“A series like this for us unfortunately does create question marks about the viability of the West Indies as an entertainment proposition,” James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, told ESPNcricinfo.
Should the senior team continue its decline in one-day internationals and tests, it faces a future in which elite countries will not want to play it.
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“It would be great to think that this will give confidence to sponsors to commit to the work the board is doing to create a strong foundation for development programs and professional cricket in the region,” Pybus said. Darren Julius Garvey Sammy has been dropped by the West Indies Cricket Board as captain of the regional team, of which he first took the reigns in 2010. Meanwhile, the West Indies Cricket Board has a simple hope: that the success of the U-19 team will encourage sponsors of the senior team to be more generous in their funding. Every team has to have at least one U-19 player in its squad, and regular visits are made to local schools. “It is an integral part of the C.P.L’s overarching vision to boost West Indies cricket from the grass roots up,” said the C.P.L chief executive, Damien O’Donohoe. The West Indies has always been vulnerable to losing its players to better-paying jobs elsewhere, but Twenty20 leagues abroad are posing the most sustained threat yet.ĭuring a recent tour of Australia, six top Caribbean players were playing for Australian teams in a domestic Twenty20 competition instead of for the West Indies selection. The weak financial position of the West Indies is a particular challenge in an age when domestic Twenty20 competitions are thriving in other countries. In October 2014, the team withdrew from a tour of India after a dispute, and the cricket board in India then claimed that West Indies owed it $42 million. While fears of a player strike have not materialized, the relationship between the West Indies board and its players remains troubled. With the World Twenty20 tournament starting March 8 in India, West Indies captain Darren Sammy told reporters the team is facing an 80 percent pay cut compared to previous World Twenty20 events. ENG vs WI 1st Test day 5 West Indies beat England, won by 4 wickets. captain Cricket, allan Border png 604圆97px 285.45KB cricket player. India won the 2nd test against West Indies by 10 wickets, 10th series win for Kohli as test captain. Virat Kohli, Cricketer, Player, Man, Male, Batsman, Captain, Celebrity, Indian. Since then, there have been further signs of strife in Caribbean cricket. West Indies vs England Highlights ICC Cricket World Cup 2016 Final - West Indies won the World Cup - 4 sixes in last over. At the end of last year Dave Cameron, the president of the board, said that the report “was not supported by the facts.”
The cricket board reacted to the November report largely as it did to other independent reports over the last decade: by ignoring it. It continued a welcome resurgence for West Indian cricket, after the Under-19 team beat India to win the 50-over World Cup in February.