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Published on: Mar 03, 2022
Many people around cricket over the last few years have been concerned about how the proliferation of white ball franchise cricket – both T20 and T10 – have been affecting the selection of international sides around the world, but particularly in the west indies, where many of players are favourites to be picked in franchise cricket tournaments.
The England Test squad are now touring the Caribbean and West Indies selector Desmond Haynes recently talked to Betway Insider about being a selector and how franchise tournaments are affecting team selections
He commented regarding franchise tournaments – “Well, the IPL has a window, so the players are allowed to go and play in it then. But where you get the problem is with all the other franchises around the world. Then you’ve got to start looking at how the players are going to balance the commitment to the West Indies and also their hectic schedule. That’s why we want more players vying for every position, so that when guys are not available for the West Indies, we’re not scrambling for people to replace them.
From my experience, everybody wants to play where there’s big money. At the end of the day, everybody’s wanting to improve their standard of living. But I always say to them (the players), it is good to realise that you’ve got aspirations to get into the big leagues, but it’s also a very important for you to work on becoming a good cricketer. If you do that, the financial side will look after itself. It is important to focus more on your ability, to keep working and also to look at self-development. You should always try to be knowledgeable about the game, try to seek information, try to pick the brains of some of the legends and some of the senior players.
I guarantee that if you do that – do the right things, really look after yourself, and make sure that you’re fit – you will make a lot of money from the game.”
He added regarding the future of cricket – “I believe players should be multi-format cricketers. If you’re a good player, you can play any form of the game. The players are the ones who make the decision on what format they want to play, but India and New Zealand are showing that if you’re a very good Test cricketer, you can play any form of the game.
We’re always going to have talent in the West Indies, we are just a little unfortunate that we don’t have the numbers. We can’t really compare to places like Australia and India because they’ve got loads of players playing cricket , with the various academies around those countries.
I do think it’s important for the ICC to look at finding ways that they can assist countries like West Indies, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, those places with limited numbers, to try to find ways to make sure that when they split the pie, some of the smaller countries get a bit more money to help with cricket development.
I think that’s something that is vital if you really want to have competitive cricket worldwide.”
With the Test series between the West Indies and England starting next week there are thousands of England fans and supporters, flying out from the UK to the Caribbean, to watch the Test series and it is difficult to believe that the popularity of some Tours will ever change or that the top cricketers will ever stop wanting to play for their country.
Fixture schedule
March 8 – 1st Test West Indies v England
March 16 – 2nd Test West Indies v England
March 24 – 3rd Test West Indies v England
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