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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