Collymore signs (Kolpak) Sussex deal

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:47:00 GMT

Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Corey Collymore has signed for Sussex as a Kolpak on a one-year contract.

Collymore replaces Australian Ryan Harris, who was embroiled in a contractual farce last month. He originally joined the club as a Kolpak but, during Sussex's first match of the season against Hampshire, Harris signed a three-year deal with Queensland.

Drakes lands UAE coaching job

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:01:11 GMT

Former West Indies all-rounder Vasbert Drakes has been appointed as the new coach of the UAE cricket team.

"Drakes will replace Kabir Khan as the next coach. Khan wanted to attend a Level-4 coaching course in Scotland and had stepped down," said Mazhar Khan, the administrator of the Emirates Cricket Board.

Rampaul signs for Ireland

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:57:19 GMT

Trinidad & Tobago fast bowler Ravi Rampaul has been signed to appear as an overseas player for the Ireland national squad.

Rampaul is expected to appear in next weekend’s Friends Provident Trophy double header away to Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The 23-year-old, who has taken 25 wickets in 30 ODIs for the West Indies, is Ireland national coach Phil Simmons' belated choice as overseas professional for the remaining seven games in the one-day competition against the counties.

At the feet of history

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:32:51 GMT

by VANEISA BAKSH

Writing in the Business Guardian about the period of West Indies cricket dominance and Trinidad and Tobago dominance in the field of natural gas monetisation, Anthony Wilson argued that we failed to appreciate the true greatness of our endeavours and thus missed their lessons.

We did not analyse processes sufficiently and never tried to model future projects on them, he said, and so, we frittered away our inheritance.

Bravo snags IPL deal

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:59:37 GMT

Dwayne Bravo is the latest West Indies cricketer to ink a deal to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament.

The Trinidad and Tobago allrounder will be joining the Mumbai Indians squad to replace the injured Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga.

Stanford offers $100 million for five T20s

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:55:59 GMT

Texas-based billionaire Allen Stanford has offered the England board a staggering US$100 million for five Twenty20 matches in five years against a West Indies all-star side.

Stanford held talks with David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, earlier this week where he offered $20 million for a match between England and a West Indies all-star team to coincide with the Independence Day in Antigua on November 1. If the match takes place, it will be the most expensive cricket match ever played

A time of firsts

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:54 GMT

by VANEISA BAKSH

Shivnarine Chanderpaul said he intended to give Marlon Samuels a start when they came together with the score at 18 for three in the last One-Day International. His plan was to help Samuels emerge from the dry patch he had been suffering throughout the entire series, and he made it clear he felt that with the right support Samuels could go on to do well which would help to ease him out of the difficult period he had been facing.

It was a powerful act of mentoring because it provided the precise kind of nurturing that Samuels needed to get him out of the dismal bed he had made for himself.

Richie backs ODI whitewash

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:33:30 GMT

Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson is backing the West Indies to execute a clean sweep of the Digicel One Day Series against Sri Lanka by winning the Third Digicel One Day International at the Beausejour Cricket Ground tomorrow.

"I believe they will win this match tomorrow and complete the clean sweep and go on to play Australia and do well against them," said Richardson while speaking exclusively to DigicelCricket.com.

Bravo: We had a chance with Shiv

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:11:10 GMT

Man of the match and West Indies all rounder Dwayne Bravo said that though the team is pleased to be in the winner's row after their nail biting last ball victory in the First Digicel One Day International there is still much work to be done in order to improve.

"We're happy with the win but there is a lot to improve on. We have to go back to the drawing board, have a good practice session and look to seal the series on Saturday," Bravo said shortly after the one wicket win which was achieved from the final delivery of the match when Shivnarine Chanderpaul (62*) hit a six to score the required runs to take the West Indies to 236 for 9, overhauling Sri Lanka's 235 for 7.

Chanderpaul: I had to fire

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:07:32 GMT

Shivnarine Chanderpaul proved again he is "Mr Reliable" in the West Indies team as he fired the last two balls for a four and six to give West Indies a sensational win over Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Digicel One-Day Series.

The left-handed stalwart hit a brilliant 62 not out off 63 balls to guide the Windies to 236-9 off the last ball, in reply to Sri Lanka's 235-7 off 50 overs before a large and vocal crowd at Queen's Park Oval on Thursday.

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