00:00It's been a disastrous T20 series for the West Indies against Australia, with the men in Maroon having already surrendered it.
00:07After lifting the World Cup twice in the abridged format, it has been tough for West Indian fans to see their team being hammered in bilateral series,
00:15including a 3-1 loss to England and then a 3-0 clean sweep to Bangladesh, both in the Caribbean in 2024 under the captaincy of Roman Powell.
00:24Speaking of the English, they whitewashed the visiting Windies 3-0 in June this year.
00:29Such results also hurt cricket commentators and analysts from this part of the world, including TNT's Fazir Mohamed.
00:37The fact is that the West Indies continue to decline in the T20 format.
00:42We've seen that happening towards the end of last year. It continues into 2025.
00:47And indeed, it is a downward trend that is very worrying for the West Indies.
00:53He says the Australians have been successful so far while experimenting with players ahead of the T20 World Cup in February and March next year.
01:01But the well-respected cricket analyst says such hasn't been the case with the Windies, whom he labels as inconsistent.
01:08No one is going to have a match-winning performance every day with bat or bull, but it certainly begs the question as to why we see so many of these West Indies cricketers in all formats, not just the T20, being so inconsistent.
01:23Brilliant one night, ordinary day next, failing to deliver and then having a superb performance.
01:27It remains a concern and indeed that that really is up to the think tank of the West Indies team and indeed West Indies cricket in general as to why inconsistency continues to be such a concern for the West Indies.
01:41The 2012 and 2016 World Cup winners have approximately six months to get things right ahead of the next prestigious ICC tournament, being jointly hosted by Sri Lanka and India, the two nations where the Windies won both their T20 titles.
01:57Despite such facts, the question is, should there be any concerns for the West Indies going into the next World Cup on the subcontinent?
02:05As we look ahead to the 2026 World Cup, obviously there is concern as to whether or not the West Indies can mount a serious challenge for the title.
02:13We look back on recent performances after winning the title in 2016 and it's not particularly encouraging.
02:20The West Indies in 2021 finished second to last in their main grouping in the United Arab Emirates in 2022.
02:26They couldn't even qualify for the mean draw of the tournament in Australia.
02:30And then last year in the Caribbean, lost a tense low scoring encounter to South Africa.
02:36And the trend since then has been downward.
02:39Questions were raised after Powell was replaced by Shea Hope as the T20 captain earlier this year.
02:44As far as Mohammed is concerned, he simply sees it as the appointment of a new leader who is bringing in the same old results.
02:51There will be arguments to and throwing and different perspectives in favour of either Rodman Powell, Shea Hope or anyone else for that matter.
03:00But the bottom line is that the West Indies players, for whatever reason, whether it's an issue of motivation,
03:06whether they now prioritise franchise formats and don't see themselves primarily focused on representing the West Indies,
03:13unless there's a World T20 tournament coming up, the fact remains that the West Indies cricketers as a unit aren't performing to the levels that we would expect,
03:23especially for players who have come to expect to be really conditioned to the T20 format.
03:29Following the series against the Aussies, the West Indies next play Pakistan in three T20s in the USA from Thursday,
03:35followed by three ODIs in Trinidad.
03:37We know it now, why need you to export?
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