KING
ADELAIDE (CMC):
WEST INDIES coach Bennett King has praised his players for upholding the Caribbean side's tradition of playing the game in the right spirit in the face of bad umpiring decisions during their losing series against Australia.
The West Indies were tormented by error-filled umpiring in the series - including at least four key decisions in the last Test - but there was no major public sign of the dissent.
"The thing I was really proud of was the way West Indies played the game," King said in a Courier-Mail newspaper story.
"The legacy past players in the West Indies have shown was carried on and I think they showed a pretty good example. I think it is lessons learnt.
A WONDERFUL HERITAGE
"You watch them play in the schoolyard and the players out there are quite firm in how they believe the game should be played. It is a wonderful heritage and tradition to keep upholding.
"The lessons the children back home see from how we play augur well for the West Indies' future and how they approach the game," King said.
In spite of their 3-0 whitewash and slumping to 11 defeats in their past 12 Test matches against the Australians, the West Indies showed encouraging signs in the last Test - a little more disciplined, promising team after a dreadful performance in the first Test and flashes of promise in the second.
King likes their potential.
"I wouldn't swap this group for anything, they are young and learning from hard lessons," King said.
"The future of West Indies cricket is what this side is all about at the moment. We are No. 8 in the world, not up in the top echelon, but we are starting to mould some very good players."
