Testing times!

Portia Simpson-Miller

The coming 10 weeks hold more significance for West Indies cricket than any other period in the recent past.

They are likely both to determine the future direction of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and to establish whether the West Indies are making any progress out of the depths of the international game, a situation that could well bring head coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy further under the microscope.

Between now and the end of the June, there are successive series of Tests and ODIs, with the sprinkling of a few Twenty20 Internationals, against two of the powerhouses of the present game, Australia at home and England in England

Gibson and Sammy have worked diligently to instill