US EditionCricket Legends Brian Lara and Viv Richards to Help Beleaguered West Indies Team
WEST INDIES, JUL 15 – West Indies lost all three Tests at home, with batting collapses including being bowled out for 27, prompting calls for accountability over leadership and team changes, experts said.
- President Kishore Shallow announced an emergency meeting to review West Indies' 3-0 Test series loss to Australia, focusing on the final match where they scored 27 runs.
- This collapse follows ongoing batting struggles and wholesale changes by Cricket West Indies, which former captain Carl Hooper criticized as causing the poor results.
- Invitations were extended to Caribbean cricket greats Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, and Brian Lara—who collectively played over 360 tests—to help shape the rebuilding phase of West Indies cricket.
- Shallow stressed that this was not just a formal occasion and expressed how profoundly painful the outcome was, not simply because of the manner of the defeat but due to the significance West Indies Cricket holds for its people.
- The meeting and involvement of legends aim to address the batting deficiencies and revive the spirit of West Indies cricket amid concerns over sustained decline.
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Cricket legends Brian Lara and Viv Richards to help beleaguered West Indies team
Only a day after West Indies endured one of its worst performances in nearly a century of playing test matches, the president of the Caribbean cricket board was looking to the past to improve the future.
Cricket WI president invites Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards and Brian Lara for emergency meeting after Windies’ recent drubbing vs Australia
West Indies suffered a batting collapse and registered the second-lowest Test total in history after they were bundled out for just 27 runs in the second innings of the third Test against Australia at Sabina Park in Kingston
‘Heads should roll’ after Windies horror show against Australia: Carl Hooper
Cricket West Indies must take responsibility for the team’s woeful results after it was bundled out for the second-lowest total in Test history in the third match against Australia on Monday, former all-rounder Carl Hooper said.
'Heads should roll' after Windies horror show, says Hooper
KINGSTON: Cricket West Indies must take responsibility for the team’s woeful results after they were bundled out for the second-lowest total in test history in the third match against Australia on Monday, former all-rounder Carl Hooper said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Hooper blasts Windies Head Coach Sammy – Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
As the head coach and currently the only selector, Darren Sammy must take responsibility for the West Indies’ woeful Test results against Australia. That’s the view of former Windies all-rounder Carl Hooper, as the Caribbean men were bundled out for the second-lowest total in Test history in the third match against Australia in Jamaica yesterday. Chasing 204 for victory in the day-night Test at Sabina Park, West Indies lasted only 14.3 overs bef…
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