Contentious selections

Shane Shillingford

Some have been more contentious than others but the selection of no West Indies team, home or abroad, has ever met with the unanimous approval of media and fans.

The latest, for the two imminent Tests in Bangladesh, comes under the category of “others”. Even popularity-seeking prime ministers and narrow-minded board members who so eagerly take up the cause of their countrymen deemed to be unjustly omitted have been silent on the chosen 15.

Even so, in a region where insularity is rife in every area, it is hardly