 Yes, so on a football heavy sportsmax own show for this Tuesday, let's switch things up a bit now with some cricket. The West Indies regional four day tournament is set to resume Wednesday and there has been some notable happenings off the field between rounds as former West Indies test vice captain and former Jamaica captain, German Blackwood has been dropped from the Scorpion team ahead of round six while Leeward Islands Hurricanes head coach Stuart Williams notified the Leeward Islands cricket board that he will not be renewing his contract with a franchise. Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the meantime have bolstered their squad with the inclusion of West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, all-rounder Yannick Carrar, Carrier and left-handed batsman Jed Gulley and here are the current point standings after reading off four consecutive victories over the Ghana Harpy Eagles, TNT Red Force CCC and Jamaica Scorpions following their early February opening round loss to West Indies Academy. The Leeward Hurricanes have climbed to 81.2 points to displace the Windward Volcanoes as leaders, Barbados Pride in third and depending champions Harpy Eagles fourth, the Scorpions Red Force West Indies Academy and CCC occupying the bottom half of the table. Joining us to discuss the moving paces pieces on and off the field veteran commentator Joseph Reds Pereira Reds welcome to the sportsmax zone always great talking to you can we start with a Stuart Williams story saw it over the weekend that he has informed the Leeward Islands cricket board that he won't renew his contract. What are you making of that story? Well he could have just decided that life goes on he's got a few things that left to do as a coach I don't know if he's offered another job somewhere or maybe lands some Mariah some internal disagreement maybe not seeing IDI with the selectors maybe not getting the side he he wanted I mean he leaves them lands they're topping a league at 82 because you just mentioned yeah nobody walks out when when their side is heading for a championship yeah and you're you're right they're on form four wins on on the bounce and looking as if you know they they could go on to win this championship based on their current form. German Blackwood Reds had started the regional first class season looking to get a lot of runs to press for a recall to the West Indies team having been dropped but things have gone in the opposite direction for him. Yes well the Jamaica board and the selectors give him every chance took away the captain's he gave it to the Brandon King I said look we wanted to concentrate on your batting but it hasn't gone that way and I mean his career is really at the cross cross roads you know I don't know if he can change franchise or he can change clubs but you know what has gone wrong well that will take a long time to understand but confidence must be very very low and being left out of a Jamaica side doesn't help. Yeah and he's batting average for the series so far as 9.77 Reds a high score of 26 so German Blackwood in a in a in a top spot here at the moment. TNT Reds have struggled in Red ball cricket now for a very very long time even while they've been winning some white ball trophies the Red ball version of the game has has has eluded them. We see them both throwing their their their squad here with Gabriel coming in and Yannick Karya and Jed Gully who is a pretty solid batsman as well. What do you make of the Red forces struggles over the years with the Red ball. Well there's a feeling by a few friends of mine and sure that there's too much white ball cricket being played it entered that are not enough three day and two day Red ball both at the division one and division two. If you look at this squad well I mean minus Bravo which was a real setback for the coaching staff. This lineup actually looks maybe the best squad that they've had Gully played brilliantly in the last game got run out and got injured and had to miss the second game. So he brings a lot to the batting. They've added I think Yannick for the first time this year I think I'm going to stretch my memory because we've had the break lands. Yes. And Gabriel who's been playing white ball should be fairly fit which is always been his problem should be fairly fit and in cricket recently. So he should hit the road running but there are digging deep from 51. Wrapping up the ladder. And I would think that it looks like Leeward's winwards with Bob Ellis and maybe Guyana looking to pick up as many points and bonus points. Very important. Yeah. Just to go back to the point that you just made about one of your friends suggesting that there's too much white ball cricket played in in TNT because I don't think TNT have won a regional four day title in about 20 years. Reds. And yeah. That that that would stretch back to when Brian Lara was playing. And I suspect that you know their their lack of success in in red ball cricket is probably a little bit deeper than you know the current analysis is suggesting. Well there's always been a debate on you know the first class season whether it should be played over two days three days. That has been the debate. They need it. More cricket for the players and they have not been getting that the white ball of course is a great cell. It's easy to find a sponsor. Their rapid success. It finishes very quickly. The red ball game hasn't had the kind of success. I remember the days of you know Paragon and the days of Queen's Park. The days of all the top clubs and should that it used to be really very very good cricket to play. I mean I've actually lived in Trinidad for a club season. So I know looking back what was of course so much of change. But maybe it is for the clubs the executive to raise this very question that that you are you have just raised that. A lot of questions read because of course as a trainee myself I would really want to see the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force getting back to winning ways where red ball cricket is concerned. What do you make so of the Lee want Barbados fixture that's set to start. Very good crucial brings it really brings the the side that is in fact third against the leaders. And it should bring very good cricket. I mean I'm looking forward to high scores as we move towards getting a final selection and maybe a camp for the team to go to England. I would like to see a big score. But I don't believe you can wipe off the Barbados chances against the Lee words totally. They can push the Lee words a bit who have had good days and bad days. So that should make some very very interesting cricket. Mariah. Yeah. And the Lee wants you know they're leading where batting is concerned. They have some top wicket takers as well rightfully leading the tables. So we'll be paying very very close attention to this competition and we will link you again soon. So we can talk about some of the top performers. The top performances. And of course you know as we continue to follow the cricket. So thank you so much for stopping by. Take care. And if I may say I've got my 13 that it's been selected already but not announced for the workout. Yeah. You'll have to share that with us too. So we'll talk again really soon. OK. Take care. Bye. All right. Joseph Reds Perera there. Of course joining us here on the Sports Max. So let's take a quick break.