The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
President and chief executive officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control, Alloy Lequay, has accused ailing West Indies batting star, Brian Lara of turning his back on local cricket.
The ageing Lequay stated that when Lara contracted the "mystery" illness in Sri Lanka earlier this year during the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, the local board offered him assistance.
Former West Indies Test player Phil Simmons will serve as coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Senior cricket team for the 2003 First Class season.
Simmons, who served as national coach for the past two seasons, will be confirmed today by the T&T Cricket Board of Control (T&TCBC).
West Indies star batsman Brian Lara is expected to join his colleagues in Bangladesh for the two-match Test series later this month in Dhaka.
But it all depends on the results of his medical examination, which was conducted in London on Monday...
The international careers of Vincentian fast bowler Nixon McLean and Barbadian batsmen Floyd Reifer have been given new life by the West Indies selectors, who named the duo in a 30-man squad to prepare for next year's World Cup tournament in South Africa.
McLean and Reifer were among a group that also included newcomers Devon Smith, Suliemann Benn and Ian Bradshaw. Also recalled were pacers Reon King and Kerry Jeremy.
There are exactly 10 weeks remaining, before the start of the 8th ICC World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Participating countries have until the last day?in December to submit their respective squads.
My published expression of disgust concerning the non-coverage of cricket from Bangladesh has been replaced by a less intense, but equally nagging concern, of a?different nature...