BANGLADESH have already arrived in England, the first of the countries visiting these shores for the Champions Trophy. The West Indies, of course, will not be among them.
And it is very plausible that, when the cricketing world descends on England for the World Cup in two years’ time, the West Indies will again be absent. Only the top eight teams on the ICC ODI rankings qualify automatically.
Bad news for the West Indies: they lie in ninth, nine points off Pakistan in eighth. More bad news for the West Indies: the cutoff for automatic qualification is the end of September...