{"id":512724,"date":"2026-03-01T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512724\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:13:08","slug":"statement-from-the-president-of-cricket-west-indies-dr-the-hon-kishore-shallow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512724\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from the President of Cricket West Indies Dr. The Hon. Kishore Shallow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/f8a09420-572a-4b5f-95f4-7ab58be7af5e.width-800.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8e1lg\">On behalf of Cricket West Indies, I extend warm congratulations to Shai Hope and our team for a commendable campaign at the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"10u3p\">While we are disappointed that our journey concluded at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against the India national cricket team, the tournament as a whole reflected growth, belief and togetherness. Winning five of seven matches and advancing to the Super 8s is a testament to the preparation and commitment of this group.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9131f\">Most encouraging was the spirit of resolve and fight displayed throughout the competition, a spirit that was needed more than ever. That determination and pride in representing the region strengthened confidence across the Caribbean and reminded us of the character of West Indies cricket.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"65s7v\">Today, we are proud of our men in maroon and appreciative of the dedication of the backroom team led by Head Coach Daren Sammy. Their collective effort has laid a strong foundation for the work ahead.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5m7qh\">We will regroup, we will work, and we will compete again with even greater unity and purpose.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3cmag\">Rally Round the West Indies, now and forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On behalf of Cricket West Indies, I extend warm congratulations to Shai Hope and our team for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-512724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}