Cricket, lovely cricket, take it or leave it

In the Trinidad Guardian, Alvin Corneal looks ahead to what the next three months holds in store for West Indies cricket.

Even if we take a queue from the recent home Test series success against England, the flow of continued success can hardly be guaranteed, now that we are just a few days away from the first Test. For a start, our three key players, Chris Gayle (captain), Dwayne Bravo (star allrounder) and Fidel Edwards (most penetrative fast bowler), have all opted for the Twenty20 IPL financial extravaganza, with coloured clothing, white balls and dancing girls intermingling with hefty sixes and super catches.

The decision to split the England tour with the IPL was the ideal situation for the players’ pockets, but maybe not so healthy for the touring team in England. Already, we are hearing of the light ankle injury to Skipper Gayle just a few days before the Test match, immediately bringing memories of previous occasions when he had to opt out of matches because of injury.