Should Josh Da Silva have been the next test captain?
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Why is Josh Da Silva considered for the West Indies test captaincy?
Herr Budjettiminister, kuinka neuvottelut sujuivat? Kiteytän lopputuloksen kahteen sanaan. Suk C. Voitteko hieman tarkentaa? Suk C, sau, va, mono. Mitä nyt hiihtämiseen tarvitaan? Mutta mitä? Sitä, että toimittaja on hyvä ja suk C siitä Pudkesporttiin. Sieltä saa kaikki hiihtovermeet nyt liikuttavan halvalla. Pudkesport.fi.
This is Kimo Roach and I listen to the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. Yes, yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another edition of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. I'm on half the Caribbean Cricket Podcast, Mashal St. Patrick Hewitt, and we are back for another quick edition breakdown of all things West Indies cricket. Now, as the thumbnail suggests and as the title suggests, this is all about Josh De Silva. As I understand it, cricket West Indies or West Indies cricket, call it what you may, are due to announce the new test captain probably at the very latest by Wednesday. So that would be Wednesday, the 14th of May. I'm not saying it's going to be that day, but I'm expecting it. I'm expecting the captain to be announced, but by Wednesday, the 14th of May at the very latest.
And all week, last week since Santoki and I recorded the episode looking at the six candidates, and of course every other now West Indies based channel has essentially copied our exact content. Flattery is, sorry, was it, was it imitation is the greatest form of flattery? You done know the done know, right? And let's see if everybody now copies what I'm about to do now. So I'll get straight off the, off the, off the jump. I'll just say it straight off the jump. To me, if we are being sensible and if West Indies cricket has anything called developmental practices, if West Indies cricket has anything called pathway development, the next captain of the West Indies cricket team should be Josh De Silva.
And the thing is, some people will respond to this and go, oh, Mash, that's just because he's always been one of your faves since day one. You're only saying it because of that. Cool, whatever. If that's what you think, that's what you think. This ain't about a friendship thing. And Josh De Silva wouldn't, if you interviewed Josh De Silva, he's not going to say, oh, Mashal is a friend of mine. He's not going to say that. He's not going to say Santolki is a friend of mine. He might say he likes the podcast. He might say he listens from time to time, whatever. But this ain't a friendship thing. I've not personally messaged Josh and said, I'm going to run a campaign for you. I am looking at this completely dispassionately.
And for me, it's about principle. It's about process. It's about pathway development. First things first, let's just say this. If Josh had played in Pakistan, right? Because remember, Tevin Imlak came in for Josh and Tevin Wicket kept Wicket in Pakistan and did very well behind the stumps. I think, and he scored what? Was it a 30-odd in one of the innings? So to all intents and purposes, Tevin Imlak did well in Pakistan, relatively speaking, certainly behind the stumps, right? And On the surface, it looked like Josh had been dropped for Tevin Imlach. But my point is this. If Josh hadn't been dropped and if things had carried on the way they've carried on to now, where we find out that Craig had handed in his resignation after the first test and they persuaded him to continue for the second test and then they accepted the resignation.
If things had continued like that and Josh had played in Pakistan, right now, Josh would be the next captain of the West Indies cricket team. There wouldn't be any debate about it. And most people in the region would logically say, well, whether I'm happy with it or whether I'm not happy with it, It's the logical thing to do because he's the vice captain. He's been moved into captaincy positions for so long. It just makes sense. And I think he would have been hard pressed to find anyone in the region who could have come up with a logical reason why he shouldn't be captain. The only thing that has complicated Josh De Silva becoming the next captain of the West Indies cricket team is the fact that he was dropped in Pakistan.
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