Support the new captain, says Ganga

Daren Ganga, the West Indies batsman, has urged the entire Caribbean to unite behind whoever is chosen as the new captain.

He is among the candidates to succeed Shivnarine Chanderpaul, having led Trinidad and Tobago to victory in the Carib Beer Series final. He told the BBC: "We need to come together and support one individual who's going to take our team forward. When that happens, then we're going to start the turnaround."

Chanderpaul resigned the captaincy earlier this month after an unsuccessful year in charge, during which West Indies lost all of the 14 Tests they played and 14 of the 16 one-day internationals.

But a decision on who should be the new skipper has been delayed because of another contracts dispute between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board. "Time is of the essence. It's how quickly we rise above what has happened in the past in terms of the strikes and contract disputes . . . we've got to realise that what is most important is West Indies cricket.

"When we come to thinking about that, then we're moving in the right direction. All the players are very eager. We're sick of going on tours and losing matches. We don't want to play every series and end up on the losing end," said Ganga. "What the administrators and what the supporters need to understand is we all need to work together as one and no one is fighting against each other.

"It's a total or common consensus we need to come to and that is giving the support and making the right decision for West Indies cricket. We're definitely going to be making some money from the World Cup being here, so we need to put things in place and ensure that even after World Cup we put ourselves in good shape in terms of the quality of our cricket and our facilities."