Wednesday, 16 November 2022 – ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A threemember group of independent professionals has been named by Cricket West Indies (CWI) to conduct a comprehensive review of the early exit by the West Indies Men’s team from the recent ICC Men’sT20 World Cup in Australia. CWI today announced that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Review Group will undertake a holistic assessment of all aspects of the team’s preparation and performance at the global tournament.
The three members are: Brian Lara, the West Indies batting legend and current IPLT20 Head Coach; international cricket coach, South African Mickey Arthur; and Justice Patrick Thompson Jr., a High Court Judge at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court; who will serve as Chair of the Group who have already begun their work. The West Indies team failed to qualify for the Super12s phase (second round) after losing unexpectedly to lower ranked teams, Scotland and Ireland.
The losses caused great disappointment and frustration among all West Indies cricket stakeholders. The Group B qualifier round was played at Bellerive Oval in Tasmania where the team achieved their only victory over Zimbabwe, a team that qualified ahead of West Indies by defeating both Scotland and Ireland.
The three-member panel will submit a Report to the CWI Board of Directors, with relevant insight and clear recommendations. It is also intended that this review will establish a process and template for future performance reviews.
The Terms of Reference (TOR) are attached below. In commenting on the appointments, CWI President Ricky Skerritt said: “CWI is fortunate to have such a knowledgeable and totally independent panel agree to serve West Indies Cricket under challenging circumstances.
I am especially grateful for their commitment to lend some of their valuable time to this important review project. It is vital that players, coaches, administrators, and all of us who love West Indies cricket, recognize that creating a sustainable learning culture, throughout the organization, is a prerequisite for player growth and team improvement.
Emotion-based and knee-jerk type decisions have failed CWI repeatedly in the past. I am confident that this independent World Cup review process will produce findings and learnings that should be of great benefit to our cricket system going forward.” were both frustrated with their dismissals, with a century waiting for both.
England were pretty lacklustre, a mixture of inexperience and only having five bowling options proving costly. Their attack had just 101 ODI appearances between them, with Lancashire’s left-arm seamer Luke Wood (0-59) making his debut, Jordan (1-49) playing in just his fourth international in this format since 2016, Dawson his first since 2018 and Olly Stone (0-50) just his fifth.
The bowlers toiled hard, restricting Australia to just 15 runs in a 29-ball period after Willey’s two quick wickets, but the total they had to defend was insufficient after the rapid start Australia got off to. With Curran, Moeen, Woakes and Rashid likely to return during this series and the injured Reece Topley, Jofra Archer and Saqib Mahmood still to come back, England will not panic, but individuals did miss out on the opportunity to give Buttler and Mott a headache. ‘The hundred was extremely satisfying’ – reaction Player of the match, England’s Dawid Malan: “To get to the T20 World Cup final and be ruled out was gutting, so to come here, prove my fitness and score a hundred was extremely satisfying.“We were probably 30 or 40 runs short, if we’re being honest. “50 overs is probably my strongest format but it’s hard to get into the team with how guys have performed the last couple of years.
But if I keep doing what I’m doing, I might be part of that squad.” Australia captain Pat Cummins on Test Match Special: “It was a magnificent innings from Dawid Malan, he just kept ticking over and targeted the short boundary, he was class.“They did well to get to that score from their position but we bowled really well. It was a good wicket all the way through really, though there was a bit of seam movement early on.
“England are always a strong team and it’s nice for us to get back out there and make amends, remind ourselves we are still a very good team despite being disappointed in the T20 World Cup.”
