Jimmy Adams, Cricket West Indies’ Director of Cricket believes that in order to change the fortunes of the Caribbean unit there must be a higher standard of coaching to absorb the void created over the last 15 years.
During an interview on Mason and Guest recently, the former West Indies captain argued that there is a vast difference in the development of young cricketers during his era as compared to now.
“I do believe the informal club structure taught me the game by putting me in an environment with first-class and test cricketers from when I was a young teenager [and] where I was able to learn the trade in an environment that pushed me because of the standard that existed at club level, that is gone forever,” he stated.