Sammy a candidate
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:10 pm
linkWindies captaincy vacant again
FOR the 12th time in the 13 years since Richie Richardson's interrupted tenure formally ended and Courtney Walsh took over for the second time, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is again seeking someone to take hold of the poisoned chalice of the captaincy.
The task is as difficult and potentially contentious as it was when Walsh was deposed by Brian Lara in 1997, when Jimmy Adams filled the breach after the pressures forced Lara to take a break from the game after two years and for every change since–Adams, back to Lara, to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, to Carl Hooper, to Lara again, then onto Ramnaresh Sarwan, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Floyd Reifer and back to Gayle.
This time, the field is limited. Yet, for the WICB to achieve its recently-published goals, decisive, dedicated leadership is critical at all levels.
Sadly, it is a commodity in very short supply throughout West Indies cricket as the results on the field and the chaos off it attest.