The Western Indies, either out of the rhythm in the International cricket of Men and Women in recent times, will now expect to benefit from what CWI has called an “innovative exploration system and promoted by data destined to identify and develop the best talent in Crickt throughout the region “.
The system will involve superior talent managers, territorial talent identifiers and a network of explorers that combine “to provide a structured and analytical approach for the identification of talent.” With the Western Indies Championship as their first important task, the exploration team will ensure that each performance is trace, analyzed and report, creating a clear route for emerging cricket players to progress to the highest levels. “
“We are moving beyond just trusting what we see in the scoring tables. This system ensures that the actions are seen with context and with an approach to the skills sets shown, the tactical insight and consciousness of the game of the game “said Cwi director of Crickt Miles Bascombe. “We are collecting data in real time, analyzing performance consistently and making informed decisions about the development of players.”
The key responsibilities of territorial talent identifiers are:
“The players in the region will now be seen and evaluated by multiple talent identification agents, resulting in a compilation of more information and better balanced data on performance,” said Bascombe. “With this responsibility metric, our network of explorers ensures that no talent goes unnoticed.
“We are moving towards a new era of the selection based on data roles that will have domain effects on our cricket system in the way players prepare for the way we measure performance. In addition, it allows us to examine the deficits in players and to optimize through our high performance framework.
The latest edition of the Western Western Championship of First Class already has a round, but will run until April 2025 and will take 24 more games with eight teams on the island: Barbados, Combined Campus and Universities, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Academy of Western Indies and Barlovento Islands.
“The Western Indies Championship is where we hope to see our next generation of trial crickets arises,” said Bascombe. “With this new system, we will have more eyes in the players than ever and clarity about what we are looking for. This ensures that selection methods are consistent over time and are based on merit and ideas backed by data.”