The questions have been many, however judging from coach Daren Sammy’s media interplay forward of the second Test on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, there aren’t any straightforward solutions to reviving West Indies cricket. For a variety of years now, the workforce representing the Caribbean islands has been in corrosive decline, stumbling by means of a collection of lows with out figuring out how to stem the rot.
Hard work
From monetary worries to structural shortcomings to the plain lack of high quality, Sammy, who took cost of the Test unit earlier this yr, describes these points as a “cancer that is rooted deep into the system”. But what he doesn’t need, after a demoralising defeat to India in Ahmedabad, is for his players to be missing in effort and arduous work as compared to their opponents.
“The troubles we have didn’t start now. I know I am under the microscope. Our problems don’t lie on the surface. The immediate fix is to encourage the guys to train better and have a better mindset,” he advised reporters.
“The only way we can match up and compete is if we are prepared to outwork the opposition. We’re not doing that. That’s where I’ve challenged them. When we train, we have to be more precise and purposeful. We cannot have the opposition outworking us. That is the biggest issue for me. You don’t need to have talent to work hard.”
Great legacy
Given West Indies’ downward spiral, the discuss of a two-tier system in Tests is simply going to collect additional tempo. But Sammy urged his workforce’s cricketing legacy to not be forgotten whereas partaking in such conversations.
“The history we bring and the legacy we have left in all formats… Obviously the way we are playing now, everybody would lean towards that (demotion). But if we take that aside and understand the impact West Indies has had in international cricket, we deserve all what we ask for,” the 41-year-old acknowledged.
