Can’t beg people… Why is West Indies coach Simmons furious at his own players?

port of Spain: West Indies head coach Phil Simmons expressed his disappointment that he cannot beg players to play for the West Indies. With most of the West Indies cricketers either playing in the franchise league or having injuries, the cricket board has to struggle to pick the best team for the upcoming T20 World Cup, leaving former opener Simmons very disappointed.

“It hurts,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Simmons as saying. There’s no other way to do it, but what can you do? I don’t think I should request people to play for their countries. I think if you want to represent West Indies you will provide yourself.

“Life has changed, now people have opportunities to go to different places and if they choose him instead of West Indies, then this is the situation,” he said. The list of absent players is quite long. Andre Russell has not made himself available for selection as he is currently playing in ‘The Hundred’ with star all-rounder Sunil Narine. Evin Lewis and Oshane Thomas missed their fitness test while Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen and Roston Chase are out with injuries.

Recently, West Indies suffered a 1-4 loss to India in the T20I series and before the T20 World Cup, the team has a three-match series against New Zealand to try out the remaining players at the international level. .

Chief selector Desmond Haynes said of Russell, ‘From what I know, I think he is unavailable because he has not made himself available. I would like every player to play for West Indies. I would like all the players to make themselves available to play.