MELBOURNE, April 13: The West Indies may have made a concerted effort to build infrastructure for the World Cup but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is unimpressed and feels the training facilities in the Caribbean continue to be the ‘worst in the world’.

“Since I was here for the first time, in 1995, that's 12 years of touring here, training facilities have always been the worst in the world by a long, long way,” Ponting was quoted as saying by The Australian.

“I have been on tours here where you could hardly practise between Test matches. You might train up on the Test venue and have a few throw downs on the outfield and that was just about as much as you could do,” he added.

Ponting said it was important that the West Indies continued to work on their infrastructure as it was crucial to their chances of reviving cricket in the country.

“Once they get those facilities in place, they will start attracting more kids to the game and their first-class teams will be able to train and prepare better.”

“This will bring on better players and their national team will be able to get some great quality preparation as well,” he explained.—Agencies