“To be honest, it’s not one thing [I can] put my finger on. We definitely need to look at all the areas,” Hope said when asked if he knew where West Indies fell short. “Certainly, I felt we let ourselves down here in the entire tournament. But yeah, we need to look at the way we start our innings [and] definitely the fielding.”

“I probably have to say [it’s] the mindset – fielding is really and truly an attitude, in my opinion, and I think we need to give a bigger effort, especially with the attitude,” Hope said. “Catches will be dropped, misfields will happen, it’s part of the game, but the effort needs to remain. I don’t think we gave that 100% effort every single time. We did it in patches, but we certainly need to improve in that.”

Against Scotland, West Indies lost the toss and were asked to bat. They were 30 for 4 inside seven overs, as the Scotland quicks – led by Brandon McMullen – struck at will, almost, and then reached 81 for 6, their top-six batters gone, in the 21st over. There was a fightback after that, but not one of note.

“We knew the conditions were definitely in the bowlers’ favour; the toss is really crucial here – we see every single captain [that] wins the toss elects to field first,” Hope said. “So we need to find ways to negate that early-morning movement. [But] again, we can’t really look at the past, we need to look at ways to move forward and get better.

“We know there’s two more games left. We need to find a way to bounce back, finish the tournament positively at least.

“We need to make sure we transfer the talent [back home] into consistent performances and that’s the only way we can rise in the rankings.”