ADELAIDE, Australia — Within the wake of the West Indies’ humiliating 27-run second-innings collapse towards Australia — the crew’s lowest Check complete in historical past — former captain Carl Hooper has damaged his silence, holding Head Coach Daren Sammy instantly chargeable for what he calls a devastating backward step for Caribbean cricket.
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Talking on ABC Sport as a visitor analyst, the seasoned veteran of 102 Check matches didn’t mince phrases as he dissected the fallout from the defeat at Sabina Park — a loss that accomplished a 3-0 whitewash by the hands of the world’s top-ranked Check crew.
“All the facility, all of the accountability”
Hooper was emphatic that Sammy, who additionally serves because the chief selector, should reply for the crew’s disastrous exhibiting in Jamaica.
“Anyone’s acquired to be held accountable. I feel he [Sammy] can be the one selector, so simply think about somebody that’s choosing the Australian crew and in addition the top coach. He’s acquired all the facility so he’s acquired to be held accountable,” Hooper asserted.
He added, with noticeable frustration, “I do know that’s not going to occur; you’re not going to take away him.”
The implication was clear: the focus of energy in a single figurehead could possibly be suffocating growth, and the present system lacks significant checks and balances.
“One step ahead, two steps again”
Hooper’s criticism prolonged past the Sabina catastrophe, reflecting on what he believes was a untimely dismissal of former head coach Andre Coley, whose tenure had, in line with Hooper, begun to steer West Indies cricket again on target.
“It’s been so disappointing. I’m indignant, I’m upset, as a result of I feel we have been constructing a very good factor a couple of years in the past.”
Hooper recalled encouraging indicators underneath Coley’s stewardship, notably the drawn sequence in Pakistan and the historic Check victory in Brisbane, Australia — a consequence that had reignited hope throughout the area.
“The boys got here out right here and had a Check match win in Brisbane, a drawn sequence, after which we went to Pakistan and drew 1-1. Incredible outcomes.”
The previous all-rounder expressed frustration that these positive aspects now appear wasted:
“After which, we had wholesale modifications. And to see that is the top consequence—it’s like what we’ve carried out for the final two or three years, and tried to construct one thing, is simply type of gone up in flames as we speak.”
From technique to spiral: The Sammy appointment questioned
Hooper zeroed in on the controversial determination to raise Sammy — a limited-overs specialist and former T20 World Cup-winning captain — to the position of all-format coach, suggesting it marked a reversal in progress.
“We have been constructing one thing underneath the previous head coach Andre Coley, who we eliminated and inserted the brand new Head Coach Daren Sammy, who’s our white-ball coach, so he’s now the all-format coach.”
“So now, you form of take one step ahead and now two steps backward. The place do you go from right here?”
The rhetorical query hung within the air, underlining Hooper’s view that the West Indies are actually in a tailspin slightly than on a gradual rebuild.
Disaster of course or disaster of management?
Carl Hooper’s indictment alerts a rising stress throughout the West Indies cricketing fraternity over the crew’s trajectory and management selections. With the mud barely settled from the Sabina collapse — and wounds nonetheless contemporary from an innings complete that shocked the cricketing world — critical questions stay:
Is Daren Sammy the fitting man to guide all codecs?
Has Cricket West Indies undermined its personal progress by abandoning continuity?
Can the regional sport get better from one other physique blow to its battered legacy?
As the talk intensifies, one factor is obvious: accountability is not non-compulsory — it’s important.
