The West Indies Cricket Board, through its CEO, Ernest Hilaire, has responded by proclaiming its adherence to a selection policy wedded to the goal of "building a new team for the future". The future, as Hilaire defined it, extends as far as winning the 2015 World Cup, although chairman of selectors Clyde Butts indicated that his goal is to gather "a mix of players who will take us through the next five to 10 years".
The "fair and transparent manner" in which the selection process is to be conducted, as the West Indies Players' Association indignantly reminded in its obligatory objection to the omissions (citing Article VII [e] of its MOU with the WICB) has been perhaps the most notable absence.
Building and rebuilding the West Indies team has been the tired mantra for two decades. The intelligence behind this endeavour has scarcely been apparent, because it has been too rare to find either cricketing or developmental logic behind the choices. read more
Why are West Indies dropping their old guard?
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BallOil
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If the exclusion of Chanderpaul, Gayle and Sarwan, is "consistent with the policy to expose young players", then the WICB has obviously decided to let them go, despite the attempts to leave the public guessing. At least that would be the logical conclusion. The problem would be that in completely excising the old guard (as it did in the exodus of the Desmond Haynes-Viv Richards group), it leaves too many lambs and too many slaughters.