GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd believes that Cricket West Indies (CWI) made a mistake in naming 33-year-old Jomel Warrican as its Check vice-captain, suggesting they need to have given the accountability to one of many youthful candidates.
His feedback come every week after CWI introduced Roston Chase as its new Check captain. The 33-year-old turns into the tenth Barbadian to steer the regional aspect.
Fellow Barbadian Warrican, who has performed 19 Check matches for the West Indies, was additionally launched as vice-captain.
Nevertheless, Sir Clive hinted that 26-year-old Trinidadian wicketkeeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva – amongst six individuals interviewed for the Check captaincy – would have been a better option contemplating his age.
Talking on WESN TV’s Face of Sports activities present on Friday, Sir Clive mentioned he hoped the youthful gamers who had been unsuccessful wouldn’t be disheartened. “Properly, I hope that they don’t seem to be disillusioned. Preserve the religion. What’s for you is for you.
“My mom all the time used to say that in case you don’t get it now, you’ll get it simply now, so the children need to hold the religion,” Sir Clive, broadly considered one of many best ever captains, mentioned.
“That’s the place Cricket West Indies went mistaken. You possibly can’t give a 33-year-old and one other 33-year-old [the captaincy and vice-captaincy]. You need to have gone for a 26-year-old in order that he would have all of that have in two years, after which he’d be capable to take over the mantle. That’s what I’d have carried out.”
