Well, Hinds is averaging 63 so far in the Carib Beer series, so hopefully he can sustain his form for the rest of it; then maybe the West Indian selectors will see sense.

Encouragingly, Sarwan seems to be back and scoring runs as well. Hopefully he can be back in time for the Windies' next series (which I believe is against Aus. in May?).

Finally, I don't care who the selectors leave out, but they have to play Pedro Collins. If I recall, he was on the tour to South Africa, but couldn't get a game, whereas Fidel Edwards couldn't buy a wicket.

So my ideal team at the moment-

1. Chris Gayle (c)
2. Wavell Hinds
3. Ramnaresh Sarwan
4. Marlon Samuels
5. Shiv Chanderpaul
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Denesh Ramdin
8. Raul Lewis (or another specialist spinner)
9. Daren Powell
10. Jerome Taylor
11. Pedro Collins