Quote:For a long time now, a heavy gloom has hung low over West Indies cricket. Occasionally, some light has broken through, such as the Twenty20 World Cup triumph in 2012 and test victory in Barbados in 2014 against England. Mostly, however, cricket in the Caribbean has lurched from crisis to crisis, conflict to conflict, with no indication of lasting peace or progress in sight.

In the past few days, we were all made aware of the exchange of letters between T20 captain Darren Sammy and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), documenting still another pay dispute. This reflects badly on West Indies cricket, but it has now reached the point where nobody is surprised whenever there are upheavals. This last one is just the latest in a long line.