Follow UsThe West Indies began their Test tour to India with a pulverising defeat in the first Test in Ahmedabad as the difference between the two teams was more than an innings.
Now, before their second Test in Delhi, head coach Darren Sammy said that this fall in standards of West Indies cricket has been happening for a long time and is a sign of deep systemic rot.
“I mean, the last time we won a Test series in 1983, my mother had me,” Sammy said.
“I know now I’m under the microscope. I’m in the middle, and we’re open to criticism from everybody. But the root of the problem didn’t start two years ago. It’s something that started way back. It’s like a cancer that’s already in the system. If you don’t treat cancer, you know what happens. And again, it’s breast cancer month, so it’s a good way to put it. Our problems don’t lie on the surface; they’re rooted deep in our system.”
Sammy, who has won two T20 World Cups with the West Indies, added that the team would have to make do with whatever talent is available to them and accept their ‘reality’.
“We can only work with what we have and who’s willing,” Sammy added.
“The inability to match some of the franchises across the world has been an issue. But what I always tell these guys is that if we complain about not having the best facilities, manpower, or technology like other teams, it’s no secret — that’s the reality.”