Demotion looms but not time for despair

WHERE do the shocking three-day, innings defeats in India and New Zealand leave West Indies cricket?

There are three troubling answers.

The first is that their long-suffering supporters everywhere have become ever more disenchanted.

The second is that stronger teams will be inclined to reduce West Indies’ Tests from their itineraries in favour of short-format cricket.

The third is that the West Indies again come under the scrutiny of the International Cricket Council (ICC) whose chief executive Dave Richardson