Garth Wattley

Their performance in the Tests in the UAE was almost miraculous, given their recent struggles. Will they be able to build on it?

Getting rid of Phil Simmons as coach for not toeing the line was an inappropriate move by the board, which needed to fix its administration first

The second edition of the CPL had crowds and runs aplenty, but concluded with an anti-climax

Apart from the 21-year-old Kraigg Brathwaite, no other batsman showed much promise in the series against New Zealand

West Indies' batting has been on a wobbly course, and five defeats in the last six T20 internationals have underlined it

All the apparent progress they made last year amounted to nothing when they faced India

It might be Tendulkar's farewell party, but the hastily arranged two-Test series gives the boys from the Caribbean a chance to play with freedom and score points for themselves

The Caribbean side has always attracted plenty of attention in the Champions League and populated several IPL franchises. But perhaps that's where its problems lay

The Caribbean Premier League has been received with enthusiasm. West Indies cricket has lessons to learn from the tournament

The CPL started off with a bang, but it remains to be seen how much money it can bring in for West Indies cricket and what it will do to its future

They may be the star attractions of a Twenty20 slog-fest, but in the Champions Trophy, West Indies' batsmen have been disappointingly inconsistent

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

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