Over the past couple of weeks, matters relating to West Indies and local cricket have made big headlines.From complaints by the West Indies team head coach Phil Simmons of a failure by regional territories to play four-day practice matches ahead of the current two-match Test series against Pakistan, to the dramatic one-wicket win by Kraigg Brathwaite’s team in the first match in Jamaica, and a turnaround by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) to have a domestic season after announcing its cancellation, were more than enough to digest.It is amazing how events can evolve in a relatively short period. Nowadays, social media and its use make you marvel, especially when misinformed persons who are addicted to posting on WhatsApp and Facebook are in the forefront.Four days before the start of the Test series against Pakistan – both matches being played at Sabina Park in Kingston - Simmons said he was concerned about the match fitness of the West Indies squad, bearing in mind that the preceding two-Test series against South Africa ended on June 21 with West Indies badly beaten by an innings and 63 runs inside three days and 158 runs with a day to spare – both in St. Lucia.
