Fazeer Mohammed on how cricket is pandering to the whims and fancies of an increasingly fickle audience

Hardly anything is said about the process, the system that facilitated the return of an umpire who was removed from the ICC's elite list. Was there an independent assessment of his performance off the international stage to justify a comeback?

Fazeer Mohammed on West Indies' dropping of Amit Jaggernauth after a solitary Test

A Test match starts tomorrow, with the recently-arrived stand-in West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan walking out for the toss at Sabina Park with Ricky Ponting, who probably understands the Jamaican dialect by now

Fazeer Mohammed on Marlon Samuels' two year-ban, and whether he can be expected to make a return to the West Indies team

Fazeer Mohammed on the squad chosen to train for West Indies ahead of their first Test against Australia

Fazeer Mohammed on the vastly different ways Australia and West Indies are preparing for their upcoming Test series

Fazeer Mohammed on the money sloshing around

Fazeer Mohammed on why West Indies must not take the third ODI against Sri Lanka lightly, despite having clinched the three-match series

What does a specialist spinner have to do these days to get a fair chance in the West Indies side?

Where else in the world would a scheduled day of first-class cricket be adjusted for reasons outside of the playing conditions, as occurred on Sunday at Guaracara to accommodate players getting to the Hyatt Regency on time for the WIPA event that evening?

The concern today is with the increasingly one-eyed view of the world that pretends to be unbiased and authoritative, says Fazeer Mohammed

West Indies have too many problems of their own making to even bother about protesting against a few umpiring decisions, says Fazeer Mohammed

The West Indies board faces challenges from all directions to keep West Indies cricket viable in an increasingly competitive market-oriented environment

Fazeer Mohammed on Chris Gayle's criticism of the umpires after Jamaica's 13-run loss to Barbados in a Carib Beer Series match

The reality is that, despite all of the ego massaging and bigging up marketing campaigns ahead of the series, West Indies are expected to struggle anyway against Sri Lanka and then against Australia

Crab-like and inelegant he may be, but it is his gritty determination and stomach for a fight that are more worth remarking on. "Tiger" Chanderpaul is a man driven by the simple mantra of just doing the best he can

Why can't a West Indian line-up this talented get going?