Problems are never far away in West Indies cricket; they have come in profusion for two decades now.
The latest is the real possibility of failure to qualify for the 2017 ODI Champions Trophy in England and the fallout that would follow.
As tenuous as it has become and as demeaning as it is for a team that once utterly dominated the international game, the West Indies value their status among the top eight international teams more than ever. To be absent in England two years hence would further damage the already diminishing interest of players and public, both now under the spell of T20.
The West Indies have participated in all seven previous tournaments, victors over England in the final at the Oval in 2004,
