit digs a shallow hole, buries it head in the sand and leaves the reminder of it body exposed.

    A next point of interest was that the rabbit would often go off on a small ramble about God. This was first classified as the onset of insanity, but we noticed that soon after these utterings a hero would rush in from the lobby and attempt to rescue the rabbit. His behavior is now characterized as putting up a ‘rescue light’ and asking for help.

    Barbadianus Quackerus Obnoxious exhibits behavior unlike other subspecies of rabbits. It exhibits periods of high thinking followed by bouts of utter madness. It prefers to create its own truth which is often in conflict with what occurred. One of its strength lies in its ability to repeat the same alternative fact again and again.

  24. John Avatar
    John

    Why don’t you try refuting the facts I have posted for a change?

    Pointless burying your head like in the sand, facts don’t change!!

  25. John Avatar
    John

    Proverbs 24:7
    “Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”

  26. John Avatar
    John

    West Indies 92 for 5 v India

  27. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-in-west-indies-2023-1381201/west-indies-vs-india-1st-test-1381212/live-cricket-score

  28. David Avatar
    David

    Stoute: Cricket at crossroads
    FORMER LEADING BARBADOS CRICKETER Kevin Stoute is fed up with politics hampering the progress of the sport both locally and regionally.
    On Tuesday night on the Voice of Barbados’ (VOB) Mason and Guest radio show, the all-rounder voiced his displeasure with the systemic biases which he believes are plaguing the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA).
    Stoute knocked the association and its selection panel for what he called dubious selections and poor communication.
    Performing
    “I think that we need to start dealing with who is performing, and try to be as fair as possible, not which school you went to school at and who is your friend.
    “The cricket is struggling, we need to hold the little talent that we are seeing and try to nurture that talent, because it is not fair,” lamented Stoute who played 76 first-class matches and 58 List A games.
    “This is one of the reasons why guys step away from the sport. A man plays for his club for a whole season, he has to be ducking work, trying to get time from work, starting to perform well and then what do you get? You don’t get a contract, you don’t get anything,” said Stoute, who referenced his Empire clubmate seamer Shaquille Cumberbatch.
    “He [Cumberbatch] is [on the] ground staff at Kensington Oval, and he went to trials and out-bowled all of the bowlers, men that are practising every day. When he was rolling the pitch, they
    were bowling.
    “I am getting very emotional about it because I know, because I went through it myself as a player – how hard I had to work to maintain my play on a Barbados team,” said a fired-up Stoute.
    Rotate
    He added: “I sat down in a Barbados team and we said that we will rotate fast bowlers for a season, we had six or seven fast bowlers, and during that time was Shakeem Clarke, Rachid O’Neale, Keon Harding, Chemar Holder and Preston McSween as part of the fast bowlers, and Preston play one game for Barbados, so how fair is it? These are things that hamper the cricket and hampers the talent of youngsters who are coming up.”
    Stoute also said that there was a mass exodus of Barbadian cricketers.
    “Players will go to Canada, England, New York and wherever cricket is playing because they are not getting a fair chance here in Barbados,’’ he said. ( RW)

    Source: Nation

  29. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    We have never been short of anecdotes. Repetition of our favorite stories will not solve our problems. Highlighting our ills and then doing nothing is a prescription for failure.

    Yesterday, I watched an interview of a player after the WI was bowled out for a ‘bingo number’. One would have thought that the batsman scored 350 runs instead of some mediocre total. Alas, we can longer separate giants from girunts. We big-up small men.

    Why do I care?

  30. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Conspiracy theory alert.

    Someone is out to kill WI cricket. There is no way that we could consistently select such horrible teams.

    If you were to put all of the cricketers name in a bag and randomly select a team then you would pick a better team than what was selected.

    When random selection beats a planned selection… mischief is afoot.

    What is painful is that some idiot mentions cricket and then I go and turn on my TV to watch. Talk about getting your feelings hurt…

  31. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @TheOGazerts,

    “Pretty good performance. There was moisture in the pitch in the first session. It got slow and started to spin a bit more. It got a lot more slower. Personally enjoyed my first spell and had to adapt a bit more after. Not surprised with the pitch, expected it to be a bit dry.”

  32. John Avatar
    John

    TheOGazerts on July 13, 2023 at 7:18 AM said:
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    There is no way that we could consistently select such horrible teams.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Ah Grasshopper

    We’ve been doing it for years in the various Parliaments.

  33. John Avatar
    John

    Been enjoying this one after the Bairstow stumping.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBJL1H84Y2A

    Course it also brought back memories of Greig and Kalicharan at POS.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+greig+runs+out+kallicharan&sxsrf=AB5stBh2lVF9tZqYj2_qk7nnrbDlE7aZpw%3A1689267933928&source=hp&ei=3S6wZPX9NceXwbkPjMuTyAk&iflsig=AD69kcEAAAAAZLA87ce9xtRBPMEmzK4x7i6QbCWJqlFu&ved=0ahUKEwi14IS5lYyAAxXHSzABHYzlBJkQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=youtube+greig+runs+out+kallicharan&gs_lcp=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_7UBYNu4AWgCcAB4AIABjASIAf1DkgEKMi0zMC40LjAuMZgBAKABAbABCg&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:429aed66,vid:qBSgfZzbpPM

    Ah boy, the pleasures of Cricket from a bygone era.

