West Indies named their team for the upcoming tour of England continuing with the policy of giving every first class player in the region a Test cap. Nelon Pascal, Dale Richards, and Andrew Richardson may be names that continue the Caribbean renaissance; and who knows, maybe one of them will be a good international player. Unlikely.
But I'll tell you who is a good test player: JJC Lawson, daddio. Yet he has not played a Test Match in over 3 years, to my chagrin, despite being brilliant. But hey, maybe I'm just out of the loop and there is a very real reason he doesn't get picked despite being the only West Indian bowler with a 2 in front of his average since Courtney retired. What is it? Does he smell? Is he a sociopath? Does his facial hair not conform to the West Indian norm? I wish somebody would tell me, as long as they don't tell me its because he's not good enough.
Daren Powell has taken the piss for 37 Test matches and only finally been dropped, so don't tell me Lawson is not good enough. Powell is not even a very good first class bowler, would not even make the Bangladesh squad, and I can only assume the prejudiced opinion that selection in the West Indies is entirely political is not prejudicial at all, but fact.
Still, I bet I've just shown my naivety and I'm the only person in the world who doesn't know that.
So nothing against Fidel and Jerome, who I think are terrific, and nothing against Daren who is probably a very nice guy who is out of his depth. But Jermaine looked like the best bowler available in the West Indies when I saw him bowl, so I just want to, nay am dying to know why the hell he is doesn't get picked.
Still, he's never going to be Whispering Death, but who is.
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