Among a number of vexing matters grinding us in the Caribbean, one of the most vexing is the state of our cricket and, in parallel, the raging controversies about our West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Approaching that subject today, I do not pretend that I come to put out the fire; I am merely hoping to dispel some of the smoke, while more formidable advocates, such as Deryck Murray, Ian McDonald, Tony Fraser, Romain Pitt, et al, concentrate on the flames.
With all our shortfalls, we have been blessed in our region, over the years, with some very incisive minds, and I declare, as the intellectuals might say, “ab initio”, that what I present here is drawn from a range of exchanges, over several weeks, with some of those astute folks across the region who shall remain nameless in case my assimilation proves flawed. That said, and with the understanding that this is but
