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[PICTURE] Can the West Indies Test cricket ever recover from the indignation of 27 All-Out?

Can the West Indies Test cricket ever recover from the indignation of 27 all out?


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It always hurt to get bundled out before 50 runs in the Test format. Some Asian giant could also affirm. But the most difficult thing is to bounce back from such disaster. Bearing in mind the poor form of the Windes team can they ever recover from this trauma soon or will it keep haunting them until another Brian Lara or Courtney Walsh is born?

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Statement from the President of Cricket West Indies, Dr. Kishore Shallow​

Like every West Indian cricket fan, I felt the pain of our recent Test defeat to Australia.

The result hurts deeply, not only because of how we lost, but because of what West Indies cricket has always represented to our people: pride, identity, and possibility.

There will be some sleepless nights ahead for many of us, including the players, who I know feel this loss just as heavily. But while disappointment is natural, we must not allow this moment to define our journey. We are in a rebuilding phase, steadily investing in the next generation, and reigniting the spirit that has long made West Indies cricket a force in the world.

Progress is rarely straightforward. It takes time, perseverance, and belief, especially in our most difficult moments. The road ahead will test us, but I have faith in the talent and commitment of our players when they apply themselves. We have already seen encouraging signs, particularly with the ball. Our batters are keen, but now must be even more deliberate as they work to improve.

Now is not the time to turn away. Now is the time to stand even closer as a people. These are the moments that shape us.

As an immediate step, I have advised the Chair of the Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee to convene an emergency meeting to review the recent test series against Australia, particularly the final match.

To strengthen the discussions, I have extended invitations to three of our greatest batsmen ever: Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards, and Brian Lara. They will join past greats Dr. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dr. The Most Honourable Desmond Haynes, Ian Bradshaw, who already serve on the committee.

This engagement is not ceremonial. These are men who helped define our golden eras, and their perspectives will be invaluable as we shape the next phase of our cricket development. We intend for this gathering to result in tangible, actionable recommendations.

Consistent with my message over the last weeks, this is a moment that calls for collaboration, not division. We need everyone on board: fans, players, coaches, legends, and administrators, if we are to truly move forward.

There is much work to be done. But we must do it with purpose, and we must do it together.
 
As if they are playing great test cricket. They are already at the low point. Can't go lower than this. But it must be hurting their traditional format fans to see a team like this going down. More than this test first two tests which they could have won. Pink ball test can make you look worse than you are.
 
I expect them to move on quickly as there are lots of cricket nowadays.

India also got bundled out for 36. These things can happen.
 
West Indies will seek the advice of legendary former players Sir Viv Richards, Sir Clive Lloyd and Brian Lara following the Test side's crushing defeat by Australia.

They were bowled out for just 27 - the second-lowest score in Test history, and the worst since 1955 - as they lost the third Test in Jamaica to succumb to a series clean sweep.

In response, Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow has called for an emergency meeting to review the series and the final match in particular.

Given the side's ongoing struggles with the bat, Richards, Lloyd and Lara - "our greatest batsmen ever" according to Dr Shallow - have been invited to attend the meeting.

They will join fellow West Indies batting greats Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Desmond Haynes, and former fast bowler Ian Bradshaw, who already serve on the cricket strategy and officiating committee.

"This engagement is not ceremonial," a statement from Dr Shallow read. "These are men who helped define our golden eras, and their perspectives will be invaluable as we shape the next phase of our cricket development.

"We intend for this gathering to result in tangible, actionable recommendations."

Shallow insisted the team is in "a rebuilding phase" and investment is being made to reignite the "spirit that has long made West Indies cricket a force in the world".

He added: "Progress is rarely straightforward. It takes time, perseverance and belief, especially in our most difficult moments.

"There is much work to be done. But we must do it with purpose, and we must do it together."

'An accident waiting to happen'​


Mitchell Starc took 6-9, including five wickets in 15 balls as West Indies collapsed to 27 all out

West Indies have been battling with "systemic issues" for 25 years that have left them with players "ill-equipped" to deal with the challenges they faced against Australia, according to Trinidadian commentator Fazeer Mohammed.

"It was almost the perfect storm," he told BBC Sport.

"You've got Mitchell Starc, a world class bowler, deadly in any sort of situation and even deadlier with the pink ball, coming up against players really ill-equipped to deal with those sorts of challenges.

"Everything was set up for something like this to happen. You never really factor in 27 all out but, in the general context of West Indies cricket, this was an accident waiting to happen."

While Lara has been drafted in to help find a solution to the problems facing the current side, Mohammed believes the iconic left-hander's heroics were part of the reason a lot of the issues were masked for so long.

