The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Cameron doubts West Indies will make Champions Trophy

Sun, Jul 26, '15

 

WICB Under Scrutiny

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron said there was a 90 per cent chance that the regional side would not qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England.

Speaking to the local media in Guyana last week, Cameron said “I must say to you that we're probably 90 per cent sure that we're not going to make it to the Champions Trophy at this point in time.”

“It's part and parcel of not performing year in, year out that we've found ourselves in this position. All we can say is that all our programmes have to be geared towards making West Indies cricket better. I don't think if you try to do stop-gap measures by going to the Champions Trophy that serves anything at this point in time,” he added.

The WICB president also noted that the Tri-series involving Zimbabwe and Pakistan was not totally signed off on.

ESPNcricinfo quote "Zimbabwe had also floated an idea for a tri-series involving West Indies, but with Pakistan qualifying for the Champions Trophy, the PCB seems to have had a change of heart, leaving Zimbabwe to scrap their plan. Zimbabwe Cricket did not respond to ESPNcricinfo's queries."