Urgently needed: A new West Indies captain

THE EDITOR: Strange things will continue to happen regarding the “art” of business administration, but the following news items this week have left me completely mystified.

1) The West Indies Cricket Coach has suddenly discovered that the problem with the team, which was eliminated after the first round of the 2003 World Cup, relates to insularity!
2) The Chairman of the Selection Committee, while still in south Africa, has publicly announced that he has discussed the captaincy issue with the captain, and apparently without reference to his committee members back home and has appealed to him to stay on for the Australian tour of the Caribbean this year!
I seriously believe that the skipper ought to hand over gracefully to his friend Mr Brian Lara who is eminently qualified (with the present crop of talented youngsters) to place West Indies cricket at the top of the heap within a year or two.

FYZUL HASSANALI
Author, Captaincy in Cricket