Dear Editor,

I am not at all surprised at the results from our West Indies cricketers, particularly under the current leadership.

It is time that we either leave international cricket alone and spare ourselves continued embarrassment, or we get smart, sport-loving and knowledgeable business-oriented people to lead from the front and move our game forward.

For far too long we have continued to disrupt the players’ focus by being overly narrow-minded.

Which other cricketing nation deals with its players as the WICB deals with its players? Even our simple method of building our team sucks so deeply. We avoid fielding our senior players for simple and foolish reasons; we fail to demonstrate loyalty to players when they are attacked by all and sundry, including the high and mighty JADCO; then we throw our new players into the game without the benefit of even one senior player’s wisdom or experience, and then we expect them to create history and bring back West Indies cricket.

I am terribly sorry for you, Jason Holder. If only I could be of any help.

Don McLeod

donmcleod.uee@gmail.com.