  34. John Avatar
    John

    https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+greig+runs+out+kallicharan&sxsrf=AB5stBi7ble-5js5iUJyuuqzDgQlO_Hx6w%3A1689268450830&source=hp&ei=4jCwZOCiMOyrwbkP2fetiAI&iflsig=AD69kcEAAAAAZLA-8qvnSb0vrs8VaRr1fvhJD33R9N7O&oq=&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIHCCMQ6gIQJzIQCAAQAxCPARDqAhCMAxDlAjIQCAAQAxCPARDqAhCMAxDlAjIQCAAQAxCPARDqAhCMAxDlAjIQCAAQAxCPARDqAhCMAxDlAlAAWABglBRoAXAAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCwAQo&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:53111526,vid:LRXi4BcOpS0

  35. John Avatar
    John

    100 for 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    What is the point???????????

  36. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    There must be a point … the point is that surely we are missing it !

    An Indian team with one of the best spinners to even play the game and another who is one of their best spinning alrounders give opportunity to prance-parade in Dominica and Queens Park oval TnT!

    The point is that top spinners on tracks renowned as spinners’paradises says a lot about Indian demands or WICB couldn’t care!

    Ah well on to another humiliation in TnT.

    I wonder how Brathwaite and his guys feel personally about being man-handled like such lil boys!

  37. John Avatar
    John

    130 all out, done and dusted, game over.

  38. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    At least you have memories that you can turn to.

    What about a younger generation hearing how great we were and then seeing only mediocrity and suffering loss after loss. Watching teams that scoring bingo numbers whilst others score hundreds

    Pull the plug

  39. The Gods beat us Avatar
    The Gods beat us

    At a next site I heard the post mortem. What we should bowl, how we should bat and who we should pick.

    If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would have been funny. Above, one blogger elevated the Indian bowlers to the rank of Gods.

    Having their egos shattered after being beaten by ‘minnows’ we solve our problems by proclaiming ‘the Gods beat us’

  40. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    The West indies are ahead of the curve, before the concept of a four day week becomes a reality they have gone ahead and implemented a three day week.

  41. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    LOL, not “Gods” … far from. Simply stated however some of the very best at their craft!

    The. man Ashwin has nearly 500 test wickets at a miserly average !

    His colleague — an all-rounder spinner, mind you– has over 275 !

    They are GOOD and our guys have never played spin well.

    This series is akin to putting WI in Perth on the speed paradise and throwing Liilee and Thompson at us … and we do play pace well enough. Yet we know what can happen and did on occasion.

    No … they are NOT God’s… we are just not up to standard!

    Pull the plug, you say … well that appears to be naturally occurring . Another debacle in PoS is almost assured … just a matter of how bad it will be.

    I wish the guys an infusion of inner fortitude mixed with large doses of luck (self belief, being rewarded)!

  42. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    Come now … if you say it dat way then be even more transparent and admit we were truly visionary and adopted that work policy long before it became a “ting”!

    So much so that de establishment pushed back resolutely and found ways to fine us for not working a full 90 over day when we did the job in 65 or 70 overs!

    Que sera….

    Sigh!

  43. Geezer1 Avatar
    Geezer1

    I fired up the old vpn, clean out my browser and posted anonymous

  44. Geezer1 Avatar
    Geezer1

    De old geezer getting blocked.

  45. Black Lives Still Matter in 2023 and beyond ∞♾️ ♾️ ♾️ ♾️ Avatar
    Black Lives Still Matter in 2023 and beyond ∞♾️ ♾️ ♾️ ♾️

    “De old geezer getting blocked.”

    That’s RACISM. Black Lives Still Matter in 2023 and beyond ∞♾️ ♾️ ♾️ ♾️

  46. Geezer 1 Avatar
    Geezer 1

    Dear Sir,
    I was searching for two posts that I made and have been unable to find them. What is the sense of throwing anything against the wall, when it cannot reach the wall.

    I see now why some will remain silent rather than post frequently. Our frail egos cannot survive the thought of being silenced by mere mortals.

  47. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    If you think I have been harsh, you should read what our former test rivals are saying.

    All are points I hit on.

    https://sportsmax.tv/cricket/cricket-windies/item/124204-former-indian-batsman-called-for-windies-to-be-stripped-of-test-status-the-team-is-doing-nothing-pride-has-been-reduced-he-says

  48. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    These comments were long overdue. I suspect diplomacy and sympathy were the reason our test rivals were holding their peace.

    They now believe that our team in no longer salvageable. They have given up hope of any WI recovery.
    Exit sympathy, enter contempt and disrespect… deservedly so.

  49. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    If there was a relegation system in cricket, WI would be in 4th division.

    The powers that be are aware of the WI ineptitude, they are probably waiting for the right moment to pull the plug, sooner rather than later Test teams will refuse to tour the WI.

    BTW Don’t let DPD read the article, he will write about the good old days and ask Springsteen to rewrite “Glory Days”.

  50. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    https://www.recorder.ca/sports/other-sports/top-level-cricket-back-in-brampton-after-long-absence-with-global-t20-canada

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