‘Fight and character’ have been replaced by distressing reality

Kieron Pollard was somewhat hasty in his assertion following the West Indies’ tight victory over India in the opening round of the current Celkon Mobile Cup at Sabina Park last Sunday.

Perhaps it was the euphoria of the team’s success in his first outing as captain (in place of the injured Dwayne Bravo) that prompted his statement that “in the recent past, West Indies teams would have capitulated completely, so it shows we have a bit of fight and character in this side”.

He prefaced it by acknowledging that, in the end, “we got over the