"I may come out of international retirement": Dwayne Bravo hails West Indies' first ODI series win since 2014 over Afghanistan

As the Windies end a five-year wait for victory in a bilateral 50-over series, the allrounder has taken aim at former board president Dave Cameron

Dwayne Bravo is eyeing a return to international cricket with West Indies after hailing the country's first one-day international series win in five years.

The Windies ended their long wait after victory by 47 runs in the second ODI against Afghanistan gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Not since beating Bangladesh in 2014 have they won a bilateral 50-over duel, ending a run of 15 successive series without success.

Bravo, now 36, retired from all forms of international cricket last year though has not appeared for his country since 2016. He played 40 Tests, 162 ODIs and 6 T20Is during his career.

Perhaps tongue-in-cheek, Bravo has indicated he would be willing to return to the fold if required following evidence that the change in structure behind the scenes is proving fruitful.

"Congratulations to the team," he said. "It has been five years since we have not won an ODI series and the boys have now done this.

"I am a former West Indies cricketer but I may soon come out of international retirement. Let me tell you all that you can't think that West Indies cricket is now back to where we want it to be.

"What we have here are the right people in the right places and we are pointing in the right direction.

“The longest rope in the world has an end and it is good to see.

^{Dave Cameron was replaced as president in March after six years at the helm}

“These are the same play­ers but what you have dif­fer­ent now is that there is a change at the very top and this has caused a lot of pos­i­tives.

“The neg­a­tiv­i­ty that sur­round­ed West In­dies crick­et is no longer there and we are look­ing for­ward to tak­ing West In­dies crick­et back to the top. Again, con­grat­u­la­tions to the team and keep go­ing from strength to strength.”

In March, controversial WI Board president Dave Cameron's six-year spell was ended following the appointment of Ricky Skerritt.

Despite several on-field successes, Cameron constantly fell-out with senior players, leading to Bravo instigating a squad walkout which resulted in the cancellation of the tour of India in 2014. 

Changes behind the scenes, including the appointment of Phil Simmons as head coach, means there is plenty to be optimistic about going forward.

“The vin­dic­tive­ness, the jeal­ousy, the bad mind and the at­ti­tude that I am the boss," added Bravo. "You all know who I am talk­ing about.

“Have a clean heart, a clean mind, be re­spect­ful and have the right at­ti­tude for the peo­ple of the Caribbean.

"Mr (Kieron) Pol­lard, Ja­son Hold­er and coach Phil Sim­mons have the per­fect op­por­tu­ni­ty to turn West In­dies crick­et around for the West In­dies peo­ple who have been suf­fer­ing over the last cou­ple of years.

“The last five years were the worst for West In­dies crick­et and just a few peo­ple with egos and bad in­ten­tions try­ing their best dis­rupt the play­ers.”