FOUR YEARS ago, when the idea that Test cricket should be split into two divisions was gaining currency, there was no doubt which one the West Indies would be in.
They had slumped so rapidly from their proud, prolonged position as the game’s No.1 that they would not make the proposed qualification of the top seven under the proposed arrangement; they would be left in the second tier alongside the bottom three and the chosen associates. Their only way back was through a projected promotion and relegation system.
Julian Hunte let the International Cricket Council (ICC) know just what the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) thought of the idea. He was adamant that it was unworkable and simply wouldn’t happen.
On the face of it, it hasn’t. The same
