West Indies’ desperate search for fast bowlers, futile since the exit of Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh at the start of the 21st century, has been reactivated.

At their recent meeting in Barbados, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) directors charged the cricket committee to have another go at coming up with suggestions of how “to prioritise the development of fast bowlers in the region and for the West Indies team, recognising that the majority of the overs in regional tournaments are bowled by spinners and is impacting negatively on the production of fast bowlers for the West Indies team”.