Former West Indies cricketer Garfield Sobers (R) and former Sri Lankan cricketer Michael Tissera pose for a photograph with the Sober-Tissera trophy, which is for the ongoing Sri Lanka and West Indies test cricket series, in Colombo October 21, 2015. Sobers and Tissera are in Sri Lanka to witness the upcoming second test match between Sri Lanka and the visiting West Indies. REUTERS[/caption]
Sobers is visiting Sri Lanka to watch the second test between Sri Lanka and West Indies starting Thursday. The series is being played for the Sobers-Tissera trophy, named in honor of the West Indies allrounder and Michael Tissera, a national captain in Sri Lanka's pre-test era.
He said that West Indies selectors now struggle to pick their best team due to the unavailability of players on T20 contacts.
A cricket world leader in the 1970s and 80s, West Indies is now No. 8 in the test rankings.
"At present we have lost a lot of it because I suppose we got too lazy," Sobers said. "Apart from that, I think the Twenty20 is taking a toll. It seems to be more so on West Indies cricket than any other nation because we seem to be finding it more difficult to put good teams together."
West Indies cricket great Garfield Sobers, left, chats with batsman Jermaine Blackwood during a trai …
"England had limited those players from going to play in the IPL (Indian Premier League). If you look at the West Indies, a lot of players are there."
Sobers, 79, played for the West Indies from 1954 to 1974. Considered the best ever allrounder to date, he played in 93 test matches and scored 8,032 runs at an average of more than 57. Bowling left-arm seam and spin, he picked up 235 wickets.
Sobers said his unwavering commitment was always to the national team.
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