West Indies Cricket Fans

1) Guyana full ah west-Indians who wud support Pak

2) Such Guyanese wud full up Providence or Bourda and gurantee wicb/gcb profits

3) the wicket wud likely produce runs all around

4) It wud be hard to impossible to leave out Shive and Sars in Guyana

5) Sammy wud get next to no reception in Guyana
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1) Loosha wicket awful, can be considered hostile to westinain interests..works against westindies strengths such as they are

2) no support for westindies as poor crowds... in a very small market as part of an overall small westindian market....guranteed

3) no profit but loss of the wicb

4) exposure for St Loosha on the world scene as host of international cricket... to wat advantage for the wicb and the westindies as a whole?

5) building bad blood intra-westindies, on the basis of poor wicb policy that very unjustly favours a very small part of the region at the expense and loss to all others combined. as a result of the loss to the wicb by appropriating these games for st Loosha the cost is shared by the rest of the westindies. that is very poor policy and stupid intra-regional behaviour thats is likley to put heavy pressure on regional unity

what I mean is that the Pak itinerary shud have been the 2 test matches would be in Guyana and Titty...while the T20 and ODI would have been scheduled around dat fact

it could have gone like this: T20 and first ODI at Bourda, then the first test at Providence. but those games in Guyana anyway.

then second ODI and second test at Port of Spain

we then remain with 3 ODIs spread around Barbados and the Dots.

and with India India we repeat that schedule

Guyana does get 2 ODIs this time but no tests. that does not compute!

the tests have been scheduled for locations that appear incapable of generating interest, attendance and profit

altogether St Lucia tunrd out to be as hostile to westindian interest as any anticipated negatives in the Guyana or Titty situations

on the whole it would have been better if these matches had been played in Guyana, followed by the titty leg and onwards up the islands

the st lucia authorities ought to start looking at making pitches that caters to westindian strenghts such as they are.

it makes little sense to see spin friendly pitches anywhere in the westindies when pace is our strength..at least traditionally