The Cari­com Prime Min­is­te­r­i­al Sub-Com­mit­tee on Crick­et has called on Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) to im­ple­ment long over­due re­forms, de­scrib­ing the cur­rent mo­ment as one of “reck­on­ing” for the re­gion­al game.

In a state­ment re­leased to­day, the Com­mit­tee said it is “deeply con­cerned” about the state of West In­dies crick­et, par­tic­u­lar­ly in its long for­mat. It al­so flagged is­sues around youth de­vel­op­ment, tal­ent re­ten­tion, gov­er­nance, and long-term plan­ning.

The state­ment fol­lowed a vir­tu­al meet­ing of the Cari­com Bu­reau on Ju­ly21, 2025. The meet­ing in­clud­ed In­cum­bent Chair and Prime Min­is­ter of Ja­maica, Dr An­drew Hol­ness; Out­go­ing Chair and Prime Min­is­ter of Bar­ba­dos, Mia Mot­t­ley; and In­com­ing Chair and Prime Min­is­ter of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Ter­rance Drew. The Chair of the Prime Min­is­te­r­i­al Sub-Com­mit­tee on Crick­et, Pres­i­dent of Guyana, Dr Mo­hamed Ir­faan Ali, led the dis­cus­sion on crick­et.