00:01Following the conclusion of the two-day emergency strategic summit, CWI members spoke with the media to announce the outcomes and immediate plans.
00:09Two-time World Cup winning captain Clive Lloyd was also present and said the meeting behind closed doors made a lot of sense and he wants it to be put into practice.
00:17And we had a very good discussion. I must say I was very impressed because I've been to a couple of these things before and we're hoping that all the things that we put forward and hope to see them come to fruition.
00:32The man who holds the record for the highest test score of 400 not out and an unbeaten 501 in first class cricket also had a few things to say.
00:41For one, Wendy's legend Brian Lara expressed disappointment that the Caribbean was still lagging behind in certain aspects, trying to play catch-up.
00:50Back in the days where skill was the prominent factor, we excelled. We were the best team in the world.
00:58But the game has evolved a lot. And with technology and analytics, I think we now have to see a new way of finding ourselves back to being very competitive.
01:14I said not on a level playing field because a lot of the countries are far ahead in these sort of areas.
01:20Lara made it clear to those present that the meeting held over the two days would not bear instant fruit as it's a work in progress.
01:27In talking about the decline, CWI CEO Chris Dering said there were many reasons for the poor performances over the years.
01:35We're talking about things like facilities at every level for the development of all cricketers, proper practice pitches across the region.
01:45The quality of all domestic tournaments would have been highlighted.
01:50There's definitely a skills deficiency at various levels that really don't get highlighted until they reach the international level.
02:01There are issues surrounding strength and conditioning, which again points back to potentially facilities that are available to our youngsters.
02:10Dering made it clear that such problems will be addressed if West Indies cricket is to make progress.
02:16Many players have been gravitating towards franchise cricket, which sometimes sees them not representing their country.
02:22It's something that concerns Enoch Lewis, chairman of the CWI Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee.
02:28The way the cricketer sees it, it's loyalty to West Indies or loyalty to my family.
02:36And when you look at it this way, you understand where they're going to go.
02:40So cricket West Indies now have to try and strike some sort of balance.
02:45Of course, you encourage loyalty to West Indies cricket.
02:49But at the same time, you've got to find a way of balancing, just like in life, and you have to balance life.
02:56You've got to find a way of balancing that situation.
02:59More education, more history in terms of where we are from.
03:05On another note, there were those who questioned Darren Sammy replacing Andre Coley as test coach,
03:11which resulted in the St. Lucian being the multi-format coach.
03:15Was it to save cost?
03:16This is what CWI director of Cricket Miles Bascom had to say.
03:20I can definitely say there's no real significant savings in terms of having Darren as all-format coach.
03:30Because we still have to, we would still need support.
03:34We still need additional support for him.
03:36So we'll still have to have camps.
03:38Many times he would not be available himself because he would be on tour.
03:42And so we will still need to bring in other support staff, which would come at a cost.
03:48Sammy was captain of the West Indies when they won the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cups in Sri Lanka and India, respectively.
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