Tim Wigmore on how the growing list of T20 leagues is likely to hurt the progression of the West Indies

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Tim Wigmore

Last November, Italy, the four-time champions, failed to qualify for the football World Cup. It triggered outpourings of introspection in Italy about where it had all gone wrong.
It is possible that, at the end of March, West Indies cricket will feel the same. Later this month, the West Indies arrive in Zimbabwe for the World Cup qualifying tournament: three cut-throat weeks in which defeats are imbued with dramatic conseque...