Daren Powell unleashed - quits; bounces WICB, Gibson

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Outspoken Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Daren Powell has announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket, while taking swipes at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its coach Ottis Gibson over recent events.

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like I was saying...
“The Board is using players who they think they can manipulate. The Board should instead look for someone who can stand up and defend his players. Gayle, therefore, should return as captain,” he said.
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WIndiesFans wrote:Outspoken Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Daren Powell has announced his retirement from first-class and international cricket, while taking swipes at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its coach Ottis Gibson over recent events.

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with searching for new talent. There are young men on those squads with definite potential, but it has to be nurtured. Therein lies an area of great complexity.

This generation is remarkably out of touch with its predecessors, knowing little or next to nothing of its antecedents. And truth be told, most of them are tired of hearing about the great teams under Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards. For many other young players around the world, such ancestral tales are magical and inspiring. West Indian boys look away when those praise songs are sung. Why? Those stories have been administered as hard slaps, reminders of how pathetic they stand in comparison, and so the heroes invoke shame, not pride.

There has to be a different journey towards their history, and in the meantime, mentoring presences within the team cannot be completely removed.

Baksh bash the nail on the heah and is quite relevant to Powells critique
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Yes.. both are good read, rather than the board's propaganda alone..
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if one notes the dispiriting and stultifying effect of their work on the younger generatuions the destructive conclusion is inescapable....

the work of the wicb is destructive of westindies cricket...deliberately so as is my contention! :x :x :x
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mapoui wrote:if one notes the dispiriting and stultifying effect of their work on the younger generatuions the destructive conclusion is inescapable....

the worl of the wicb is destructive of westindies cricket...deliberately so as is my contention! :x :x :x
Well said bro...that is why we need immediate restructuring
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