My thoughts on…the Windies’ record test loss
Just when you thought they couldn’t get any more “wukliss.” The West Indies were crushed by the English, losing by a whopping 283 runs, the heaviest loss since 50 years ago. Dear God! How much must we as West Indians take? Really? After their clearly subpar performance at the Cricket World Cup, this happens? Sometimes I wonder if we should just drop cricket like we’re dropping the sugar industry. Both are vestiges of colonialism. But I dare not say this aloud, as I don’t want to be endure a whole heap o’ cussin’, ’cause, unlike the sugar industry, cricket swims in our very blood.
In their defense, England made an impressive 570 runs. But I didn’t expect this, especially after all the talk about revamping the team. And promising young stars like Jerome Taylor and Devon Smith seem to have caught the complacency of the seniors, as they performed pitifully. I don’t understand how they can afford to be, as last time I checked, you’re normally complacent when you’re dominant. In the meantime, George Headley and other cricketing greats roll in their graves.
*hangs head in shame*
West Indians (or at least Jamaicans) are numb to the grim news of another record loss by the West Indies Cricket Team. A few years ago this would have been a really really big deal, but now most people couldn’t care less. Sadly I’m slowing turning into one of those people.
Hey hey c’mon give the guys a break, can Shawn Crawford do 9.77… not are we suppose to expect him to…. not. Well my dear friends WI (Worst Indies) just ain’t got it and never will not these crop anyway. until the powers that be acknowledge this we are in for a ruff couple years to come. They need to just invest in the youngster 13 yrs - 17 yrs and teach them the fundamentals of the game, and reap the benefits 5yrs to come.
I often wonder if it is not time to mash it up myself. It seems like an ideal that is long lost since every little island wants to doit alone. West Indies cricket dead anyway and I don’t expect it to rise in my lifetime.
Consistently inconsistent. Well that not really true these days since they are consistently losing as well.