The West Indies and the World Cup

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,

Please allow me space in your letters’ columns to add my piece to the upcoming World Cup Cricket, which begins on February 19 with all matches being played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

This World Cup will undoubtedly be the battle of the giants; and when I say giants, I mean teams like India, England, South Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka. While the battle is expected to be among the teams that have been listed above, I do not rule out our very own West Indies, who could make a name for themselves.

We are fairly strong in both our bowling and batting departments, and if all the “cylinders” in the batting department fire up, we could see our boys making a name for themselves.

In the batting department, we have Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, the Bravo brothers and Pollard, who could, at any one time, turn a game around.

Experience has shown that spinners have been doing well in the limited overs’ version of the game; and here we have Benn and Miller, who could also do well.

I hope the West Indies will come a little better this time around.

Sincerely,

Dereck Osbourne

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