By Romain W M Pitt
The issue is: what is more likely to cause long term harm to West Indies cricket? The toleration by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of public pronouncements disrespectful of it by players, or arbitrary decision-making by or on behalf of the Board, resulting in the exclusion of the best cricketers from teams selected to represent the region? I respectfully submit that the answer, using either or both the deductive and inductive method, is arbitrary decision-making.
It is relevant to note that Kumar Sangakarra, the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, and one of its best batsmen during the team’s recent English tour, indicted his country’s cricket board for corruption in a speech at Lords. He continues uninterruptedly to represent his country. Tatenda Taibu, one of Zimbabwe’s best cricketers immediately before the recent tour of that country by the Pakistan national team, made
