The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Mixed reaction on the Bravo issue

Sun, Oct 16, '16

by KEITH HOLDER

Commentary

Mixing the bitter with the sweet can be very hilarious.

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that I would be such a “champion” in writing about Dwayne Bravo in last week’s column.

So as a fellow Libran, I am inviting the chirpy Trinidad & Tobago and West Indies all-rounder to add a couple verses to his popular song with the words – Keith Holder a champion, Stephon Nicholas a champion, Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) a champion, along with all of those who either praised or blasted me on the various websites and social media.

In my opinion, Sports Editor Stephon Nicholas wrote the most interesting story in the Trinidad & Tobago Newsday on October 11, under the headline “Just Play Ball”.

I quote: “Over the weekend, the TTCB sent out an email under the heading “Big Bird Slams Bravo” which carried a link to a story published in Barbados TODAY entitled: ‘Time to move on from the Dwayne Bravos’.

“The article, written by Keith Holder, criticised Bravo for leading “a pull-out midway through the tour of India over player-payment issues” but fails to mention that the very Task Force commissioned by the WICB to investigate the circumstances surrounding the scandalous incident in October 2014 found the WICB and West Indies Players Association (WIPA) principally culpable for what transpired and not the players.

read the full article at Barbados Today