Lara, Lloyd and Richards called into emergency talks after West Indies disaster

Kingston: A full-blown cricket crisis has erupted in the Caribbean following a humiliating batting collapse against Australia in Kingston, with Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow calling an emergency meeting involving three of the game’s most iconic batsmen in Sir Vivian Richards, Brian Lara and Sir Clive Lloyd.

The West Indies endured one of the darkest days in their cricketing history when they were rolled for just 27 in 14.3 overs in the third Test, with seven players making ducks.

Mitchell Starc finished with extraordinary figures of 6-9, while Scott Boland became just the 10th Australian man to claim a Test hat-trick.

In a statement released on Tuesday - a day after West Indies slumped to their third consecutive Test defeat in the Frank Worrell Trophy - Shallow said the result was unacceptable.

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