As a young Test captain, Jason Holder should be judged on how much he can extract out of an inexperienced team on the tours of Sri Lanka and Australia

The success of Usain Bolt and his fellow West Indian athletes in Beijing has brought cheer to fans weighed down by cricket's decline

The only way it can be saved is if the BCCI decides to go easy on its compensation claims relating to the abandoned tour last year

After overlooking two high-profile reports on reforming its administration, the board may finally be forced to take notice of a third

The contrasting fortunes of the two teams in the Ashes underlines the importance of home conditions in bilateral contests

While the tournament's popularity is beyond doubt, local governments haven't been satisfied with their returns on investment

Should he be dropped from the one-day squad to Zimbabwe, it will be the latest chapter in the wicketkeeper's strained relations with the authorities in particular

The team is on the brink of missing out on the Champions Trophy for the first time; part of the blame goes to the lack of continuity and vision in running regional one-day cricket

Was the England-Australia clash of a decade ago really the best of them all? You could argue that the Australia-West Indies series of 1960-61 was as good, if not better

West Indies' decline coincides with the falling away of their quicks. Pitches remain the key, and the pursuit of ideal surfaces continues

The prospect of dropping the loss-making Barbados Tridents from the tournament will be a blow to the country and its partying fans

As the West Indies Test team continues to languish, the only thing that's sustaining the fans' enthusiasm for the game is the carnival T20 tournament

Chris Gayle has stated that he hasn't turned his back on Test cricket, but the intentions of his fellow T20 freelancers are not yet known

He went from being the ICC's best emerging player into oblivion, but he has worked his way back to the top. Now he must look after his vital spinning finger

Despite the three-day defeat in Dominica, it is too soon for the selectors to panic because it was not all doom and gloom

In dropping Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Clive Lloyd has not departed from his long-held beliefs

Having begun reasonably well under a new head coach, West Indies' challenge will be to sustain the progress they made in the England Tests

Both come with big egos and truckloads of controversy, but where Gayle's opponent has been the WICB, Pietersen's run-ins with his team-mates leave a bad aftertaste

As the 40-year-old sits on the cusp of a West Indies record, his waning batting form will worry the selectors when they pick the squad for the Australia Tests

The series-levelling win against England might not herald a new chapter for the team - it's too early to say - but the spirit shown was a move in the right direction