Alison Mitchell charts the demise of Caribbean cricket and finds there are encouraging signs for the future
It is difficult to see how this Test series against the West Indies will end in anything other than a three-nil drubbing to England. Victory at Edgbaston, while impressively ruthless from England, came after an insipid contest. For the sake of the match and the spectacle, it must be hoped that the West Indies will approach Headingley with more verve, more ambition and more match awareness.
Teams can be outplayed, of course, and a young bowling attack will often stru...