The West Indies board president wants more scenes like this

Dr Julian Hunte said said that recent events have made it clear that if the West Indies team does not improve its performances it runs the risk of being put in a special category with the other two lowest ranked teams- Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

He's also said that a board meeting later this month will deal specifically with what he has dubbed "a crisis in West Indies cricket".

There's been a mixed reaction to the warning.

Is it really all that bad?

Former West Indies bowler Andy Roberts feels Mr Hunte is going slightly over the top as the team hasn't been performing "too badly" in recent test matches.

	WICB President Julian Hunte presents Shivnarine Chanderpaul with man-of-the-match award

“The rest of the world isn’t that far ahead of West Indies at all”, the former paceman told BBC Caribbean.

“Look around, England just got beaten 5-0 by Australia. Is anybody saying anything about putting England into a second tier?”

Andy Roberts also says the current players should not have to carry the weight of the blame for how the team is performing.

“You have to blame our system,” he declared.

Mr Hunte says the West Indies players are about the third best paid in the world, but are currently ranked eighth.

Essentially he's saying they aren't providing value for money.

This argument is supported by Former President of the Barbados Cricket Association, Tony Marshall.

But Mr Marshal says he shudders to conceive of the idea of the West Indies playing in a second division of world cricket.

“It would be soul-destroying to every West Indian cricket fan and every West Indian I believe.

“But, I understand what (Mr) Hunte is saying and he is sending a strong signal and a stern warning to players that they cannot continue to lose and think that all is well.”

Create history or be history

Mr Hunte says he wants a reform in regional cricket from the ground up, and he wants done quickly so the team can move up the world rankings and avoid a relegation threat.

But can there be a quick turn around?

“No!” says BBC Caribbean reporter, columnist and cricket enthusiast, Tony Fraser.

“Dr Julian Hunte cannot continue doing the same things that have been done by succeeding boards and managers and captains for the last decade and more and expect the result to be different,” he said.

However Tony concedes: “There is no magic that would bring West Indies cricket back to the top.”

But Mr Hunte is adamant.

He says if the West Indies standards aren't improved quickly, the side will go from a team that made history to a one that has become history.

	Brian Lara wants one stadium devoted to training

And former West Indies captain Brian Lara has suggested that one of the stadiums built for the 2007 Cricket World Cup should be set aside as a training facility.

Listen to Brian Lara

He made the suggestion while receiving the Order of Caricom Award for services to cricket, at the annual Caricom Heads of Government summit in Antigua this week.