Despite not pulling in bumper crowds at Sabina Park during the recently concluded One-Day and T20 International series, Dr Kishore Shallow, president of Cricket West Indies, believes Jamaica is central to the regional body’s thrust towards increasing fan support in the region.

Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies in a rain-affected One-Day International series after the home side lost the first game and the two other games were abandoned without a ball being bowled, due to consistent rains which lashed the Corporate Area last week.

The first ODI saw only a small crowd of fans coming out to watch the single game that was possible, but there was a marked improvement in the T20 series where the first game was free to women.