The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame inductee for the year 2011, Curtly Ambrose 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 ICC 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.
West Indies 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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