Fresh from the 201-run first-Test win in Antigua, West Indies cricketers arrived in Kingston late last month confident of surging to a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh at Sabina Park.

But the Bangladeshis turned the tables, stunning their hosts by 101 runs to square the series 1-1.

In the process, the Asians showed that their 2-0 away Test match sweep of Pakistan in September was no fluke.

Furthermore, Bangladesh confirmed that as a bowling unit they are no longer predominantly dependent on their hugely talented spin bowlers.

In fact, their pace attack, led by 22-year-old Mr Nahid Rana — easily the fastest bowler ever to have played cricket for Bangladesh — proved more than a handful for West Indies red-ball batsmen.

Then in the switch to white-ball cricket, Bangladesh — on the back of a string of victories over the West Indies — entered three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, as favourites.

But again the tide turned. West Indies, with a very different batting line-up from that fielded for the Test series, swept the visitors 3-0.

Arguably, the most satisfying win came in the final game as the Caribbean side responded to Bangladesh’s 321 for five by scoring 325 for six to win by four wickets with 25 balls to spare.

Very encouraging during the series was the consistent excellence of 26-year-old Guyanese middle-order batsman Mr Sherfane Rutherford who scored his maiden ODI century in the opening match.

To top it all, 27-year-old Trinidadian Mr Amir Jangoo scored an unbeaten century on his ODI début in the final game, becoming the first West Indian to do so since the legendary Mr Desmond Haynes in 1978.

Mr Jangoo is among those who promised much since his teens, without coming to the fore until relatively recently.

Traditionalists are now harbouring thoughts that somehow Messrs Jangoo and Rutherford will join those playing red-ball cricket for the regional team.

Yet more of the white-ball version remains in the Caribbean before Christmas, as the two sides wind up the tour with three Twenty20 (T20) matches in St Vincent, starting Sunday.

Recent T20 form suggests the home team should start favourites, but more twists and turns would surprise no one.

On-field drama notwithstanding, perhaps the most significant happening in West Indies cricket over recent days was off the field, when Barbados and Guyana representatives stayed away for what was to have been a crucial decision-making meeting in Antigua.

Disgruntled absentees objected to aspects of the so-called Wehby Report — led by Jamaican businessman Mr Don Wehby — recommending urgent governance reforms.

That fiasco came even as outgoing chair of the International Cricket Council Mr Greg Barclay suggested that for economic reasons Test cricket is no longer feasible for the West Indies and countries such as Ireland and Zimbabwe. And further, that thought be given to the West Indies being broken up into individual territorial teams.

Such talk is not new. Highly respected businessman and former Cricket World Cup administrator Mr Chris Dehring has said as much.

Those in charge at territorial and regional levels had better pay attention and join hands in defence of West Indies cricket.

That is, of course, if they truly believe that the grand project now close to 100 years old, which has defied extreme odds to survive and bring glory to the Caribbean and Guyana, is worth the effort.