Caribbean leaders urge region...

From page 32 requires a desire to fight, to believe, to win. To saunter through to defeat is unacceptable. Playing for West Indies must be a treasured privilege available only to the best that are prepared to show character in defence of our legacy and our pride.”

Skerrit told reporters that the regional leaders met with the West Indies Cricket President Kishore Shallow “and we have agreed with the President of the West Indies Cricket to meet sometime next week, where we shall need to discuss how we can work together.”

Skerrit also announced that the leaders had taken a decision to name Prime

Minister Rowley as the new chairman of the Prime Ministerial subcommittee and the discussions with West Indies Cricket were to determine “how we can work together to better position our cricket in the Caribbean, in the West Indies so that we can come back to the to the glorious days …”

“I still believe that we have to rally around the West Indies,” Skerrit said, adding “the reality is we do not want to lose and we do not like to lose and when we lose we get vex …”

Dominica will host the first Test of the Indian tour of the Caribbean later this month and Skerrit urged everyone to back the regional team.