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Cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed has slammed the West Indies' performance in the first Test, calling their defeat in Barbados a 'spineless capitulation.  As the team prepares for the second Test in Grenada, Mohammed questions the value of reshuffling the starting XI, asking whether any changes will actually improve the team's fortunes.

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00:00The West Indies go into the second test in Grenada, trailing 1-0 against a strong Australian side

00:05after the visitors won the opener in Barbados in three days.

00:09The Caribbean side capitulated for 141 in the fourth innings to be shellacked by 159 runs.

00:16Cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed is by no means surprised, saying it's the same old situation.

00:21So essentially, yes, a spineless capitulation in the second innings,

00:25but it was a competitive situation in which the West Indies were involved up until the end of the second day

00:31in a match that was over inside three days.

00:35Whether or not they can do anything different moving forward, we'll have to wait and see.

00:39But yes, spineless capitulations are very much part of the modern environment of West Indies cricket,

00:46even when we've had some of our most outstanding players of this particular era.

00:51Heading into the second test, there are those who are calling for some different faces,

00:55in the final 11.

00:57While Mohamed is happy with the bowling line-up, he questions the batting.

01:01But guess what?

01:02He's not asking for any changes to be made.

01:05As to the batting line-up, the question remains.

01:08Do you simply drop players after they've been either selected fairly recently or recalled after a long absence?

01:16Do you give them another opportunity?

01:17And just as importantly, are those who are likely to replace them any better?

01:23Are they expected to do any better?

01:25When you look at the numbers associated with our West Indies test match cricketers,

01:30and indeed our regional cricketers who might be vying for selection as well.

01:34So from my own point of view, there really isn't much of a difference that can be made.

01:39So what can the West Indies do to avoid defeat?

01:42As far as the well-respected cricket guru is concerned,

01:45talking about it has become nothing more than lip service over the years.

01:50What do the West Indies have to do to be more competitive?

01:53Well, it's fairly straightforward.

01:55It's quite simple.

01:56But again, it might be simple to talk about it.

01:58It seems much more difficult to put it into practice.

02:01And that is to be consistently competitive with the ball, as we saw in the test match,

02:06with the West Indies taking 20 wickets, with the bat, as is far more challenging for the West Indies,

02:12to be consistent and to be determined and to be able to go through prolonged periods of maybe scorelessness

02:20and maybe bits of luck, but to be able to battle through.

02:24Regarding the controversial dismissals of Captain Roston Chase and Shehope,

02:28Mohamed says it's unacceptable for the TV umpire to make such mistakes.

02:33Vinod Nawaani, TV6 Sport.

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