00:00West Indies were eliminated in the Super 8s of the World Cup.
00:03They lost to India and South Africa after defeating the likes of Zimbabwe, Nepal, Italy and England.
00:10However, did their overall performance in the tournament impress you?
00:14Speaking on the Mason and Guest Show, former Cricket West Indies director Wilford Billy Haven believes it was not a
00:21flattering performance.
00:22When the tournament reaches the most competitive phase, the team was unable to sustain the required challenge of the leading
00:34side.
00:35So it is difficult for me, Andrew, and it is difficult for me to sustain the argument that the team
00:43exceeded expectation.
00:44At best, the campaign, to me, can be described as adequate, but in a performance that showed potential,
00:54but ultimately confirmed that West Indies has a significant work to do to re-establish itself among the elite in
01:02T20 cricket.
01:03The former Jamaica Cricket Association president also believes West Indies head coach Darren Sami should go
01:09and urged Dr. Kishore Shallow to step down as president of the regional board.
01:14Should Darren Sami remain as coach?
01:18Nope.
01:19Oh.
01:20I think Darren Sami should reconsider his position as coach.
01:28But if you notice where the narratives were going, there were CWI, including the president,
01:37framing the outcome as an overachievement.
01:40Oh.
01:41When you do that, what we are essentially doing is lowering the standards that once defined West Indies cricket.
01:50The true benchmark should remain clear, consistent competitiveness deep into the later stages of global arm tournaments.
02:01He warned that it would be a step backward to believe that they overachieved.
02:05The framing of the campaign as a success raises wider questions about accountability within cricket West Indies
02:15under the presidency of Kishore Shallow.
02:18Public messaging after a tournament should reflect, to me, reflect careful evaluation, honest evaluation,
02:27rather than narrative management.
02:30Do you agree with the saying, self-praise is no praise?
02:34Sergio Dufour, TP6 Sport.
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