Ricky Skerritt, the Cricket West Indies president, has promised a "thorough postmortem" in a scathing assessment of the team's early exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup.

In a statement posted on CWI's website and on Twitter, Skerritt laid the blame firmly at the feet of West Indies' batters, saying their poor shot selection and failure against spin was key to the two-time champions bowing out in the first round of the tournament in Australia.

"I am deeply disappointed with the performance results of our team in Australia and I appreciate the sense of utter frustration that is being experienced by many," Skerritt's statement said. "The ongoing inability of our batsmen to prevail over opposing slow bowling continued to be an obvious weakness in Australia, and untimely shot selections seem to be deeply embedded in the T20 batting culture of our senior team."

West Indies have lost six of the eight matches they have played in T20 World Cups since their 2016 final triumph in India.

Skerritt went on to say that he was determined to find a solution to West Indies' slide.

"I want to assure stakeholders that a thorough postmortem will be carried out on all aspects of our World Cup preparation and performance and that solutions will be found in keeping with CWI's strategy to improve the quality and sustainability of cricket on all fronts, and in all formats.

"West Indies cricket is bigger than any one individual or event and continues to need the input and support of all stakeholders."