West Indies frailties were cruelly exposed

Darren Sammy

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In Delhi

West Indies cricket has endured several horrendous periods over the past decade but none more horrendous than in the last week of their 2011 World Cup campaign.

This is the game’s most prestigious tournament. It was an opportunity on a global stage to prove that their record of 13 successive ODI losses to major opponents since they overcame India in Kingston, as long ago as June 2009, was a statistical aberration.

Fired by the indignity of their demotion below Bangladesh from No.9 to No.10 in the International Cricket Council (ICC) standings, the hammering they dished