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West Indies – Alive, but not kicking. Just yet.
So, before this tour began, we already read eruditely written obituary pieces about West Indies cricket from the likes of Peter Roebuck and his cronies from the generally vicious Australian media. But by the time it was Sunday, and the West Indies narrowly (yes, I’d go to that extent) missed out on a series-leveling win at Perth, the pundits resorted to making dramatic, equally eloquently written pieces – largely u-turning what they originally said. Australia might have won the series, and 2-0 clearly doesn’t quite justify the competitive attribute of the recently concluded series, but what it suggests, is that the West Indies quite clearly won everybody’s praises, most certainly post-the Brisbane debacle. Yes, some commentators may resort to the usual rhetoric of “West Indies cricket is back to its glory days,” which to my understanding would be a vastly premature conclusion, but to put it bluntly, West Indies cricket is alive, but not yet kicking. Thankfully though, they’re showing signs of not just being alive, but if they gel together as a cohesive unit as they did in this tour, it’s not far away since they’ll begin kicking. Read the rest of this entry »