"What lies behind it is the failure to address the fundamental challenges in our domestic game - in our regional game," he added.

"We have many different challenges. Fundamental to those would be costs because we have many different territories - it's very costly to travel around the Caribbean, to host tournaments.

"There's an air of resignation about it. People will this morning be arguing amongst themselves and debating about how this can happen, who needs to be fired, who needs to be dropped, who needs to be got rid of.

"It's the same sort of knee-jerk reaction and then they'll shrug their shoulders and say 'well this is how it is now'."

It is almost two and a half years since West Indies last won a Test series - 1-0 in Zimbabwe - and three years since their last home series victory, 2-0 against Bangladesh.

"I don't think all is lost by any stretch of the imagination," Mohammed said.

"It requires at a very fundamental level at the schools, at the under-19, under-23 levels a serious financial investment in growing the quality of the game - male and female.

"But also there has to be, first and foremost, that recognition that Test cricket still means something to us in the Caribbean."

Source: BBC​

 
Its not the low scroe they have to recover from. These things can happen in sport, for example India have been dismissed for 36 and 46 in the last few years. They have to recover from an overall decline in cricket in the region, and thats a difficult task.
 

Statement from the President of Cricket West Indies, Dr. Kishore Shallow​

Like every West Indian cricket fan, I felt the pain of our recent Test defeat to Australia.

The result hurts deeply, not only because of how we lost, but because of what West Indies cricket has always represented to our people: pride, identity, and possibility.

There will be some sleepless nights ahead for many of us, including the players, who I know feel this loss just as heavily. But while disappointment is natural, we must not allow this moment to define our journey. We are in a rebuilding phase, steadily investing in the next generation, and reigniting the spirit that has long made West Indies cricket a force in the world.

Progress is rarely straightforward. It takes time, perseverance, and belief, especially in our most difficult moments. The road ahead will test us, but I have faith in the talent and commitment of our players when they apply themselves. We have already seen encouraging signs, particularly with the ball. Our batters are keen, but now must be even more deliberate as they work to improve.

Now is not the time to turn away. Now is the time to stand even closer as a people. These are the moments that shape us.

As an immediate step, I have advised the Chair of the Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee to convene an emergency meeting to review the recent test series against Australia, particularly the final match.

To strengthen the discussions, I have extended invitations to three of our greatest batsmen ever: Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards, and Brian Lara. They will join past greats Dr. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dr. The Most Honourable Desmond Haynes, Ian Bradshaw, who already serve on the committee.

This engagement is not ceremonial. These are men who helped define our golden eras, and their perspectives will be invaluable as we shape the next phase of our cricket development. We intend for this gathering to result in tangible, actionable recommendations.

Consistent with my message over the last weeks, this is a moment that calls for collaboration, not division. We need everyone on board: fans, players, coaches, legends, and administrators, if we are to truly move forward.

There is much work to be done. But we must do it with purpose, and we must do it together.
Chairman Shallow is repeating the same script tried countless times before.

These legends have been involved in various capacities right throughout the last 25 years of West Indies' decline, and what's the end result of their efforts ?

Not saying the legends don't have the right intentions, and some of those guys are my heroes, but the game has moved on since their era and they're not gonna say anything nobody hasn't said before.

Every WI fan has been saying the same thing for years. Incentivise red-ball cricket (not every cricketer has the skills or the opportunity to go down the franchise route), prepare better wickets not surfaces that offer uneven bounce from Day 1, and ensure every island nation has a HPC, each working to a standardised coaching framework with qualified coaches.
 
its a world class seam bowling attack attached to a sub club level batting order. you cant learn batting on your own, this isnt about mercenaries, this isnt about the last year. anyone who has watched west indies cricket knows that their batting culture has been in terminal decline since the mid 2000s, the only potential test level batter they have had in the last twenty years is braithwaite and darren bravo, and even they didnt become top level. this is the death of batting culture, you need seasoned coaches to teach test batting, and young players to apply themselves in all sorts of conditions to develop the mental stamina to build innings.

in the last ten years only bonner averages above 30 against the traditional test teams. thats one guy in ten years, and he only played 15 tests. west indies batting can only improve if they play longer domestic seasons on better pitches, have more 'A' cricket and then more tests. its like paks test plight, but even worse.
 
Some team's hasn't recovered for humiliation defeat even after more than 2 year's but WI don't takes test cricket seriously. :kp
 
Windies are taking a nose dive atm in red ball... Their plane is giving mayday calls for years now.
 
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