As almost everyone connected with the sport in even the remotest manner would have heard by now, West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. Pollard’s April 20th announcement, which would have come as a major surprise to most, has now created some very interesting possibilities for the structure of West Indies’ white-ball cricket teams in the immediate future. At the time of his resignation, Pollard was, of course, the incumbent West Indies white-ball captain, having led the team in both formats since his October 2019 appointment as Jason Holder’s replacement. During his fifteen-year international career, Pollard established himself as a legendary trailblazer for West Indies’ white-ball cricket. He became the first-ever player to represent the West Indies in 100 T20I matches and also donned the maroon colours in a total of 123 ODI matches.
