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HEADLINE: Jason Holder appointed West Indies ODI Captain

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2014-12-20 17:22:33 


ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that all-rounder Jason Holder has been appointed West Indies One Day International Captain. The 23-year-old Holder takes over from Dwayne Bravo.

WICB thanked Bravo for his service to West Indies cricket in the capacity of the ODI Captain after taking over from Darren Sammy a year ago. The recommendation for transition of the captaincy role was made by the Clive Lloyd chaired Selection Panel and was approved by the Board of Directors.

Lloyd said that Holder’s appointment was with an eye to the future.

“Jason is one of the good, young players who we believe will form part of the long-term future of West Indies Cricket. We expect him to be around for a very long time. He is a young man with a very bright future. We have invested in him. He was part of High Performance Centre and he also played for the West Indies Under-19 Team and the West Indies A Team,” Lloyd said.

“He has played ODIs for the West Indies before and has done well. We know he will continue to grow and demonstrate leadership. He has a very good cricketing brain and has the makings of a very good leader,” said the former legendary West Indies Captain as he gave the stamp of approval to Holder.

Lloyd added: “The selectors decided that now is the time to make the transition and Jason will have people around him to help and guide him. Some might say it’s close to the time of next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand but we know that we have a good One-Day team which can do very well.”


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mikesiva 2014-12-21 04:52:20 

Wow....

shock

 
NineMiles 2014-12-21 06:09:31 

Is this a bad joke or something... Nothing against the lad but is he ready to take up this position and lead those large egos.....the likes of the Leadfoot don and Samuels into battle?

Anyway, glad to see they have ditched the greedy skunts like Johnny Bravo, Pollard and co.....another clean slate and let's see what transpires from here....more licks no doubt!

 
JamMack 2014-12-21 07:32:05 

What team has Holder ever led?

 
Pacy 2014-12-21 10:42:59 

In reply to NineMiles

another clean slate and let's see what transpires from here....more licks no doubt!


The same thing that happened when WICB cleaned the slate numerous times over the past 2 decades