WI need to follow England's footsteps to build team for 2023 WC: Brathwaite

Swashbuckling all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite believes West Indies need to follow in the footsteps of England and rebuild the team over the next four years after failing to make the semi-finals at the ongoing World Cup.

After starting with a bang against Pakistan, West Indies ended their campaign with a 23-run win over minnows Afghanistan to register only their second win in the tournament.

"As a team, we need to regroup. We have some time off, some aching bodies will get time to recuperate and then it's about finding ways and combinations to compete and win series," Brathwaite said.

"Hopefully we can take that winning mentality into the next World Cup. If you look at 2015 and what England did after the World Cup, they have built straight up to the 2019 World Cup and it's paying dividends.

"I don't know off the field what the plans are for the 2023 World Cup but I think it's something we need to look at and build towards that."
"Sheldon Cottrell had a fantastic tournament and at times like these it's easy to let those things go missing. But as a team we came together, we highlighted the guys that we thought had good performances and the guys that didn't will take the lessons and come back from it so we can start to win bilateral series leading up to the next World Cup."
"Regardless of what happens in any team we have to go out there and play cricket."
"In a tournament like this you have to play your best game each game. If you muck up you are basically out of the tournament."