Innings closed: Sarwan retires from cricket

Sarwan lacked grit and determination . A wasted talent , Blame the windies establishment how much you want and you would be correct but at the end of the day it was all Sarwan's fault . He didn't want it badly enough.

Sarwan was a gentleman cricketer.  phewwwww!

Sarwan was an exceptional, destructive batsman but spent the majority of his latter career in decline seeing his average plummet!

I certainly wish Sarwan well and, like all of us, know he was treated quite badly as was Chris Gayle.

What Sarwan failed to do was to let his bat do the speaking....with Leicester and when he was recalled. He looked a shadow of the Sarwan we all knew.

For me Ramnaresh did not show the mental toughness required to recover from his ill treatment and at the same time, it appears,  those around him managed him poorly. As a result West indies have lost out on one of the best West Indian batsman of the last 25 years.

Of all the batsmen to have emerged in recent times, Sarwan, in my view, is second only to the Great Lara.

Had Sarwan been managed more delicately, he would still be playing today and his average would have been pushing above 50 rather than, the very credible, final Test average of 40.

He was a broken man at Leicester, eventually leaving the team in the lurch after being named Captain. Having heard his interview on local radio, it was clear his treatment really knocked the stuffing out of this exceptional player. He had nothing more to give.

Go well Sars and thank you for your service to World Cricket.

Let this be the last words rather than all the noise above !

and them viv called his friends at Factory rd and the rest

He averaged 60 with 4 tons in 2009 before he was dropped. He pretty much averaged 40 for his entire career, no highs, nothing lower, but then suddenly started becoming better, had a great 2009 and was dropped.

I always compare Sars to Dilshan. He's the kind of player who peaks at like 31-38.

Sarwan's average against the top 8 teams:

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Sarwan's average by continent

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I also included in the above graph, Sarwan's home and away average against the top 8 teams. He averaged 42.01 at home against the top 8 sides, and 31.70 overseas.

Well hopefully we can see a # 3 like Bravo

break the 40 average mark, soon !

maybe this Pakistan tour of the UAE 

Who's the last non Pakistani to make big runs in UAE? Cook?

WI need to study Cook's batting.