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Sports / Mon, 24 Jun 2024 ICC Cricket

Rovman Powell commends tremendous West Indies progress

“I think the cricket we have played in the last 12 months or so is commendable," stated Powell in the post-match presentation ceremony. If you can take a year to move from number nine to number three in the world, that's tremendous work." West Indies put up quite a show during the tournament, with a number of home players firing up the crowd's imagination. The West Indies captain shared his joy in seeing a lot of buzz around the Caribbean again. There's a lot of buzz around the Caribbean again about West Indies cricket.

“I think the cricket we have played in the last 12 months or so is commendable," stated Powell in the post-match presentation ceremony.

"Credit has to be given to the team. If you can take a year to move from number nine to number three in the world, that's tremendous work."

West Indies put up quite a show during the tournament, with a number of home players firing up the crowd's imagination. There were brilliant wins over New Zealand and Afghanistan.

The West Indies captain shared his joy in seeing a lot of buzz around the Caribbean again.

“We haven't won the World Cup, but there was a lot of improvement. There's a lot of buzz around the Caribbean again about West Indies cricket. We have done some very good things over the last 12 months.”

“Now is where the work starts. It's for us to continue to work as a group, still be tight, and hopefully, just hopefully, we can continue to climb the rankings and make the Caribbean people proud.”

Powell acknowledged the support they received on and off the field during the home World Cup and identified it as a sign that the team was headed in the right direction.

“That (the support) has been fantastic. For all the venues that we have played, for all the social media likes and stuff that people have given us, we as a team really appreciate it.”

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