The West Indies’ diminishing success in Test cricket, according to Roston Chase, is due in part to a lack of cricketing infrastructure. The West Indies’ innings defeat to India in the first Test of the present series was their fourth red-ball loss in the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle.
Roston Chase was open about the fact that his catastrophic defeat in Ahmedabad had nothing to do with the awful conditions at home.
However, he made a public request to the other cricketing boards to chip in if they could help to stabilise Cricket West Indies’ operations and finances.
“I think the systems in the Caribbean are a bit poor in terms of training facilities and stuff. I am not using that as an excuse or something to hide behind for poor performances that we’ve been putting out lately. I still think that the onus is on the players to find some way to churn up runs and wickets and stuff. What I would say is yes, there is obviously a struggle in the Caribbean for finances. Whatever help we can get, if they are planning to get the help, I hope that we do get it so that we could strengthen the infrastructure for cricket,” stated Chase.
He also highlighted the issues that West Indies cricketers face while playing at the several venues established by the board.
“Yeah, that is some of the infrastructure problems that we do have. The pitches in the Caribbean are not really batter-friendly. So, guys don’t really bat for long periods and score those big scores. And then, too, the outfields in the Caribbean are really slow. When you hit the ball in the gaps, you probably end up struggling to get two. Those are just some of the problems that we are faced with in the Caribbean.
“That’s why you see guys averaging so low. If you look at the past series we had against Australia, I think that was the first time I’ve ever played an international series where a batsman never scored a hundred in three matches. Obviously, we had a poor batting display. This has been something that has been plaguing us for the past two series.”
Across both innings, there were only two West Indies batters who could get past the 30-run mark as they were bowled out for 162 in 44.1 in the first innings and 146 in 45.1 overs in the second.
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