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Despite T20 World Cup disappointment, Shallow maintains...

Despite admitting he was disappointed after the West Indies failed to win the recently concluded Men’s T20 World Cup, Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dr. Kishore Shallow has revealed that there is no immediate intention to fire head coach Daren Sammy. “At this point Daren has a contract that runs beyond this World Cup. His contract goes up until at least the ODI World Cup; that is the current status,” Shallow revealed during an interview on iSports I95.5 FM on Thursday.

Shallow said an assessment would be done regarding the regional team’s performance in India. However, the president acknowledged that he was disappointed the West Indies didn’t achieve their goal of winning the tournament. “Ultimately, we didn’t go to the World Cup to reach the Super Eights. We went to win the World Cup, and we didn’t win, so we can’t say that we are comfortable with that. I’m certainly very disappointed that we didn’t win.

“However, I certainly took note of the fact that we showed some improvements in all areas; we won five out of seven matches, and the matches that we won, we did so convincingly, and barring the one game against South Africa, we really competed,” Shallow contended. “So, it was a credible performance, but still we wanted to win, and I suspect that if you speak to Sammy, Shai Hope, or any other member of the team, they would tell you that they’re disappointed that we didn’t win.