Mesmerised by spin

As humiliating as they were – and they don’t come more humiliating than all-out 61 in an ODI and desperately hanging on for a draw in a three-day Test against Bangladesh – recent events in Chittagoing were not exactly surprising.

They simply verified the most glaring and troubling truth about West Indies cricket at present. It is the universal inability of batsman to deal with spin bowling.

While the batting on the first day of