Deandra Dottin has warned the West Indies to get their house in order quickly or risk things “not ending well”.

According to ESPN Cricifo, Dottin appeared recently on the Ladies Who Switch podcast, where she made an impassioned plea for players to be better respected and resourced.

She believes the Board has a lot of work to do for the game to improve in the Caribbean.

She said, “It has a lot to do with the board, how they handle stuff and how they handle players and how they actually speak to players. Certain people take things different, so it is a lot of work that West Indies Cricket will need to be done and I think they need to do it as fast as possible because it’s not going to end well for West Indies Cricket or cricket in the Caribbean.”

She went on to say, “You will see a player come into West Indies Cricket and then you actually see they disappear. It’s probably because of their fitness or whatever the case may be, but in that case, if I’m seeing you struggling with something, then I want to help, I would want to help you in order for you to get better to play West Indies Cricket. But my thing is that it’s basically like you’re getting what you want out of me and then you just throw me aside.”

Dottin also believes lessons can be learned from other cricket boards: “They need to take a leaf out of Australia and English books, where they have players that when they see potential in them they develop them from whatever stage they are, so that when they actually get into that senior level it’s like they have played there before.”

Dottin shocked many when she announced her retirement from international cricket one year ago, but said she has had “no second thoughts” about the decision.