Adams takes over from Pybus
Wed, Dec 14, '16
Englishman Richard Pybus is no longer the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director of cricket. The position has been given to former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams.
Adams, a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career, will now have as his head coach the Australian Stuart Law, who takes up the position which was left vacant by T&T’s Phil Simmons after he was fired by the WICB back in September.
The decision to fill these two critical positions were taken at the weekend at the WICB’s final quarterly meeting which took place in St Maarten.
Pybus, 52, who created waves in the Caribbean with some of his decisions, did not seek to have his contract renewed and the directors of the board saw it a good fit for Adams.
The Jamaican quit his position at Kent earlier this year after serving five seasons between 2012 and October 2016 as coach, to make himself available for either the position of director of cricket or that of head coach of the West Indies team.
