da bwin： There are still too many Division 1 cricket teams inBarbados, and most of the players are either mediocre ordownright poor, says Minister of Sport Rudolph CappyGreenidge
da aposte e ganhe： Ricky Jordan05-Dec-2001There are still too many Division 1 cricket teams inBarbados, and most of the players are either mediocre ordownright poor, says Minister of Sport Rudolph CappyGreenidge.Piloting a resolution in the House of Assembly yesterday totake note of the Green Paper to establish a national sportspolicy, Greenidge painted a picture of woeful inadequacyacross the local cricket landscape, saying the talent wasbeing watered down.There are about four good players in every team and theother seven are virtually mediocre and in some instancesdownright poor . . . People who should be watching cricketon Saturdays are playing. Batsmen with scores of 3, 8 and 17are maintaining their play in our First Division teams, andwhen they make a pretty ten or 12 it is highlighted and putin the newspapers, he said.He said in modern-day cricket when one struck 250 or 300runs in a season of 13 matches, that guaranteed a play attrials.In my day it was not like that. We had to struggle to make500 runs to get to trials . . . and you had to take over 50wickets every season . . . , but nowadays fellows are makingit much too easily, he added.Greenidge, a former cricket commentator and member of StCatherine Club, said when the Division 1 season used tocomprise eight or nine matches, a good player was gauged by350-odd runs, while the same barometer was being used todayfor 13 matches.One of his chief concerns, he said, was that a lot ofcricketers were not fit, and they either got run out easilyor caused run-outs, while quite a few could not concentratefor long periods.Greenidge also lamented the fact that fewer cricketers werepractising in the nets or hanging around after cricketmatches so as to chat with and learn from the moreexperienced players.Stating that young cricketers no longer seemed to have theappetite to play, Greenidge cited instances where manyDivision 1 teams found it difficult to field 11 players.We have to be very careful with what is happening toBarbados in terms of our sports. In the 1970s and 80s, evenbefore that, every single cricket-playing country in thisregion had as its ambition to defeat Barbados . . . buttoday it seems as though we tend to be conspiring with themto ensure that they beat us each and every time they meetus, he stated.
