Gibson pleads for patience from West Indies fans
May 30, 2012, Wednesday
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WEST Indies coach Ottis Gibson urged Caribbean cricket fans to keep faith with his youthful side after their latest defeat, admitting criticism from "your own people" was tough to take.
The West Indies lost the second Test against England, and with it the three-match series on Monday.
England dismissed West Indies for 165 in their second innings with England allrounder Tim Bresnan claiming 4-37 for figures of 8-141 in the match, his best performance in a test. England cantered to victory, closing on 111-1 after captain Andrew Strauss made 45 and Alastair Cook finished unbeaten on 43.
Before this match, former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said Gibson needed "to understand that the West Indies cricket team is not a boot camp and how to man-manage". Holding also questioned the place in the team of captain Darren Sammy, saying: "West Indies cannot afford to carry anyone while they are struggling in Test matches."
This defeat left West Indies with a record of just two wins in their last 33 Tests. Gibson, a former Windies paceman and ex-England bowling coach, was braced for more criticism.
"It's part and parcel of West Indies cricket," he said. "Over the years, this group of players, because of the decline, if you like, of West Indies cricket has been criticized. You come to England, you are playing the number one team in the world, it's difficult to expect you are going to come and beat them easy."
The West Indies were the kings of game from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. "When I took over this role, two-and-a-half years ago now, I knew it was a tough task," said Gibson. "I knew we'd have to take 'baby steps' if you like to get us back to where we once were. It's very difficult to expect you are going to reverse 15 years or 20 years of decline in two-and-a-half, three years of trying to put the right sort of processes in place."
The West Indies lost the second Test against England, and with it the three-match series on Monday.
England dismissed West Indies for 165 in their second innings with England allrounder Tim Bresnan claiming 4-37 for figures of 8-141 in the match, his best performance in a test. England cantered to victory, closing on 111-1 after captain Andrew Strauss made 45 and Alastair Cook finished unbeaten on 43.
Before this match, former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said Gibson needed "to understand that the West Indies cricket team is not a boot camp and how to man-manage". Holding also questioned the place in the team of captain Darren Sammy, saying: "West Indies cannot afford to carry anyone while they are struggling in Test matches."
This defeat left West Indies with a record of just two wins in their last 33 Tests. Gibson, a former Windies paceman and ex-England bowling coach, was braced for more criticism.
"It's part and parcel of West Indies cricket," he said. "Over the years, this group of players, because of the decline, if you like, of West Indies cricket has been criticized. You come to England, you are playing the number one team in the world, it's difficult to expect you are going to come and beat them easy."
The West Indies were the kings of game from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. "When I took over this role, two-and-a-half years ago now, I knew it was a tough task," said Gibson. "I knew we'd have to take 'baby steps' if you like to get us back to where we once were. It's very difficult to expect you are going to reverse 15 years or 20 years of decline in two-and-a-half, three years of trying to put the right sort of processes in place."
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