Caribbean media was awash this week with reports of Chris Gayle, playing for the St Lucia Stars in the CPL, as opposed to the Talawahs, the side representing Jamaica in the national tournament, running into some concerted booing from the crowd at Sabina, purportedly because of his disloyalty, or rejection of his roots.
As some commentators, such as former West Indies cricket star Mike Findlay, pointed out however, it is likely that we are expecting too much maturity from our folks at cricket because it does indeed require a good degree of open mindedness to accept the formula of the “guest player” that is a feature of the CPL.
