The medicine to cure West Indies cricket

West Indian pace great Curtly Ambrose helps the gentlemen deconstruct the problems. "The West Indies Cricket Board cannot compete with the finances available from the lucrative Twenty20 tournaments all around the world. It is difficult to have your strongest team due to such competitions. You lose your best players there, and there are no seniors to nurture the youngsters," says the 53-year-old, who, in his playing years, was a nightmare for batsmen. "Jason Holder, the current skipper has played 50 ODI matches and he is the senior-most. It shows the inexperience of the team. I believe our players should be more flexible. They should be available for regional tournaments, in order to be eligible for selection in the national team," he adds.

Most of their star players, which include Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, have their schedules packed in Twenty20 leagues, much to the disdain of the selectors. But the times are different, the shortest format rules the roost and is likely to be the future of cricket. What do you think?