Say what you like about Roger Harper and his dismissal as the West Indies men’s lead selector after two years and two months in one of the most thankless jobs in regional cricket for the last two decades, I found his interaction with the media, especially when tough questions were asked, to be fascinating.With no pun intended, virtually everyone appears to be harping on how the 58-year-old Guyanese performed ever since he was appointed, along with Miles Bascombe of St. Vincent, on October 16, 2019.Bascombe, 35, has been sent packing as well.Their contracts will be coming to an end on December 31.Of the teams, Harper and Bascombe selected, West Indies won five out of 16 Tests, 11 out of 21 One-Day Internationals and 14 out of 39 Twenty20 Internationals.In a media release last Saturday, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said it will begin looking for a new lead selector in January. Until then, head coach Phil Simmons will take temporary charge of those responsibilities, along with the team’s captains in the various formats – Kraigg Brathwaite (Test) and Kieron Pollard (ODI and T20). CWI Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, will oversee the process.
