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Windies selectors have tough decisions to make By BRYAN DAVIS - THAT great performance by West Indies cricketers earlier this month in the two Test matches in Bangladesh, has left the selectors with a problem to choose the final Test 11 to play against the visiting Sri Lankan team next month. However, they won’t encounter a similar difficulty with the selection of teams to take the field in the T20s and the ODIs. Sri Lanka will be opposing the hosts from March 3-April 2 in three T20s, three ODIs and two Test matches. It’s a crucial tour for the West Indians for there’s a T20 World seri...

Where do we go from here? By Bryan Davis THERE are only two basic reasons a cricket team does not perform well: either because their practice hours are inadequate, or their standard of skill is not appropriate for the level at which they are playing. Of course, there are other explanations, like no cricket acumen plus no unity within the team, or an unfit side. The West Indies (WI) in New Zealand (NZ) accomplished nothing and they are being pounded, quite rightly so, by past players, commentators, and suffering cricket fans. The cricketers who were on that tour must feel pretty miserable.