‘Do they have cricket at heart?’: Brian Lara SLAMS West Indies Test team after Embarrassing loss to India

Following their previous 3-0 series defeat by the Australian team, Cricket West Indies formed ‘Cricket Strategy and officiating committee”, which included legends like Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

One of the major point for appointing this committee was arranging finances for West Indies cricket and Clive Llyod urging the International Cricket Council (ICC) to arrange some special fund for the team. Brian Lara admitted that lack of Money was one thigh which held back the Windies cricket, but also pointed that the players need to play with more passion.

“It (finances) is a problem because if you want to do anything, where back in 15-16 years ago, volunteerism was a big thing. You can get things done. You can get coaches. I was coached at Harvard coaching clinic where nobody was paid. So if you want to get things done, you have to have the capital to do it. So that is a major part. But at the same time, I would like to urge Roston Chase (West Indies captain) and the other guys to, do they have cricket at heart? Do they really want to play for the West Indies? And that is the most important thing because you would find a way,” Lara said while talking to the media during the CEAT Cricket Rating awards.

These comments by Brian Lara came after West Indies lost their first Test of the India tour by an innings and 140 runs- which was mainly due to the lack of fight which utterly disappointed the fans.