145;Lara should quit captaincy146;

Former West Indies skipper Viv Richards today said that Brian Lara should step down as captain of the national side. 8220;The side are now in a bad way and if you have a leader who cannot motivate, you have problems,8221; Richards told the BBC. 8220;Brian Lara must take a long, hard look at himself.8221;

Richards said the current West Indies side, who are already 0-1 down in the four-match Test series, needed to improve in all aspects of their game. 8220;I believe these guys are not good thinkers. They need to be a little bit more focused,8221; he said. 8220;We have all identified the ability factor. But These guys are not focused enough.8221; AFP