Whatever happens over the final weekend of the Caribbean T20, even in last night’s tasty semi-final between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, the West Indies selectors should have had enough evidence from the preceding two weeks to immediately name a squad for the World tournament in Sri Lanka in September.
It is chronologically a long time off. In effect, there are only five such internationals in the interim, two against Australia in March, one against England in England in June and another two at home against New Zealand.
Although Clyde Butts and his panel will obviously appreciate that these are in environments significantly different from