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There is a call for former West indies Captain Kraigg Brathwaite to be dropped from the side for the third Test against Australia in Jamaica.

Brathwaite recently marked his 100th Test in Barbados, but his form has come under fire with poor scores throughout the series, as the Caribbean side stares down the barrel of a whitewash.
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00:00After the West Indies lost the Grenada Test to Australia by 133 runs, they also surrendered the series.
00:07The final test in Jamaica starts on Saturday and is a ping-ball affair.
00:11According to cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed, the hype prior to the start of the series was all balderdash.
00:18There would only be consternation of the West Indies being 2-0 down after two matches against Australia
00:23if people had swallowed the message served up by cricket West Indies about bold new selections,
00:31stats-driven selections, and about a brand of cricket that will be thrilling and exciting
00:36and all that sort of public relations nonsense.
00:39The fact of the matter is the West Indies were always underdogs taking on Australia.
00:44Mohamed says this West Indies side does not come close to teams from the past in terms of quality.
00:49As such, he believes if the previous sides could have faced embarrassment,
00:53such is inevitable when it comes to the current crop.
00:57And the latest defeat, described as a capitulation, is again nothing unusual.
01:01This happens very, very often for the West Indies against most quality opponents
01:06and indeed has happened many, many times with even more disastrous consequences
01:10against the Australians, even with some of the most prominent players of the modern era
01:15playing in the West Indies side.
01:17The likes of Lara, Jimmy Adams, Karl Hooper, Shiv Narayan Chandipal, Chris Gale,
01:23all of these top players have suffered the indignity of being humiliated by Australia.
01:28So what is happening right now is certainly nothing strange.
01:31The cricket analyst does not think making changes is going to bear fruit for the West Indies.
01:36But with a whitewash on the cards and WTC points at stake,
01:40he still feels one player should definitely be replaced.
01:43Certainly, as undignified as it might appear,
01:47they would have to think in terms of replacing Craig Brathwaite.
01:49Yes, he's had the chance to play his 99th and 100th test matches,
01:53but his performances, not just in this series,
01:56but certainly over the last couple of series, have been mediocre.
02:00Mediocre enough to suggest that he really, at this point,
02:03can make more meaningful contribution with the back to the West Indies.
02:06He's not the captain anymore, so certainly that should be one of the changes.
02:10Playing in the Caribbean has been a nightmare for the West Indies against the Aussies.
02:15The last test series win at home for the Windies against the Baggy Green came in 1991.
02:21And the last test match win for the men in Maroon against Australia in the Caribbean
02:25happened way back in 2003 when they chased down a world record 418 in Antigua.
02:32Fire goes for the North Indies back, because we are standing by the Ons Moon.
02:34And the last test was optimistic.
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