MOHALI, India (CMC): Head coach Desmond Haynes believes Barbados Tridents have done themselves and the entire Caribbean proud despite their elimination from the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

The Barbados-based outfit, who represented the region after winning the Caribbean Premier League, suffered their third straight defeat against Hobart Hurricanes yesterday at the PCA Stadium, but Haynes said they were not outplayed nor disgraced.

"One thing we demonstrated here in this tournament was to show the world that we are good enough and West Indies cricket is on the up," Haynes said after the game.

"We showed the people around the world, especially in India, that we can play and we can play well. Very few people expected us to be as competitive as we have been. I will repeat, that I believe West Indies cricket, especially in this format is pretty strong."

Barbados suffered close defeats to King's XI Punjab and South Africa's Cape Cobras in their first two matches. On Sunday they went under by six wickets to Hobart Hurricanes. They will play their final match against Northern Knights of New Zealand tomorrow in Bangalore.

"In the first two games we came up short by about 10 to 20 runs - the wickets for those games the wicket was much better than tonight . I found the ball was holding up a bit in this match, but we didn't bat well today and that basically cost us the match."