Former captain Dwayne Bravo has criticized the West Indies Cricket Board over its strained relationship with players and a lack of facilities for the sport in the Caribbean.
Bravo, who will play with the Melbourne Renegades in Australia’s Twenty20 league, said “too much politics is killing our cricket.”
“We’ve got the players to be up there with the best in the world but there’s a lot of things going on,” he added.
Bravo was stripped of the West Indies one-day captaincy a year ago and then was left out of the World Cup squad. He retired from test cricket in January.
“Those in charge have to look into themselves. We don’t have proper grounds, proper nets or a proper academy. All these things are a part of our downfall,” Dwayne Bravo said.
Players went on strike and quit a one-day tour of India in October 2014. Its coach has been suspended over a dispute with selectors and many top players have chosen lucrative Twenty20 contracts overseas rather than play for the West Indies.
“The relationship between players, board members and management staff needs to get stronger and tighter. They need to have a lot more honesty” he said.
