“We knew what was at stake and we still…” Jason Holder opens up after West Indies failing to qualify for ODI World Cup 2023
A sad first for the once-dominant Caribbean side and all-rounder Jason Holder, the two-time champion West Indies won’t be in India for the ODI World Cup later this year. believes that in order to correct everything that has gone wrong, a move away from the territorial attitude is necessary.
West Indies, the two-time champions of the marquee international competition, lost to Scotland on Saturday, and as a result, they did not advance to the 2023 World Cup final in India. The Windies lost to the Scottish team by seven wickets, meaning they will not participate in the ODI World Cup for the first time in their illustrious history of cricket. West Indies won the first World Cup in 1975, and four years later they had successfully defended their championship.
Following the shocking exit of the West Indies national side, the star West Indies all-rounder, Jason Holder highlighted the issue which is surrounding the West Indies cricket.
“It’s (cricket) not an individual thing or a territorial thing. We’ve got to come together as a region… and really, really think about how we want to go forward as a group and make it happen. We knew what was at stake and we still had a chance to qualify. We had a really good opportunity to play Scotland and beat them (but) we didn’t do that,” Holder said in a press conference.
The former West Indian captain, Holder also said that this is probably one of the lowest points he as the player has had with the team. But still, there are a lot of positives. The 31-year-old said that he was really happy for Nicholas Pooran, the way the Southpaw played through this entire competition. And he even pointed out that it was really good to see some of the younger guys get an opportunity on the big stage.
West Indies cricket experienced a decline in the fifty-over format at the turn of the century as several of its top players began to retire one after the other. The Windies were unable to establish themselves as serious tournament contenders due to a lack of consistency in their play and an over-reliance on players like Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
