{"id":56534,"date":"2012-02-24T06:57:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T10:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=56534"},"modified":"2012-02-24T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:41:52","slug":"poem-cricket-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/entertainment\/poem-cricket-message\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Cricket message"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For years many have rallied around the West Indies
\nCelebrating numerous victories
\nGame by game the Caribbean people have been supportive
\nWith a radio to the ears, they keenly listen live cricket
\nGlued to the television, jumping in a frenzy
\nIn the pavilion chanting, screaming, rejoicing as our team claim victory<\/p>\n

Where has it gone? The passion for the game
\nThe love for the sport, it’s just not the same
\nWe’ve got talented players
\nWe’ve got winners
\nYet we struggle to put together the best line up to challenge our opponents
\nWhen will we convincingly win a tournament?<\/p>\n

We’ve been back and forth as the powers that be lose control
\nWIPA vs WICB, someone’s ignoring their role
\nAbusing the game
\nInflicting pain
\nStop! West Indies cricket board I urge you to stop and listen
\nThe ills of the game has become over bearing
\nYour response to the situations at hand is frustrating
\npainfully disappointing<\/p>\n

Stop! you’re destroying our game
\nStop! I repeat stop destroying our game
\nLeave all egos at the door or resign from your post
\nI repeat leave all egos at the door or resign from your post<\/p>\n

Caribbean people it’s time we speak loud and clear
\nWe need to speak up, we need to show how much we care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years many have rallied around the West Indies Celebrating numerous victories Game by game the Caribbean people have been supportive With a radio to the ears, they keenly listen live cricket Glued to the television, jumping in a frenzy…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Cricket message - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/entertainment\/poem-cricket-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"POEM: Cricket message - 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