Six years ago, Darren Ganga, the Trinidad and Tobago captain who had 48 Tests for the West Indies between 1998 and 2007, made a similar point.
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The West Indies face the Australians in the second Test of the three-Test series, starting in Melbourne on December 26.
The Windies were found to be three overs short of their target when time allowances were taken into consideration.
As Jason Holder slowly and ruefully trudged back to the pavilion after his second innings dismissal on Saturday, to a leg-side tickle to the keeper, it was the first sign that the pressure after defeat of his first three Tests at the helm, two by an innings, were impacting on the young, inexperienced captain.
The ICC said Holder had been fined 60 percent of his match fee, while the players received 30 percent fines.
Holder pleaded his suspension and accepted the sanction according to the reports.
Pattinson displayed his carefully constructed new action created to avoid further back complaints in the first Test against the West Indies in Hobart.
The recalled fast bowler failed to take a wicket in the West Indies first innings with his new more front-on style but made adjustments and claimed five for 27 in the second innings to trigger a batting collapse.
The last time the West Indies played in a Boxing Day Test the day one crowd at the MCG was 73,233. “We need to correct it going forward in this series”, Holder said. The lowest since then came in 2009, when 59,206 watched the opening day of the Test against Pakistan.
“I’ve always held the view that promoting Test cricket is not just about the contest itself, it’s also about an opportunity to see great players, great players creating history”, Sutherland said in Hobart.
“It’s just about putting a strong collective effort together on the particular day – which we struggled with in the past”.
“I’m sure many cricket pundits and people around the world have many opinions, but my job is just to focus on the cricket”, he said diplomatically.
“I can’t see him getting a break until the end of the summer… unless we play really well or the niggles get worse”.
Asked if he would be comfortable using Khawaja as an opener, Lehmann said: “I would, but the captain might not want that. I thought we bowled really well [when they batted]”, Lehmann said.
“It gets down the make-up of the side and what we go with”.
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In the meantime, Holder and his players have a two-day match against a Victorian XI as preparation prior to the daunting Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground followed by the final match in Sydney early in the new year. He will have to be sharp in those Big Bash League T20 games he’s playing and get through those then we’ll make a decision from there.
