Olympism

The West Indies cricket team has just completed another series. This time around the opponents came from the Indian sub continent.

There are those whop would readily suggest that the regional team did not perform badly. Others may say that the team did well. The reality is that the West Indies cricket team remains a major disappointment for the majority of Caribbean citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

In a recent interview (Monday 25 April 2011) on the Line and Length Network the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sought to offer listeners an explanation of what appears to be the organisation’s latest strategy to fashion its development thrust. However, the more one listened to the CEO the more one got the distinct impression that he was sending a signal to one or more of the older and more experienced players in the Caribbean. As the old people would say, he appeared to be speaking to more than the sports enthusiasts. Read the rest of this entry »

Were it not for the cars owned by players and officials parked around the arena one would never know that local cricket competitions are currently taking place. The same holds true for regional cricket competitions. There is hardly anyone who seems eager to utilise their time to go to the competition arena to watch the players engage themselves in a game of cricket. Read the rest of this entry »

Vincentians like the rest of the peoples of the region are still displaying fits of depression and anger as they recall the putrid performances of the West Indies Cricket teams in the recent T20 World Cups played in the Caribbean. Read the rest of this entry »