ONE of the objectives of the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League was to provide young West Indies players a showcase for their talents, as the fashionable phrase has it.
What it meant, in essence, was the chance to advertise themselves to the IPL, the Big Bash and the other global Twenty20 franchise tournaments.
As different from the other two formats as it is, the CPL could hardly be a guide to the West Indies selectors for the packed international schedule over the coming year, starting with three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20s in New Zealand in December and January.
Yet a few whose time seemed to have passed – Lendl Simmons and Andre Fletcher most notably –
