Carlos Brathwaite, a former captain of the West Indies cricket team, said that the squad had hit its lowest point after failing to qualify for the 50-overs World Cup for the first time.
However, the indicators of their collapse have been apparent for some time now.
The two-time defending champions were eliminated from contention for the championship tournament after suffering a crushing seven-wicket loss at the hands of Scotland in their Super Six match on the last day of the qualifying competition in Zimbabwe on Saturday. The championship tournament will begin on October 5 and will be contested in India.
As a result of losing all three of their Super Six stage matches, the West Indies have accumulated 0 points and are unable to catch up to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, who both have six points from their three contests.
“It has been a long time coming,” Brathwaite, a vital component of the side that won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2016, said in statements that were published on the website of the International Cricket Council.
“It should come as no surprise that another format, T20, did not make it (onto the Super 12 stage) last year. The game of cricket played with a white ball has had its share of controversy throughout the years.
“I believe this is the absolute bottom you can reach.”
Ian Bishop, a legendary player for the Pacers, said that the team’s troubles existed before the current set of players.
“We haven’t played consistently good one-day international cricket against the top nations for perhaps a decade,” Bishop said in an interview with the cricket website ESPN Cricinfo.
“I am aware that many people in the Caribbean have been doing some soul-searching in response to recent events. But what this accomplishes is that it tells us that we are a few seconds away from 12, and we need all hands on board to bring the representation back to where it needs to be.”