It's high time they had a split captaincy like many other international teams; and now they do

It's a big ask, considering Test cricket is being given short shrift and T20 ambitions are being allowed to run rampant

Their record is the envy of Caribbean first-class cricket, but it needs to be put into context

Shane Shillingford and Shannon Gabriel were the latest bowlers in West Indies' attack to notch up a successful series

Entrepreneur Ajmal Khan's interest in the Caribbean Premier League might remind you of Stanford, but the WICB seems confident it won't be a repeat

The win in the T20 is small consolation for the failings that were exposed in the ODIs

In Australia, Sammy and his men have to show if they can build on their successes last year

West Indies capped a generally decent year with an excellent second half

They must review why their bowlers conceded a shocking number of extras and their top-order batsmen batted so indifferently in the ODI series against Bangladesh

Their batsmen impressed, but it was their fast bowlers, Tino Best and Fidel Edwards, who were instrumental in undoing Bangladesh

Their bowlers stepped it up in the fourth innings, but their batsmen threw it away in the third

The Bangladesh series offers them a chance to show they can make a break with their habit of taking a forward step only to regress

West Indies finally have a world title after eight years, but they need to look for consistency on the field and stability off it

Michael Muirhead, who succeeds the contentious Ernest Hilaire, will have his work cut out with the various perennially thorny issues of West Indian cricket

Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle with the bat and Ravi Rampaul and Samuel Badree with the ball clicked against England. But who will play against Sri Lanka?

The performance against New Zealand has earned the captain, coach and selectors some breathing room

If West Indies win the two-Test series, it will affirm that Sammy and Gibson's efforts to rebuild the side have been worth it

Despite having done excellently in two of the last three editions of the tournament, they need to go through a qualifying round again

Poor recent results notwithstanding, West Indies' chief selector is convinced his players need to be given more rope

The Ramdin affair has highlighted the need to nurture the right mindset in players