THE prolonged civil war, what former Jamaica prime minister P.J.Patterson refers to as “this internecine warfare”, is at an end. Peace has broken out in West Indies cricket.
The warring factions, both under new leadership, have agreed to a cease fire after the better part of 20 years of furious infighting. Finally, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have recognized that their constant confrontations was one of the principal reasons for the deterioration of a game it is ostensibly their responsibility to protect.
Over the past couple of years, Dave Cameron has become the WICB president and Michael Muirhead its chief executive, succeeding Sir Julian Hunte and Ernest Hilaire; Wavell Hinds has taken over as