West Indies players need to show more determination - Butts

Clyde Butts, the chairman of West Indies' selection panel, has said the players needed to "show a bit more determination and maturity" in their approach to cricket, following the team's Super Eight elimination in the ICC World Twenty20.

"We did not do as well as we were capable of. Sometimes, you don't mind losing, but the way we lost was bad for our cricket. It was a little bit of a surprise. At that level of cricket, you expect much more out of our players," Butts told the Trinidad and Tobago Express. "Look at the way we batted against Australia and to a lesser extent against Sri Lanka. One would have expected us to show that we are capable players and that we could have put up a better fight."

West Indies topped their group by beating Ireland and England in a rain-affected match, but won only one Super Eight match - against India - while losing heavily to Sri Lanka and Australia. Despite that performance the selectors retained the same squad, with the exception of Wavell Hinds, for the two Twenty20 internationals against South Africa and West Indies lost the first one in Antigua by 13 runs on Wednesday. Most of the contenders for spots in the squad were with the A team in Bangladesh, while others in the Caribbean had had their chances, Butts said.

"Should we go back to the old guard, or should we give these players a little bit more of a run and then try and look to our A team for the future. That is how we the selectors looked at it," he said. "We selected these players for the World Cup. They had five games. They have two T20 games here and five ODIs. There are going to be times in the near future when the team is going to change. The Test matches are coming up. I am sure you are not going to see some of the same players for the Test series."

Butts said scheduling of regular matches for West Indies A was a step in the right direction for the development of the region's cricket. The team had a recent home series against Zimbabwe and is presently in Bangladesh. "One of the things that has been put in place is the A team. The young players in Bangladesh are performing. That is one of the good things that is happening now and these players will understand that those players are right up their backside. There are replacement players that can replace them."

West Indies play the second Twenty20 international against South Africa in Antigua on Thursday before the five-ODI series begins on May 22.