Where now for West Indies cricket after World T20 triumph?

Captain Darren Sammy attacks the West Indies Cricket Board after team's thrilling win over England

Marlon Samuels
(Image credit: 2016 Getty Images)

Ben Stokes may not agree, but the West Indies stunning victory against England in the World T20 tournament in India has been hailed as the best thing that could have happened for cricket in general and Caribbean cricket in particular.

The Windies won the final in the most thrilling manner, with Carlos Brathwaite smashing four successive sixes in the last over to rescue what had appeared to be a lost cause and destroy England's hopes of glory.

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