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Did you see the looks on some of the faces of those at Providence Stadium after Darren Sammy sealed the 40-run victory with his fifth wicket of the innings? If they weren't supporting Pakistan outright, more than a few appeared distinctly indifferent to a West Indian success that seemed completely out of the question after the first day of this first Test ended with the home side at 209 for nine. That they fought back and won on the fourth afternoon in defence of a target of 219 has briefly taken the air out of the tyres of those rolling along merrily with their respective agendas while West Indies slid from one humiliation to another, especially since the last Test win more than two years ago against England at Sabina Park
Take the Trini breakaway posse for example. The members of this tribe support their fellow nationals to the hilt, but hope West Indies never abandon that losing feeling as it supposedly strengthens their case for the twin-island state to go it alone. Go where is not exactly clear, for the rules of the International Cricket Council suggest that it is long, complex and impractical for any territory to abandon the long-established principle of the West Indies as a unified cricket entity.
Just so that matters of loyalty can be complicated further, there's the segment of the population that values ethnicity above all else, even nationhood, so that the size of the Indian presence in relation to the African presence in the composition of the final 11 is of paramount importance. Poor Brendan Nash, who would obviously be classified as "other", just gets in the way.
