West Indian cricket died with the retirement of Richards and Marshall, a lot would then pose a question about Lara's emergence and his presence in the team ? And my answer would be -he was just an aberration, an interim relief if one can say so.

So just as the first Qf kicked off between Pakistan and the West Indies, the result was a forgone conclusion however the ever optimists' i am sure felt with Gayle and Pollard anything could happen!!

At 72 for 8 in 29 overs, this is most disappointing performance one could have expected from the Windies, at some level i do feel that maybe the Bangla tigers would have been better opponents  to the crazy Pakis, especially with the fact that match was hosted at Mirpur.
As disappointing as it can get.

So where do the Windies go from here? Home obviously, but....
Firstly Sammy needs to step down as the captain, he just doesnt fit the bill, secondly and more importantly someone needs to sit Chris down and get some sense into his Predator look alike brains and maybe just maybe hand him back the Captaincy.
Finally the Board needs to step in and look into the restructuring the entire cricketing scenario right from the school levels, encouraging more kids to play cricket rather than get poached by those Basketball agents.
Sad state of affairs.