Can't be an elite team with this preparation: Shai Hope

After crashing out of the qualification race for the 2023 World Cup, West Indies captain Shai Hope has asked for better preparation from his side. West Indies's seven-wicket loss to Scotland was their third defeat on the bounce, rendering them out of contention even before playing all their games in the Super Six stage. It will be the first time that the West Indies won't be part of the 50-over World Cup.

"It starts from the foundation, preparation needs to be better. That's from back home," Hope said in the post-match presentation after the match. "So, yeah, it starts from there. We can't just expect to wake up one morning and be a great team. There's a lot of things that we need to focus on. And yeah, we need to control what we can control. Right now, we are here playing cricket, and we need to make sure we give our all to the West Indian fans."

Fielding was one of West Indies' major pain points in the tournament and Hope admitted so.

"Fielding is an attitude thing," Hope said. "The effort needs to remain regardless of what's happening and I don't think we gave 100 percent every single time. We did it in patches but we need to improve that.

"Catches will be dropped and misfields will happen, that's a part of the game but I feel that we did not give 100% effort every time, we did it in patches."

Batting at the start against the new ball was another area to improve that Hope highlighted. "We knew conditions would be in the bowlers' favour and every captain would have elected to field first. We needed to find ways to negate the early morning movement but we can't look at the past, we have to look forward and find ways to get better," Hope said.

"I always believe the talent is there, no question, but we need to make sure we transfer that talent into consistent performances. They [Scotland] played very well, credit to them, they were disciplined and we can learn from that."