WICB on Sarwan: Indifferent attitude, unsatisfactory fitness

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:38:44 GMT

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has issued the following statement to clarify the reasons Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor and Narsingh Deonarine were not considered for retainer contracts:

WICB explains CLT20 participation fee issue

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:51:20 GMT

In response to several media queries, the WICB issues the following clarifications to two points raised in a WIPA press release issued on Wednesday August 11th.

WIPA: Guyanese team kept in the dark

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:47:58 GMT

The following is a statement from the West Indies Players' Association:

WIPA shares the Guyanese players concern about being kept in the dark about the arrangements for their participation in the forthcoming Airtel CLT20 scheduled for September 2010 in South Africa.

The WICB has announced that it intends to retain one third of the participation fee of 500K.
WIPA is unaware of any other Board retaining any part of the Participation Fee. WIPA is of the view that retaining such a large sum could have a direct negative impact on Guyanese cricket and its players. In fact, WIPA understands that no monies were deducted from the TTCB for last year’s participation.

No Ws in Cricinfo's all-time West Indies XI

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:32:14 GMT

A jury of West Indian cricket commentators including Tony Becca and Fazeer Mohammed have selected CricInfo's All-time XI West Indies team, "The Invincibles". Consisting of Greenidge, Hunte, Headley, Richards, Lara, Sobers, Marshal, Hendriks, Holding, Ambrose, and Gibbs, there was apparently no room for any of the three Ws. Richards, Headley, and Sobers were all selected unanimously.

T&T pummel Canada in T20 opener

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:15:19 GMT

Stanford Twenty20 champions Trinidad and Tobago opened the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean T20 with a crushing nine wicket win at Kensington Oval in Barbados yesterday. Batting in reply to Canada's 110, Adrian Barath scored an unbeaten 66 from 47 deliveries.

CricInfo has the scorecard and a bulletin.

Football trumps Cricket

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:46:01 GMT

Journal entry by Michelle McDonald at Kensington Oval, Barbados

Sunday 27 June 2010, 1:03pm, Media Centre: Just arrived here. Place dead. Usual media suspects though. Wonder how many of them wished they could be home watching Formula 1, then football later? Probably won’t get any player to interview, so will probably do an article about what, if anything, the BCA could have done to attract more spectators into the ground.

'I have nothing to lose'

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:41:04 GMT

Recalled opening batsman, Barbadian Dale Richards, says that he views his latest opportunity with the West Indies Test side as a case of “nothing to lose”.

Speaking with the media prior to the Windies training session on Thursday afternoon at Kensington Oval – where the Third Digicel Test will commence on Saturday – Richards said that at his stage of his career he is not taking on pressures he experienced when he was younger.

WICB launches Twenty20 tournament

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:13:39 GMT

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Thursday announced the details for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament which will be played from July 22 to 31. The tournament, which will form part of the annual WICB calendar, will have the first phase played in Barbados (July 22 to 25) with the second phase in Trinidad (July 28 to 31).

Eight teams will be involved in the Caribbean T20. The West Indies territorial teams: Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands will be joined by an international team. There is a huge incentive to win the Caribbean T20, with the leading regional team going on to represent the West Indies at the Airtel Champions League in South Africa in September.

Brendan Nash: 'We're sick of losing'

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:58:42 GMT

West Indies middle order batsman, Brendan Nash, has said that he and his teammates are tired of losing and will use the Digicel Test Series against South Africa as another stepping stone to return to winning ways in Test cricket.

Hilaire as whistle-blower

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:17:44 GMT

At the recently concluded annual conference of the Caribbean Studies Association in Barbados, Dr. Ernest Hilaire, CEO of the WICB, spoke with great passion and verve about our West Indies cricket team, echoing all the pride and disappointments West Indians have felt for the team over the years. His thoughts were sincere and offered in a constructive manner with a view to strengthening the team and enhancing our collective pride. Alas, there are those who prefer to bury their heads in the sand, to blame individual board members or individual cricketers for the long drought we have been experiencing.

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