West Indies cricket have launched an pressing assessment after being skittled for the second lowest ever Test total by Australia on Monday.
Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland ran by means of the brittle Windies line-up and lowered it to 27 all out.
Solely a Sam Konstas misfield late in the piece allowed the West Indies to keep away from being bowled out for 26 – which might be the equal lowest ever Take a look at rating, nonetheless held by New Zealand in 1955.
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It proved a nightmare sequence for batters basically, as nobody managed to succeed in triple figures and quick bowlers wreaked havoc within the Caribbean.
However within the speedy aftermath of Monday’s batting disaster, the West Indies powerbrokers have known as within the nation’s greatest legends to assist discover a resolution.
West Indies’ Jayden Seales walks off the sector after his aspect’s loss towards Australia. AP
Sir Viv Richards, Sir Clive Lloyd and Brian Lara – who Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow labelled their “best batsmen ever” – will be a part of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Desmond Haynes, and Ian Bradshaw on a technique committee.
“This engagement is just not ceremonial,” an announcement from Dr Shallow on Monday stated.
“These are males who helped outline our golden eras, and their views shall be invaluable as we form the subsequent part of our cricket growth.
“We intend for this gathering to lead to tangible, actionable suggestions.
“Progress isn’t simple. It takes time, perseverance and perception, particularly in our most troublesome moments.
“There’s a lot work to be performed. However we should do it with goal, and we should do it collectively.”
Dr Shallow says the Windies are nicely and actually in a “rebuilding part” and the plan is to revive the “spirit that has lengthy made West Indies cricket a pressure on this planet”.
The Take a look at workforce has sequence towards India and New Zealand developing.
West Indies legend Carl Hooper is just not so optimistic about the way forward for the Take a look at workforce until coach Darren Sammy is axed and former coach Andre Coley is introduced again.
Hooper says “heads ought to roll” and thinks it was a mistake to exchange Coley with Sammy within the first place.
“It has been so disappointing,” Hooper informed ABC Sport on Monday.
“I am so upset as a result of I feel we have been constructing factor just a few years in the past, the boys got here out right here (to Australia), had a implausible drawn Take a look at match and had a win in Brisbane, then went to Pakistan and drew 1-all – implausible outcomes.
“Then we had wholesale modifications, and to see this as the top end result, what we have performed the final two-three years in attempting to construct one thing has simply type of gone up in flames at the moment.
West Indies teammates stroll to the pavilion after Australia’s win. AP
“We have been constructing one thing beneath the previous coach, Andre Coley, who we eliminated, the brand new head coach Darren Sammy was our white ball coach… you are taking one step ahead and two steps again.
“The place do you go from right here? It isn’t as if we will see some mild on the finish of the tunnel.
“Somebody has bought to be answerable… (Sammy) is the one selector. He is bought all the facility, so he has bought to be held accountable.
“I do know that is not going to occur, they are not going to take away him.
“The place does West Indies cricket go from right here? I do not know.”
