Legendary former West Indies captain, Sir Clive Lloyd, believes that the West Indies have “a good chance” of performing well at the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to bowl off on Feb. 7 and is co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India.
The regional team will be going after a record third title in this year’s tournament and will hope to improve on their performance at the 2024 World Cup, where they were eliminated at the Super Six phase.
The West Indies will compete in Group C alongside England, Nepal, Italy, and the recently added Scotland. Bangladesh was removed from the tournament and replaced by Scotland after refusing to travel to India to play their opening three matches.
Speaking during a radio interview, Sir Clive said the West Indies had a good group of T20 cricketers capable of beating any team.
“…I think we have a good chance. I don’t see why we can’t do well.”
“I think most of the team is pretty good and well-versed as far as T20s are concerned, and we have some good strikers of the ball. It’s just getting the right formation,” Sir Clive pointed out.
He stated that a pre-tournament camp is important because team chemistry is vital to performance.
Sir Clive continued by saying that his previous experience allowed players to gel and build bonds, which he said were necessary for success.
“I would like to see the guys playing together for like two weeks in a camp, somewhere where they can discuss all the tactics of One-Day cricket, give them a chance to run between the wickets with one another, let them bowl together, and be a team.
“I think we were lucky when I was playing. Our One-Day team wasn’t too far off from our Test team, so the guys were playing together, and they got to know one another quite well. In tight situations you knew who to bowl or who to send out to bat,” Sir Clive said.
