04 March2001

South Africa begin their tour today by playing a three-day match against a Busta XI in Georgetown.
The team consists of some familiar faces in Sylvester Jospeh, Sherwin Campbell, Daren Ganga and Mervyn Dillon.
The West Indies squad has finally been announced, with, as I suspected, Carl Hooper at the helm. Predictably, the side does not include Jimmy Adams, the man who, ironically, was hailed as the saviour of the West Indies on his return from a lengthy injury layoff in 1999. Sounds familiar doesn't it? I think Hooper has his job cut out for him. In all fairness, it should be added that the man has a current Busta Cup average of 98.77 and it looks like he might have sorted out some of the issues which many people have always suspected he might have had. I honestly hope for both his and the West Indies team's sake that he has a great tour as player and captain.
I was also surprised to notice the absence of Ricardo Powell from the squad. I suppose he is viewed as predominantly a one-day player.