Sir Richie wants support for Ramdin

Antigua Observer article.

St John's, Antigua - Manager of the West Indies Cricket Team, Sir Richie Richardson, has called on the region to support wicket-keeper batsman Denesh Ramdin as captain of the regional squad.

Sir Richie’s call follows the team’s successful showing against Bangladesh in a recent home series in which they won all two Test matches and all three ODIs while the lone T20 match was cancelled due to rain.

The former West Indies captain wants the region to rally around the young leader.

“A lot of people think it is easy to just go and captain an international team or to captain the West Indies, but it is not easy, even if you have had some experience in regional cricket.

“It’s a different ball game because a lot of pressure is on (him) and he’s still learning. He’s got the qualities of a captain, he is a good team (player) and he is not going to be perfect. It’s a learning process for him and we just have to support him,” he said.

Probed for his thoughts on a proposal that would see the regional team appointing separate captains for each format of the game, Sir Richie said it is not a concept he believes will work for West Indies.

“Sometimes, situations call for that and I can respect that, but for me, I think that if you can have all the players playing all formats of the game — then you just slightly rotate one or two players just to keep them fresh — to me, that would be the ideal situation; but it depends on the players you have,” he said.

“I don’t like to go back, but you can’t change the past, but the same players used to play ODI and Test cricket and you make the adjustments because, at the end of the day, it’s cricket,” Sir Richie added.

West Indies will tour India from October 8 to 19, where they will play five ODIs, one T20 and three Test matches.

its a good point you making and asking mail. i surely thiought that the west indies people are behind ramdin.


that begs to ask the question. did st lucians disapprove.