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T&T set the example

Fri Oct 23 08:49PM

daren ganga Beaten but unbowed, that is what the local press should be writing about a Trinidad & Tobago team who went so close to Champions League glory.

T&T travelled to India for the Champions League Twenty20 and they were accompanied by all the baggage of the shambles that is West Indies cricket.

Politics is a murky world and Cow Corner has no intention of digging into the row between the West Indies board and their star names.

But it cannot go unnoticed that T&T performed above expectations shortly after West Indies sent a reserve side to the Champions Trophy in South Africa.

The West Indies game may be in a shocking state, but T&T cricket is not as they played with a spring in their step and a smile on their face. This attitude won them fans aplenty in India and played no small part in the success of the Champions League.

They may have found New South Wales too strong in the final, but they produced some of the great moments of a competition that had been crabbed before it started but shone through in spite of the Indian sides underperforming.

T&T skipper Daren Ganga carried himself superbly and led his team superbly, ably supported by star man Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and co.

With Ganga showing great leadership skills, Chris Gayle took time out from the Jamaican party scene to suggest that he is ready to lead West Indies on their upcoming tour of Australia - hinting at a thawing of relations between players and board.

Far be it from Cow Corner to question Gayle's motives, but the timing of his announcement raised an eyebrow or two rather than the rum and coke or two that Gayle has spent much of the summer raising.

Ganga has had a chance to lead West Indies in the past and did not convince with the bat, but great captains can overcome their shortcomings if they can inspire greatness around them.

Ganga has spoken of the immense pride the players have in playing for Trinidad & Tobago and that is the problem West Indies cricket will always have. There is great pride among the islands but the board have always struggled to instil a sense of pride when representing West Indies.

West Indies have some great players, Gayle, Sarwan and Chanderpaul among them, but leadership, commitment and desire is a must at the highest level.

In recent years West Indies have shown the backbone of a jellyfish and maybe it is time for sweeping changes - and they could probably do worse than pick the whole of the T&T side.

  • Comments1 - 6 of 6

  1. Ganga could bring back the glory days of Sir Clive Lloyd & Co. if he was given the chance to lead the Windies.

    soul.limboFrom soul.limbo on Fri Oct 23 10:55PM

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  2. Poor old Ganga doesn't have four fearsome fast bowlers in his attack though does he...

    smiling.phasesFrom smiling.phases on Sat Oct 24 10:19PM

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  3. There is no way that anyone should speak of Ganga and Clive Lloyd in the same breath!

    jiveman5From jiveman5 on Mon Oct 26 09:31PM

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  4. But Ganga is far more committed than Gayle seems to be so he should be captain.

    jiveman5From jiveman5 on Mon Oct 26 09:34PM

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  5. Now I've read some nonesense before, but to even suggest that Darren Ganga captain the West Indies...Again is just ludicrous!! There's a guy with limited international experience, has no backbone with the bat, and has done nothing worth remembering in terms of a gutsy performance. He's a relic, a has been, a reject from the West Indies squad. T&T Cricket have their own agenda, and that is to separate themselves from the West Indies, and I for one think that this should be nipped in the bud before it's even off the ground. This has to constitute some kind of treason to even suggest that T&T do their own thing!
    Marlon. P

    still_xFrom still_x on Tue Oct 27 05:51PM

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