SJ: If you were given the singular job of building a competitive West Indies team, where would you begin?
AR: I would begin with the bowlers that can get me wickets in any condition. Batting doesn't win you matches. I would look for the best fast bowlers and the best spinner, and put them through a programme of development. I'd also develop groundsmen who can provide playing surfaces that suit the sort of bowling you have - good pitches where batsmen can play their shots. If [the younger players] come to the camp with a technique of their own, the coaches need to work along with it instead of changing it. We have too many coaches who want to change players into what they think the players should do and not what the player thinks he is capable of doing.
SJ: In your time, county cricket served as a sort of finishing school. Do you see the lack of county experience as one of the major reasons why the quality of West Indies players has gone down?
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