One of our good friends recently regaled us with stories of their trip to the Caribbean (Dr. S: Salute) and then we came across this story and this article. It is quite amazing that so many great cricketers have come from such a small landmass. Wonder how many Richards', Lara's, and Holding's have been lost to other sports.
This is a sad state of affairs. WICB, plase get your house in order before all your young men stop playing cricket.
This is a great website to learn more about the cricket politics in the Islands. As always, use caution and don't take everything in these "series of tubes" for granted.
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4 comments:
I think we all want the Windies to win the World Cup, and I think they have the talent to do so.
They're on their home turf, and things seemed to have moved on from the India tour. I suspect that this West Indian politics business is a distraction.
They'll win. Easy.
The talent bleed is a problem that, while more evident in the Windies at the moment, is ready to sweep over the entire cricketing world. It's not exclusively the fault of the WICB -- it begins with the ICC and is exacerbated by the actions of Cricket Aus, the ECB, BCCI, PCB, et al.
The root of it is, IMO, the lack of money available to the players. There's plenty of money in the sport -- the ICC sold TV rights for the '11 and '15 World Cups for over $1.1 Billion, which is pretty good when you consider that FIFA got roughly that amount for the '06 World Cup -- an event that has significantly more global appeal. The BCCI got something like $750 million for four-years of TV rights. Yet there are precious few, if any, cricketers who earn over $1 million in cricket salary. Sure, there are many millionaires in the sport -- I'm certain that Tendulkar total take-home after endorsements is easily in the 8-figures. But the average professional in England or Australia who hasn't earned a national contract is making less than a bricklayer or plumber. And if that inequity between cricket salaries and the salaries of football, basketball, and pretty much every other sport persists, it will be difficult to retain the most talented young athletes. Cricket needs to seriously consider whether its current structure is tenable.
Atheist,
I agree with you that WI politics is not the problem. However, it is one of the symptoms of a deeper problem. The inter-island politics were prevalent during Lloyd's time too but they were not noticed/talked about because Llyod was a great captain and more importantly, they were the undisputed champs of the world. Winning silences/solves a lot of problems.
I disagree with you about the Windies winning though. Not because of the clap trap about hosts not winning the world cup but because they don't have a good enough team. Their batting is pretty good but their bowling is not.
In my opinion, they will be considered successful if they reach the semi-finals. As long as it is not at India's expense, I am all for it. :-)
TJ,
Yes, lack of money is a problem - not at the highest level because the players at the highest level make boat loads of money from endorsements.
The lack of money is a big problem at the local level. If players can't make a decent living at the state/zonal level, there is not much of a motivation to become a cricket player.
I don't know much about the state of local cricket in other countries but in India it is a joke. The BCCI, despite being the richest board in the rorld and not having to pay taxes to the Govt. of India, has done nothing for the game at the state level.
There are some horror stories doing the rounds in the Indian media about how bad some State Cricket Associations are. Selection based on bribery, horrendous team selection policies, lack of training facilities...the list goes on and on...
Coming back to decline of cricket in the Windies, Mukul Kesavan has a good post up:http://blogs.cricinfo.com/meninwhite/
Interesting take but again - no real solutions mentioned.
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