Despite the 1st Test defeat by Australia inside 3 days, The Windies managed to find one positive which was that of Adrian Barath, who placed himself in the West indies record books

At the start, England betting line up seemed fell apart the place of Jamaica, while current star Chris Gayle and Jerome Taylor had made pretty good claims on wining title after bringing inspiring victory for West Indies.

The stakes available in cricket have risen significantly over recent years - especially with the inception of the Indian Premier League and the Stanford Super Series - and as such the equipment used is completely different from what was used in the early forms of the game.

Despite it being the middle of June and the height of the cricket season, the main sports coverage in both television and newspapers, it seems to me, is almost entirely devoted to the game of football compared to that of cricket.

"I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either." - Harold Pinter. So now you have it…straight from a Nobel Laureate !....His thoughts on Cricket … One of the greatest sports of modern times.

As many observers have opined, the West Indies Cricket Board's reappointment of Chris Gayle as captain of the West Indies team is beyond comprehension. It is one of the most obscene acts even by the WICB's standard; they have made the Caribbean nation a bigger laughing stock of the world.

It is generally accepted that the current global financial crisis was brought about by a toxic combination of greed and gullibility. The crisis afflicting West Indies cricket can be similarly attributed to a deadly combination of greed, incompetence, intransigence and unaccountability.

ICC President David Morgan today termed the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 that has just concluded in Johannesburg as "a huge success" and has praised the efforts of the large number of people who made it possible. Mr Morgan said he was pleased that the short and sharp event had been appreciated by the players, spectators and other observers.

One of the most enduring memories of the 1976 cricket season in England  for the spectators if not for opposing batsmen was the graceful, rhythmic action of the West Indian fast bowler, Michael Holding. The speed which he generated from his deceptive approach to the stumps was, on occasions, frightening and, in association with Roberts, Daniel and Holder, proved a decisive factor in the West Indies  resounding triumph.