Ponting dubs cricket facilities in the Caribbean as "worst in the world"

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting seems unimpressed with the cricket infrastructure developed for the World Cup in West Indies. Yesterday, he said that the training facilities in the Caribbean continue to be the "worst in the world".e said that cricket training facilities in West Indies had more or less been the same over the past 12 years when he first visited the country.

"Since I was here for the first time, in 1995, that's 12 years of touring here, training facilities have always been the worst in the world by a long, long way. I have been on tours here where you could hardly practise between Test matches. You might train up on the Test venue and have a few throw downs on the outfield and that was just about as much as you could do," Ponting was quoted as saying by The Australian.

Ponting said that it was important that the West Indies continue to work on their infrastructure, since it was crucial to their chances of reviving cricket in the country.

"Once they get those facilities in place, they will start attracting more kids to the game and their first-class teams will be able to train and prepare better. This will bring on better players and their national team will be able to get some great quality preparation as well," he explained. (ANI)

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