Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) Pres­i­dent Dr Kishore Shal­low has is­sued a re­sponse fol­low­ing West In­dies’ re­cent Test match de­feat to Aus­tralia, de­scrib­ing the loss as a dif­fi­cult mo­ment for the re­gion’s crick­et and an­nounc­ing im­me­di­ate steps to ad­dress the team’s per­for­mance.

Dr Shal­low said the re­sult was painful for all West In­di­an crick­et fans and play­ers, but called for uni­ty, pa­tience, and de­ter­mi­na­tion as the team re­mains in a re­build­ing phase. He urged the re­gion not to al­low the de­feat to de­fine the long-term jour­ney of West In­dies crick­et, and in­stead to sup­port on­go­ing ef­forts to de­vel­op young tal­ent and re­store the team’s com­pet­i­tive edge.

In re­sponse to the se­ries de­feat, Dr Shal­low has in­struct­ed the Chair of the Crick­et Strat­e­gy and Of­fi­ci­at­ing Com­mit­tee to con­vene an emer­gency meet­ing. The meet­ing will ex­am­ine the en­tire Test se­ries against Aus­tralia, with par­tic­u­lar fo­cus on the fi­nal match.