“Obviously, we don’t know what the future holds but we will take it day by day,” Pooran mentioned on the sidelines of the Super50 Cup, West Indies’ regional one-day event, the place he is set to 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 will happen but for now it is just about focusing on ourselves and how we can get better as individuals.
“Rest is the final word [way to heal] and each participant wants that however inside it is nonetheless hurting as effectively. I need to use that damage as motivation and clearly come again robust.”
“It is not going to stop me. I am going to continue to learn from my experiences and again I am happy I can wake up in the morning and see that I have an opportunity to play cricket again.”
Need sincere soul-looking to provide you with the solutions – Johnny Grave
Johnny Grave, CWI’s chief government, has declared that he will not step down from his function following West Indies’ T20 World Cup debacle.
“I’m not in control of that. My contract runs out June 2023. But am I a quitter? Am I going to resign? No, I’m not,” Grave mentioned on the Mason and Guest radio present.
He mentioned that West Indies want “honest soul searching” from the gamers in addition to the administration. “For whatever reason we did not execute under the pressure in Hobart,” Grave mentioned. “Now, was there too much pressure placed on the team? Why did the players not execute those skills?
“There are issues in West Indies cricket, which can be not world class and not even eighth on this planet. We are approach under that in a number of the components of our cricket system.”
Johnny Grave, CWI chief government
“There are issues in West Indies cricket, which can be not world class and not even eighth on this planet. We are approach under that in a number of the components of our cricket system. Some of them [include] execution beneath stress, profitable key moments in video games. More typically than not we appear to be second in these conditions. And that is why we’ve bought to suppose very exhausting about how we assemble this impartial evaluate – whereas I’m saying impartial evaluate, that might be my choice. It cannot simply be gamers or coaches. It’s bought to be individuals who perceive and have been profitable in each setting methods and buildings, and in addition gamers who’ve executed them. We’ve bought get the information from our gamers and dig deep.”
“Our 2016 profitable facet, the gamers that I spoke to popping out of 2021 genuinely have been shocked on the truth they weren’t ready to win and do effectively,” Grave said. “But we have to have the ability to ask the suitable questions, get the solutions, after which analyse them correctly and provide you with some actually clear, brief time period, medium time period and long run [recommendations].
“We’ve got to get some quick wins and some quick fixes because West Indies is hurting, and they want results, and they want them fast. And if we don’t get them, then we probably won’t have time or the opportunity to implement the long-term objectives because we’ll all be given our marching orders. And it will be up to someone else to take on this enormous challenge and enormous responsibility.
“I did not come into this function, and I do not suppose anybody comes into West Indies cricket, considering it is going to be straightforward, considering there are magic wands. I do not suppose Desmond Haynes (chief selector) thought that he was out of the blue going to be choosing groups and so they’re going to be profitable throughout all codecs. Certainly, I did not suppose that we have been going to come and it will likely be a mattress of roses, however we have to work collaboratively. We’ve bought to discover solutions to these powerful questions and we have to get on with our jobs of bettering West Indies cricket.”
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
