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By Ashish Shukla
Antigua, Jun 12 (PTI) West Indies cricket is in shambles and its fast bowlers have forgotten how to intimidate batsmen, feels legendary pacer Curtly Ambrose who does not foresee a return to past glory for the team anytime soon.
"The present standard is very, very bad and the only way interest can be revived is if we start winning some matches," said Ambrose, who took 405 wickets from his 98 Tests.
Ambrose is disappointed that West Indian fast bowlers have forgotten the art of intimidating batsmen.
"I think it''s very important for a fast bowler to be intimidating. He must intimidate batsmen. I used to do it. I liked to soften them up," he recalled.
The giant fast bowler, who terrorised the best in the world throughout the 90s, feels slow pitches have contributed a lot to the decline of pacers in the Caribbean.
"Two things have contributed to the downfall of West Indies cricket. Firstly, the pitches in the Caribbean have really slowed down and secondly, there is no deal of great experience which is being passed around in the dressing room," he lamented.
He recollected his early playing days when interaction with Malcolm Marshall helped him finetune his skills.
"When I joined the team, I learnt a lot by just interacting with Malcolm Marshall, and later with Courtney Walsh. Now, these guys (the present team) have nobody to talk to; they are just sharing between them whatever little they have learnt from international cricket." .
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Antigua, Jun 12 (PTI) West Indies cricket is in shambles and its fast bowlers have forgotten how to intimidate batsmen, feels legendary pacer Curtly Ambrose who does not foresee a return to past glory for the team anytime soon.
"The present standard is very, very bad and the only way interest can be revived is if we start winning some matches," said Ambrose, who took 405 wickets from his 98 Tests.
Ambrose is disappointed that West Indian fast bowlers have forgotten the art of intimidating batsmen.
"I think it''s very important for a fast bowler to be intimidating. He must intimidate batsmen. I used to do it. I liked to soften them up," he recalled.
The giant fast bowler, who terrorised the best in the world throughout the 90s, feels slow pitches have contributed a lot to the decline of pacers in the Caribbean.
"Two things have contributed to the downfall of West Indies cricket. Firstly, the pitches in the Caribbean have really slowed down and secondly, there is no deal of great experience which is being passed around in the dressing room," he lamented.
He recollected his early playing days when interaction with Malcolm Marshall helped him finetune his skills.
"When I joined the team, I learnt a lot by just interacting with Malcolm Marshall, and later with Courtney Walsh. Now, these guys (the present team) have nobody to talk to; they are just sharing between them whatever little they have learnt from international cricket." .
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