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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Cricket media titan Tony Cozier was laid to rest on Friday, following a service at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens which was attended by several dignitaries and influential members of the regional cricket community.

Barbados’ only living National Hero, Sir Garry Sobers, topped the list of mourners along with former Chief Justice Sir David Simmons, noted Caribbean jurist Sir Richard Cheltenham, West Indies batting great Sir Everton Weekes and outstanding former West Indies fast bowler ex-government minister, Sir Wes Hall, who conducted the ceremony.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Did the WICB and WIPA presidents or their officially named delegates attend?

In reply to Halliwell
Fuss thing that came to mind.

In reply to BeatDball

But a well worn Caribbean norm!

In reply to Halliwell


Tell me honestly....why do you people worry so much about the WICB and the WIPA.....there are certain things that organizations like those are expected to do, the fact that they don't speaks to the mentality of the people running those entities............no one should be wondering is those entities were represented, it should be a given..........the fact that it is not should not be anything for anyone to lose sleep over............

In reply to cherri

I do not have a problem with what you have stated . However my perspective
is that They must be called Out .
That obviously is the job of those
who are in the Sports Media in the Region .

My take is that if they have not done that , or fail to do that then , it
will mean that they are devoid of the
Testicular Fortitude to speak Truth to Power .

If its true dat Cameron did not show up to send off Tony, Bravo 1000% correct!

In reply to WestDem

The people in the WICBC have been known
over the years to be very Vindictive & Petty . That no doubt is due their believing that they are untouchable .

Which is Stupidity at its highest .
The fact is that they believe the
asinine statement that the International Cricket Cabal has told them about Governments not intervening in Cricket .

When the Guyana Government took the
GCB to Court a few years ago , where
the Hell was the ICC & the WICBC .

Recently , the BCCI & the States Cricket Associations , found themselves in the Supreme Court of India , being verbally slapped around by the Judges , for their failures
regarding the Lodhar Commission .

I expected the International Cricket
Cabal to show up with a Battery of
Star Studded Lawyers , to defend the
BCCI & the States Cricket Associations . I did not hear or read
that the ICC was there .

The ICC & its Members like to spout a
lot of B.S , with the hope & expectation that spouting feces will
frighten Governments . However if any
Government decides to take its Cricket Board to Court , the ICC is
POWERLESS .

It is quite possible that if the International Cricket Cabal , was to
have to appear in Court , to answer a
charge of being derelict in its responsibility to ensure that its
Members exercise good Stewardship ,
the ICC cannot tell the Court that it
aint coming to the Court .

It is generally acknowledged that :

"NO ENTITY OR PERSON IS ABOVE THE LAW"

Obviously , the International Cricket
Cabal , aint excused from that pronouncement .