Cricket: Brighter future for improving West Indies

Time was when the West Indies would roll into town, roll over the opposition and roll out with a swagger, another demolition job done.

Since those halcyon years of the 1980s and early 1990s, there have been lean times for West Indies cricket. The greats of the past have tried to help, but walked away in despair. Things sank really low to the point where people wondered if the region would simply sink without trace, in cricket terms, so far had the game fall away.

Now a few titles have been won, albeit in T20 cricket and men and women, but they have discovered if they show some heart, win some battles the support will be back.

West Indies cricket, despite better accommodation, age group competitions, return matches, and better pay for the players, has been getting worse and worse for the past 20 years or so, and with no end in sight.