Manager of the West Indies cricket team Ricky Skerritt has conceded the regional side lack professionalism.

However, he has dismissed the belief that indiscipline is rampant among team members, declaring discipline to be the best it has been for the past four years.

"If you said to me that we have several young players who are not professional enough or they are not learning the game of cricket as fast as we want them to, I would agree, but to say they are not disciplined is a gross exaggeration," Skerritt said in an interview in Trinidad where the second Test against England starts today.

Lots of players, he pointed out, enter the West Indies senior team lacking the necessary professionalism for the international arena and this must be addressed.

"We need to create more professional environments all around West Indies cricket so that players arriving at this level are already indoctrinated with the discipline that is required."

Skerritt's comments followed an investigation into the conduct of four West Indies players seen in the Red Stripe Mound Party Stand after Sunday's collapse for 47 in the first Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica.

He admitted it was a "senseless and immature" decision by those players to visit the Mound but noted it didn't mean the problem with the team is that they have a "party mentality". He has submitted a report to the West Indies Cricket Board on the matter.

"People learn and grow from their mistakes," he conitnued. "I'm expecting that a lot of growth and learning will take place as a result of what happened on Sunday."