West Indies Cricket Fans

The curious case of Chris Gayle grows stranger by the day. Here is a man who has two Test triple hundreds under his belt; his ability to scorch opposition bowlers with his big hitting has the best demoralised and he continues to take the West Indian domestic league, Regional Super 50, by storm.

Middlesex are yet another team that seeks to have the buccaneer in their midst.

Gayle is perhaps the most successful free agent in the cricketing realm.

Following the exit of Brian Lara, Gayle dons the mantle of ‘Entertainer’ with typical Calypso swagger. Read more

Does it matter anymore?!

The whole situation is highly unfortunate. Whether you side with the Board or with Gayle, the only people that are truly losing out is the team itself and the fans. We can point the finger and play the blamegame all day long, but for me the biggest problem with cricket in the Caribbean are the Chief Executive Officer and the Vice President of the WICB (Earnest Hilaire and Julian Hunte). They are control-freaks who would rather have a squad of guys, who are fence-sitters and don't rock the boat if required, as opposed to trying to negotiate a mixed quality of experienced campainers and promising youth.

It's a good move to get the WICB director Clive Lloyd to try and mediate some reason, with the hope of a agreement being resolved. Because i can't think of many guys that are more respected in the Caribbean, when it comes to Cricket than this guy. But unless Gayle retracts the comments he made, i don't see him getting back into the fold anytime soon. The other alternative is for Hunte and Hilare to be relieved from their duties (resign or fired) but again i'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

I've said it before and i'll say it again, for any real progress to be in made in West Indies cricket, the personnel will have to be replaced from the very top. Otherwise we'll continue to be in the bottom half of the rankings.

It's actually an opportunity for both men to show how big they are....

If Gibson swallows his ego and retracts his criticism of senior players, then maybe it will put the onus on Gayle to retract his retaliatory comments.

But I can't see Gayle apologising if Gibson doesn't. Financially, Gayle doesn't need to....

It all boils down to these questions - does Gibson want Gayle in the side? If so, what would he do to accommodate his return?