In June, Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies’ highest-ranked one-day batter and one of the finest Twenty20 players in the world, announced his international retirement at the age of 29. It left many in shock, but it shouldn’t have done: it simply continued a trend of players opting to pursue more lucrative contracts in domestic cricket.

Describing West Indies cricket as a “public good”, the prime ministers have called for Cricket West Indies (CWI) “to undertake a thorough and transparent review of its governance, leadership, management, economic models and development frameworks, underpinning the sport”.