A Test series in West Indies during the month of July and
August is very unlikely. I have grown up watching the Calypso Carnival during
the March-April period. When I came to know, the international cricket season
in West Indies will resume during July and August, I was surprised, but then
realized, the Indian Premier League schedule should be the top most priority
rather than your own international cricket season. And the outcome was not
good. The rain interfered and once, they saved West Indies while on the other
occasion, they had been responsible for spoiling four days of Test cricket.
In fact, it was the wet outfield and the lack of
well-equipped facilities at Queen’s Park
Oval led to such a frustrating end to a Test season in West Indies. It’s really
funny that on sun-kissed days, no action was able to proceed. How disgraceful
such an incident had been for a ground which have an enriched history, but
failed to produce active days of cricket due to poor facilities!
Dear WICB, where does all the money go?
Wasted in Caribbean premier League ?
I don’t think the whole saga even bothered the players and
Board Officials. The circus show known as “Caribbean Premier League” has been
staged successfully, the next entry to a corrupted show is secured and the
Board doesn’t care weather Test cricket exists or not in West Indies.
But I do care and my heart is heavy since 1995 about West
Indies.
According to
Caribbean weather websites, July is the month when the hurricane season starts
to make itself known, with six inches or more of rainfall for the Bahamas,
Barbados, the Cayman Islands, and St. Lucia. It's a good month for Antigua,
Cancun, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. While August has been termed as “Ugh” in a
website for travel and tourism named “Wander Wisdom”.
Why this Test series was staged in July and August when the
possibilities of inclement weathers are heavy? How long West Cricket would be
slow poisoned by these Twenty20 Leagues? How long world cricket will suffer due
to these Twenty20 leagues?
Had the useless responsibility of fulfilling the formalities
of a joke like IPL didn’t matter, we
would not have to witness such things.
Meanwhile, Durban’s inability to cope with the inclement
weather was staggering. The drainage system was so poor that it has put South
African cricket into shame, let alone the fans all over the world.
South Africa are one of Test cricket’s elite teams.
Have they started to forget this and decided to become a
Twenty20 nation like West Indies?
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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