President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Azim Bassarath believes the West Indies have set up an excellent platform for a strong challenge at next June’s ICC World T20 in the Caribbean.

The Cricket West Indies vice-president commented in light of the Caribbean cricketers’ exciting 3-2 victory over defending World Cup champions England in the T20I series which ended on Thursday with a four-wicket win for the home team at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.

The home team also triumphed 2-1 in the five-match ODI rubber which preceded the T20s.

“The win was not surprising, since March the West Indies have been performing well having beaten South Africa and India in white ball cricket,” said Bassarath.

He said the men in Maroon clearly showed they were hungry for success and obviously enjoyed playing as a unit under Darren Sammy.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Again shows the problem with CWI cricket. If a top cricket administrator can say this so boldly, it shows he know nothing about either reality or cricket. Let's take our memories and sentimentality out of the equation. We have no bowling at the standard required. Our bowlers can sometimes bowl 2 good balls an over but usually just one. In a 120 ball match, you cannot make that type of error. We have no death bowlers and those who get wickets in the death and we think their records are great, get those wickets in the last 2 overs of vooping. Our bowlers lack the discipline and ability to bowl to a plan and no captain can set a field to them.
And our batting is usually poke, poke, poke and then close your eyes, swing for the hills and hope for the best.
The teams that they will meet in the World Cup will be full strength not the teams that have been playing recently.
I am a West Indies fan of 60 years but I am also a realist. This is not the good, old days.