Should an apology be sent TO the West Indies authorities? I think they and the ICC share a big chunk of the blame.
16 nations should be able to conclude a World cup in less than 6 weeks. Football had 32 nations competing over 1 calendar month.
Banning drums and instruments was ridiculous and missed the point of playing in the West Indies - proven by the fact the organisers backed down in the last few matches,
One of other reasons for playing in the Caribbean was re invigorate cricket in the region - yet the locals were priced out of the tournament, leading to half empty stadiums filled with deafening silence, Silly rules seem to damage every tournament now whether it is a cola drink banning any rival products or security procedures meaning there are still queues outside the ground halfway through the first innings.
$300 million spent on building stadiums which in the future are more likely to be used for football than cricket. Jamaica borrowed heavily from the Chinese government - I don't know what the political ramifications of that will be.
One of the best comments came from Jon Agnew in the early stages of the tournament - he said something along the lines of "What the ICC don't seem to realise - Yes they could earn more more money by doing 'XYZ' but should they?"
Finally I doubt any tournament could have witnessed the death of Bob Woolmer during it and not be overshadowed. The fallout from that is far from over with toxicology tests unofficially announced as positive. I said it just after he died - cricket is eating itself.
Still the English county cricket season is well under way. and we are only 2 weeks off the First Test against the West Indies!