When the ICC under-19 youth World Cup began to streamline in the Caribbean, a lot of hopes rested on the West Indies youth side but a first-round exit left a lot to ponder for the Caribbean fans.
From the onset, the hosts were rocked by successive losses in their two warm-up games where they failed to score over 200 runs in both matches.
As was the case, the batting of the Floyd Reifer-coached contingent continued to struggle throughout the tournamemt.