WICB has not nurtured talent properly, asserts Curtly Ambrose - Cricket News Update
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame inductee for the year 2011, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Curtly-Elconn-Lynwall-Ambrose-c51793 holds true that West Indies cricket has lost it glaring touch and it will take years before they can reclaim their lost glory.
The former West Indian cricketer was expressing his views in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 awards ceremony, which was held at Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
Ambrose blamed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the decline in Caribbean cricket, as according to the 47-year-old West Indian, the board did not implement right policies and failed to groom young cricketers.
“It hurts me to say but it is true that it will take years for the West Indies cricket to get back where they once were. I believe that the board made some mistakes. Especially, when we were the best in the world nothing was done,
nothing was put into place to nurture the talent that was coming up,” said Ambrose.
The Windies dominated cricket for decades, but since the late 90’s they have been struggling hard to keep up with the rest of the teams.
Ambrose reiterated, “WICB thought that they could forever produce great cricketers. But cricket has changed, the rest of the world were behind us back then and now have gone ahead of us. These are the reasons why he lack behind
these days and it will be number of years before we get back to the top.”
Ambrose deems that Test cricket is the real cricket as it tests one’s skill and character. He said that one-dayers are exciting but in reality it is merely hit or miss but Tests tells how good you really are. He turned down the
claims that Test cricket is dwindling and said that the current squad of England has the potential to dominate world cricket for years to come.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 has produced top quality cricketers throughout their history and Ambrose was the 16th cricketer representing the Caribbean side to be inducted into ICC's Hall of Fame. The right-arm pacer said that the award
is just like icing on a cake. Ambrose was thrilled by the induction as he felt that his hard work and dedication to cricket didn’t go un-noticed.
The 47-year-old felt honoured when he came to know that he is the 16th cricketer from the Caribbean side to be inducted. The former pacer said that he will always cherish these moments.
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