The former West Indies great, in an interview with BBC World Service, said the domestic structure needed improving and called for more A team tours.

He said: "We have one or two good little guys but too many are learning the game on the job, so to speak."

He also bemoaned the fact that so few current players were being given the chance to perform in county cricket.

Lloyd said almost every other Test nation was well represented in the English domestic game, except West Indies.

"Maybe [the counties] don't think their cricket is good enough," he said.

"Something our players should think about is being a winner - then you win all round.

"When we were winning everyone wanted our players, now we are not winning anything, nobody wants our players.

"Winning, like losing, is contagious and nobody wants to be involved in West Indies cricket if we're not winning.

"When playing in different conditions against different types of bowlers, you learn to be more professional and have more discipline - that's what county cricket is all about."

But there were also solutions closer to home, he insisted.

"We need to be working towards some more A team cricket and we have to strengthen our domestic cricket," said Lloyd.

"We need to get coaches who have a good track record into our game and singing from the same hymn sheet."