West Indies v India 2011 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Curtly-Elconn-Lynwall-Ambrose-c51793 not happy with Caribbean Cricket Standards
Former West Indian fast bowler, Curtly Ambrose, is not http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arthur-Percival-Day-c45927 with the current standard of cricket in the Caribbean and believes that West Indies will take some time to revive itself in international cricket.
West Indies is currently facing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in a five match One Day International (ODI) series at home. Caribbean cricket has faced another embarrassing defeat as the visitors have already won the series by winning the first three matches of the series.
Ambrose feels that the Caribbean cricketers will have to raise their game if they want to compete with some of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 teams of the world. Youngsters are opting to play other sports and the former fast bowler said that they will only play cricket if West
Indies start achieving success at the highest stage of the game.
He also criticized the attitude of the current fast bowlers and said that they are talented but not aggressive enough.
He said, "The present standard is very, very bad and the only way interest can be revived is if we start winning some matches. I think it's very important for a fast bowler to be intimidating. He must intimidate batsmen. I used to do it. I liked to soften
them up".
The Lanky fast bowler was a big threat for batsmen during his playing days because of the bounce, which he used to generate and his accuracy.
Ambrose is one of the most successful fast bowlers produced by the West Indies as he has grabbed 405 Test scalps in only 98 matches at an astonishing average of 20.99 runs per wicket. His new ball pair with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Courtney-Andrew-Walsh-c51620 was considered as one of the best
in the 1990s.
Ambrose feels that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Patterson-c2585 pitches in the Caribbean are one of the major reasons behind the decline of cricket in the islands. He added that the upcoming players of West Indies cricket do not have enough senior players to guide them through difficult fazes.
"Two things have contributed to the downfall of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 cricket. Firstly, the pitches in the Caribbean have really slowed down and secondly, there is no deal of great experience which is being passed around in the dressing room", Ambrose added.
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