Joseph opted out of the two-match Test series, citing personal reasons, leading Sammy to remark that he had 'declined selection' - a comment the fast bowler later criticised as \"controversial, without context\". West Indies are currently 1-0 up in the series, with the second game still underway at Queen's Park Oval. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis sometimes hampers guys\u2019 professional careers, you know. Such statements, if it\u2019s not true and stuff like that, a lot of things linger. The two had a great relationship when he was with the St Lucia franchise, so I\u2019m not quite so certain why relations have gone a bit south. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"The relationship, I know, is much bigger than what we hear on the air so it would be of importance to try and rekindle that. We sometimes misstep at times and so long as we have a heart at times, knowing that sometimes the mistakes that we make, we can always put things together and get these guys going again,\" said Richards to Antigua Observer on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis sometimes hampers guys\u2019 professional careers, you know. Such statements, if it\u2019s not true and stuff like that, a lot of things linger. The two had a great relationship when he was with the St Lucia franchise, so I\u2019m not quite so certain why relations have gone a bit south. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cTo get the coach saying \u2013 and to me it looks like he (was saying) \u2013 he (Alzarri) refused selection, and that\u2019s pushing it in my opinion, it\u2019s pushing it in a very big way. I\u2019d like to think that Alzarri would have gone about it in the professional way, and so that at least the statement from coach Sammy wasn\u2019t really necessary in my opinion,\u201d noted Richards. <\/p>\r\n\r\n