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One Caribbean Nation By Keith Holder Eyes on Haynes, Sarwan as new West Indies selectors The Most Honourable Desmond Haynes Ramnaresh Sarwan Unsurprisingly, there has been swift, mixed reaction to the appointment of The Most Honourable Desmond Haynes as lead selector of the West Indies senior men’s committee. And so, too, with Ramnaresh Sarwan who has been named as a selector to the West Indies men’s senior and Youth selection panels. In relation to Desmond Haynes, no sooner had the official release from Cricket West Indies (CWI) made the rounds yesterday just after 4 p.m. many opinions were being expressed on social media, some with high praise, others clearly mischievous and somewhat premature in determining how the illustrious former Barbados and West Indies opener, who captained both teams, is likely to perform. That’s the society we live in but for the sake of keeping on the positive side, let me first offer the 65-year-old Haynes heartiest congratulations and all the best in hi...

The Caribbean Is One Nation.                                             Chris Gayle  Chris Gayle: Caribbean Citizen of Note 2014                         Many of our readers, have asked why we have not named any Caribbean citizens of note for 2014. We admit that we have been very tardy, in this regard because the pickings were few. However, after monitoring many issues, we believe that the abandonment of the Test Series in India by West Indies players was, outside of the usual political goings on, the most volatile story of 2014.  While Chris Gayle was not a part of that process, we believe that his subsequent remarks and those he made before , regarding the poor administration and selection policies of the West Indies Cricket Board, reveal  how some professionals are treated within the broade...