Rudi Webster Frustrated over the state of West Indian Cricket

Updated on: 20 July,2009 08:55 AM IST |
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Renowned sports psychologist Rudi Webster asks is there cancer in West Indies Cricket?

Renowned sports psychologist Rudi Webster who had a role to play in the West Indies becoming a world-beating force in the mid 1970s, has asked a very pertinent question in his piece in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian newspaper: "Is there a cancer in West Indies cricket?"

Webster is frustrated at the state of affairs of Caribbean cricket and the manner in which the Board and players have fought. This has resulted in West Indies fielding a second string (cynics call it a third string) in the home series against Bangladesh.

Priorities
Webster, who three years ago, interacted with the Indian team when Greg Chappell was coach, said: "The board and players must now ask and answer three very important questions.

"First, what are the first important priorities of West Indies cricket? Second, in what order should they be placed? And third, how must we tailor our energies, resources and strategies to fit those priorities?

Furthermore, they must place their "us" values above their "me" values."

Expanding on the cancer aspect, he wrote: "Like the cancer, selfish and greedy motives have become their first important priorities. As a result, good performance and the growth and well-being of West Indies cricket have been displaced way down their list of important priorities."