THE EDITOR: So, the greatest party in sports has started and four out of the first six games have been washed out. Even Robin Maharaj could have advised when "rain in dey xxxxzzzzyyyy" would be upon us.

August/September is the most horrendous rainfall period in the Eastern Caribbean since Jesus was a boy. Why is the West Indian people being treated so shabbily by an incompetent CWI, through the franchise holder of the CPL, who is unable to secure a period on the ICC calendar which would be satisfactory for games to be played in good weather?

Predicting the weather is almost a miracle but the people of the West Indies know when rain is expected and when it is not. How can West Indies cricket improve when the people at the helm do not have a clue about organising anything?

The CWI, its agents and all the highly paid people around them are a waste of time. Can the various boards get people who have West Indies cricket at heart to carry out the functions of the CWI board? I do not expect anything from the sub-committee set up by Caricom recently because more incompetence has reared its ugly head.

Hopefully now that the CPL has switched to Barbados there will be more completed matches. When the CPL arrives in Trinidad in September, however, the forecast is for 14 days of rain.

Can't we get a good gardener on board so that he can interpret the McDonald's Farmer's Almanac and advise the CWI board when to schedule games and when not to?

It is time for the cricket-loving public in the West Indies to sue the CWI for robbing us for the last 20 years and for selling out our cricket future to the owners of the CPL. Looking for any cricket-loving lawyer who will take up the case pro bono. Easy case to win. There will be about four million witnesses.

LARRY SOOKLALSINGH

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