West Indies cricket falls apart

In the Trinidad & Tobago Express, Peter Simmons argues that West Indian cricket has become an international laughing stock, and that public disappointment and disdain is at its zenith.

When the players eschew the efforts of distinguished jurists from the Caribbean Court of Justice putting their skills and sagacity at their disposal as arbitrators acting in their personal capacity, we despair. Mind you, the cynics will say the players are behaving just like those governments which have failed to sign on to the court's jurisdiction. Monkey see, monkey do!

The over-arching incompetence of the board is demonstrated in the Viv Richards Stadium fiasco, the repeated tardiness in providing retainer contracts for the players or sending John Dyson a contract for signature with his predecessor's name and address. The overwhelming conclusion is that the board endorses the ethos that the way forward is through error compounding error.