After their 8 wicket thrashing of England in the third ODI at Bridgetown, its clear that the Windies have the swagger of a winning team. Success breeds success, and the Windies are oozing confidence, batting positively, fielding crisply and bowling aggressively.

Its also equally clear that England are a broken team - lacking in motivation to win, content in going through the motions, longing for the plane ride home. England, frankly, find themselves in a position that the Windies have often found themselves in until recently. The forlorn expressions on players' faces, the rumours of disunity in the team, the lack of joy on the field and the inevitable spiral to defeat after defeat. If not for John Dyson's Duckworth/Lewis error in the first ODI, England would have been winless against the West Indies this year.

On Sunday, the Windies will go for the ODI series victory to add to the Test series win and the Twenty20 demolition. After that they'll seek to close out the ODI series 4-1 and send England back home in further misery. With the trajectory of the fates of the two teams, a 4-1 drubbing is in the cards.

Is Daryl Harper biased against the West Indies?

Daren Powell in the first Test at Jamaica.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash in the fourth Test.

Can this man really be this stupid? In either case, what the hell is he doing umpiring a cricket match?

UPDATE: Harper later proved that he held no bias against the Windies, making similarly ridiculous decisions that favoured the Windies in the final Test as an on field umpire.

Whats the point of using television referrals if the umpire looking at the screen is a damn idiot?