As Things Develop Leadership Problem Solved Easily

[mapoui]

given the ingredients in the mix the capaincy problem can be easily solved.

1) Darren ganga is a proven, internationally capable captain..the only one available to the westindies at the moment.
2) Ganga can make the westindies batting side easily now on his batting achievements through the years
3) Ganga shud be made captain solving the leadership problem for the next 3-4 years

4) a youth..obviously Kraig Braithwaite ...shud be identified and included on ability and achievement. and if he sticks, in a year appointed VC, to grow under Ganga, into the future leader.
5) this youth shud not be, either darren Bravo nor Adrian Barath, although I was in favour of Barath a while ago. I have changed my mind in the emergence of Braithwaite. Braithwaite is a natural as captain. Adrian and Darren do not appear to be captaincy oriented

to further fix the leadership problem the head coach shud be cut, fiyared! and dat money saved...which shud be easy to do with a capable captain in place...which Ganga is!

the emphasis shud be on coaching all the way up the ranks to the top...and at the top no more coaching shud be necessary or required...only spot duty when little problems need to be fixed... and any of the array of coaches who would be working throughout the westindies can be called up at comensurate pay.

a head coach is a pain in the arse, a totally unecessary response.

to prove my point since 1995 westindies have Andy Roberts and Viv Rochards decent guys with best intent and tried hard, especially Roberts.

then among the rest only Logie and Williams have been capable, uncontroversial and in tune with the players. all others have been a waste of time, the worse, the more expensive they got.

it is impractical the head coach position in cricket. away with it

[BallOil]

Sarwan or Bravo are still the best options in the squad, we all know Sarwan was ruled unfit for the contract so Sammy gets the Captaincy...

Gayle, Ganga, and Ramdin are other options...

However, WI needs overhaul for us to see some real change.

[mr. cricket]

when WI start performing well on consistent basis sammy would automatically be out of the team because he wouldnt be needed and would not look part of the team

[mikesiva]

I believe you should always pick your team first, and the captain afterwards....

And with the ODI series practically over, I think we're talking about the Test team. And this would be my XI:

1) Lendl Simmons
2) Adrian Barath/Kraigg Brathwaite
3) Darren Bravo
4) Shiv Chanderpaul
5) Ramnaresh Sarwan
6) Brendan Nash
7) Carlton Baugh
8) Andre Russell/Suleimann Benn
9) Fidel Edwards
10) Kemar Roach
11) Dev Bishoo

Reserves - Marlon Samuels, Shannon Gabriel, Nelon Pascal.

With that team, my captain would be Sarwan, with Nash as VC....

[mapoui]

I believe you should always pick your team first, and the captain afterwards....

if we go by experience it has hardly happened dat way. as a matter of fact I cant recall an instance when westindies pik their team first and den the skipper.

in the westindies the wicbc/wicb reserves the roght to make all decisons period, with the full awareness of all concered who has the authority to do. deh did not call demselves the board of CONTROL fuh nutten.

dats a good mikesiva but the only senior I wud consdier for captain wud be sarwan, amd Gayle did him no favours in dat department by revealing how Gibbo had turned him upside down.

I afraid we need a tuffer fella fuh the captaincy.

Ganga is the only man for the job if we want the best we have

[mapoui]

I believe you should always pick your team first, and the captain afterwards....

And with the ODI series practically over, I think we're talking about the Test team. And this would be my XI:

1) Lendl Simmons
2) Adrian Barath/Kraigg Brathwaite
3) Darren Bravo
4) Shiv Chanderpaul
5) Ramnaresh Sarwan
6) Brendan Nash
7) Carlton Baugh
8) Andre Russell/Suleimann Benn
9) Fidel Edwards
10) Kemar Roach
11) Dev Bishoo

Reserves - Marlon Samuels, Shannon Gabriel, Nelon Pascal.

With that team, my captain would be Sarwan, with Nash as VC....

I wud add Benn! it wud be a travesty to exclude Benn at this point. Benn is a very, very good bowler, the perfect foil for Bishoo. those 2 should make each other very effective indeed.

I wud add also Darren Ganga!

and sknash gets nothing in my scheme of things. he is playing dats it. when he is done let him go home. I will use the VC slot now to groom the next in line...very likely Braithwaite

[mapoui]

making sknash VC at 34 is not really the most efficient use of an opportunity to build a side.

the vc is always a slot in which the next man is groomed. the next captain of the westindies is not skansh if things go the way they shud.

I cud see skansh as captain if somebody can assure that he is the next Worrell or Lloyd and well worth a shot given his age

since it is clear that sknash is no better than all we have had recently making him VC at his age and at our current stage of play makes no sense.

it is better to groom a younger man!

[mapoui]

Ganga at 30-31 compared to sknash is cheese to chalk.

we know what we have in Ganga! a tried and proven captain. and I suspect that with maturity he will bat much better up at the top

Ganga has done at test level as good or better than sknash so far

Ganga shud be included on his ROP for the past 2 years not just this year. Ganga is a very consistent batsman in the westindies. his selection would be justified

[howzdat]

Brendan Nash no better than we have now? Sorry, I disagree.

Nash has played 11 matches less than Samuels for an aggregate score of only about 460 less.

Nash averages 38,85. Samuels average is 28.73 * (i know Samuels has been off the international scene for a while).

Edwards may never score 1000 runs for West Indies in his careeer - I could be wrong.

Additionally, I think that Nash having learnt his cricket in Australia adds something to the team character. His performances have proven this already. Not sure about captaincy but as a batsman he is worth his place in the team.

Ganga for captain.

[mapoui]

Brendan Nash no better than we have now? Sorry, I disagree

no better as a captain! he does not come over as one with the potential to be a great captain.

and he wud have to be, to be given the job of VC or cappo at this stage of his career.

wicb shud remove him from the vice captaincy and give it to one being groomed for the job.