Cricket West Indies (CWI) has appointed Miles Bascombe as its new director of cricket on a three-year contract.

He will take over from Jimmy Adams effective August 1, assuming a role Adams has been in for the past six years. The appointment was made at a board of directors meeting Friday (June 30), at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.

Bascombe, 37, played one T20 International for the West Indies in 2011 and played first-class cricket between 2007 and 2017 for both the Windward Islands and the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and is a certified coach.

Bascombe, who was a CWI Men’s Selector between 2019 and 2021, has been the technical director at the Windward Islands Cricket Board over the last two years. Under his technical leadership, there have been a remarkable turnaround of fortunes for both male and female cricket across different levels, including an unbeaten first-class season in 2023.

Johnny Grave, chief executive at CWI, in commenting on the appointment explains, “following a thorough recruitment process, Miles stood out to the panel with his skills, experience and intimate knowledge of our cricket system, especially territorial board level. His passion and understanding of the game at all levels are outstanding. He is a critical thinker with a strong analytical and strategic mindset, which will be hugely beneficial to us as we embark on formulating our new four-year strategic plan. I have no doubt he will hit the ground running and will relish the challenge before us to develop higher standards and better structures within our cricket system.”

In his reply Bascombe said, “West Indies Cricket is at a critical stage with an urgent need to improve performances. We have made significant progress with establishing a central high-performance system that now needs to be rolled out across all of our territories. I am looking forward to working as a member of the CWI senior leadership team and closely with the territorial boards to bring about the necessary improvements that I am confident will lead to more success by implementing a robust system based on achieving world-class standards and by driving a winning culture.”

Graeme West, CWI high performance manager, will act as the interim director of cricket until Bascombe takes up his new role on August 1.