ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr Kishore Shallow has maintained that there is no intention to fire West Indies Head Coach Daren Sammy, despite his losing record since taking charge of all formats earlier this year.

The 41-year-old Sammy, who was appointed all-format coach in April, has faced mounting pressure following a string of bad results.

Since then, the West Indies were swept by Australia (0-3) and India (0-2) in their Test series and have won just six of their last 18 Twenty20 Internationals and three of their nine One-Day Internationals.

However, speaking during an exclusive interview on Isports i95.5 FM on Thursday, Shallow said Sammy’s job would not hinge on the results of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand.

“I don’t think that whether we win this series or not will be a result of the current composition of our selection system. It is not, because before each series if we go across and ask across the region if it is the correct squad chosen for the tour, most people will be in agreement, so clearly that is not the issue.

“And even if a player is unavailable due to injury, you can’t blame a selector for that either and we are without two of our leading fast bowlers in the current Test series against New Zealand in Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph,” Shallow said.

“So, we understand the issue and you won’t get a knee-jerk reaction from me, because I understand fully well what it takes for us to be successful consistently, but we have to address the fundamental deficiencies in our system which we haven’t done well over the years.”

Shallow admitted, though, that he was less than impressed by the team’s recent performances.

However, he said CWI was fully aware of what needed to be done to improve West Indies cricket and was in the process of doing so.

“We haven’t seen the sort of performances and I would be the very first to put up my hand and say I’m not pleased with the young team’s performance, but this isn’t anything new. We’ve been inconsistent at best with our performances, meaning we haven’t been doing well.

“Whenever we’ve been performing, and we see glimpses of brilliance we’ve been inconsistent in that case,” Shallow said.

“But it goes back about three decades now, so it is not new. I said from the very start that it is not an overnight fix for West Indies cricket…We are not going to produce the results that we are dying for, that we have been waiting for almost impatiently.

“We know our talent, and we’ve been here before where we have gained a little success that we believe that we can return there. I have no doubt that we can return there but it takes now the implementation of systems and infrastructure across the region and stabilising our financial situation,” he added.

SHALLOW…we understand the issue and you won’t get a knee-jerk reaction from me.