July 04, 2007	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 18, 1428

LONDON, July 3: Michael Holding, the former West Indies fast bowler, has criticised the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for not developing any kind of domestic infrastructure for quality cricketers to come through to the international level.

Since they arrived in England in May, West Indies have won only two limited-overs tour matches and one international Twenty20.

“It's time someone woke up and realized what is needed,” Holding, now a commentator, told BBC Sport.

“I think many years ago they just sat down and the cricketers kept coming through and they thought they were doing their job – they weren't doing anything. It was just a natural thing that was happening in West Indies cricket at that time.

“And now that they actually have to try to do something they haven't got a clue what to do.”

These remarks echo what Brian Lara had said about his interest in what West Indies was doing at the grassroots level.—Agencies