BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Asked whether the comment by WICB president Dr. Julian Hunte’s statement that the team needs to start winning against top ranked teams to avoid relegation into a possible second tier of international cricket was a major motivation, West Indies captain Chris Gayle said that the team needs improve regardless of relegation threats. “Regardless of what the president says, we know it’s a fact that we need to improve our cricket, we really need to go out there and show what we are made of,” Gayle told journalists after the West Indies practice session at Warner Park. Asked about the decision to select several young players against the top ranked Australian side, Gayle said the West Indies selectors (chairman Gordon Greenidge, Andy Roberts and Clyde Butts) wanted to see what some of the younger players in the...
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