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Originally Posted by jrwb  I agree with Greg - if the West Indies don't make a startling change in their success rate, and if this multi-tier system is introduced. there is going to be a lot of trouble in the West Indian territories... |
And there is not trouble now? A demotion will effectively be the end of the WI as an international team and serve no purpose other than to destroy it.
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The way things are now, I wonder why countries like Australia even bother to play teams like the West Indies given the choice.
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I'm sure if they did not have to they probably would not. But then that says more about them than the WI.
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I remember in the late 'sixties/early 'seventies when the West Indies were a little on the weak side. they could always put on a good show when playing at home - but not with these guys...they never play well anywhere. |
Yes the late 60s and early 70s.
Last time I checked we are in the late 2000s (i.e. 40 years on).
Whilst we pine away for a bygone time, the rest of the world soared past us whilst we were wallowing in past glories.
The landscape of world cricket now is different than what it was then and how we used to produce cricketers is dead because many, if not all, of those avenues are closed to us now.
But keep looking back into the past if it makes you feel happy.