Interference destroying West Indies cricket

“West Indies cricket has suffered tremendously with all the interferences over the years and a team can never be balanced or can never work well with so many interferences,” Sir Gary, widely regarded as the finest player ever, told CMC Sports on Saturday.

“A team needs continuity and West Indies cricket really hasn’t had the continuity in the last five or six years. They’ve been always problems one way or the other.

“We hope that they will be settled and you’ll see West Indies cricket back on the right path again.

“One hopes that West Indies cricket will rise again. They’ve got all the talent in the world, it’s just being able to put it in the right format and to be able to organise it properly and have everything in right perspective.” Sir Gary, a former West Indies captain who scored 8,032 runs and took 235 wickets in 93 Tests, said he believed the current team was on its way up and would be a serious contender at next year’s Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.

“I think that we’ve got a good chance (of winning the World Cup). I think we’ve turned the corner,” Sir Gary said. “When we played against India, it showed signs that we have turned the corner and I hope we will continue to progress from there.” (CMC)