“Obviously, we don’t know what the future holds, but we’ll take it day by day,” Pooran said on the sidelines of the Super50 Cup, West Indies’ regional one-day tour, where he will lead Trinidad & Tobago. . “Again, it was a learning experience for all of us and this is our journey and our story. Time will tell what happens, but for now it’s just about focusing on ourselves and how we can improve as individuals.
“The rest is the last [way to heal] and every player needs that, but even inside it’s still hurting. I want to use that injury as motivation and definitely come back strong.”
“It won’t stop me. I’ll continue to learn from my experiences and again I’m happy to wake up in the morning and see that I have an opportunity to play cricket again.”
It takes some honest soul searching to find the answers – Johnny Grave
Johnny Grave, the chief executive of the CWI, has stated that he will not be stepping down from his role following the West Indies T20 World Cup debacle.
“I don’t control that. My contract ends in June 2023. But am I resigned? Am I going to resign? No, I’m not,” Grave said in Mason and guest radio show.
He said the West Indies need “sincere soul-searching” from the players as well as the management. “For whatever reason we didn’t execute under pressure in Hobart,” Grave said. “Now, has there been too much pressure on the team? Why didn’t the players implement those skills?
“There are things in West Indies cricket that are not world class and not even eighth in the world. We are way below that in some of the elements of our cricket system.”
Johnny Grave, CWI chief executive
“There are things in West Indies cricket that are not world class and not even eighth in the world. We are way below that in some of the elements of our cricket system. Some of them [include] execution under pressure, winning key moments in games. More often than not we seem to come second in those situations. And that’s why we have to think very carefully about how we build this independent review – while I’m saying independent review, that would be my preference. It can’t be just players or coaches. It should be people who understand and have been successful in setting up strategies and structures, as well as players who have executed them. We have received information from our players and are digging deep.”
“Our winning side of 2016, the players I spoke to from 2021 were really shocked that they weren’t able to win and do well,” Grave said. “But we have to be able to ask the right questions, get the answers, and then analyze them properly and come up with some really clear, short-term, medium-term and long-term. [recommendations].
“We’ve got to get some quick wins and some quick fixes because the West Indies are hurting, and they want results and they want them fast. And if we don’t get them, then we probably won’t have the time or the opportunity to execute the objectives long term because we will all be given our marching orders and it will be up to someone else to take on this great challenge and great responsibility.
“I didn’t come into this role and I don’t think anyone comes into West Indies cricket thinking it’s going to be easy, thinking there are magic wands. I don’t think Desmond Haynes (chief selector) thought he was suddenly going to picked the teams and they would win in all formats. Of course, I didn’t think we would come and it would be a bed of roses, but we have to work cooperatively. We have to find answers to these tough questions and we have to continue our work for the betterment of West Indies cricket.”
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
