The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Aggressive Antiguan left handed batsman Amwa Prince is now in England as guest of the Somerset County Cricket Club following a sterling recommendation from the legendary Sir Vivian Richards, a former Somerset cricketer.
Prince is expected to play for the Somerset second eleven and on Sundays will be inserted into Seatons Cricket Club of Somerset. Prince's team in Antigua is also called Seatons.
Grenada has begun preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, including inspecting facilities and addressing the issue of accommodations, officials said.
Four years is not a long time for planning a large event, said Roy O'Neal, chairman of Grenada's national organizing committee for the World Cup.
The past week has been a tumultuous one for West Indies cricket, evidenced by the occurrence of several unsavory incidents, much has been said on those elsewhere so my focus here will be on the impending business of playing cricket.
In two days, the first Test begins at Bourda in Guyana. I will attempt to give an objective analysis of how I view the upcoming series. Several persons have been giving varied opinions on how they see this very important series for the West Indies unfolding. But while some have given serious consideration to the task ahead several others are based on pure emotions without carefully looking at current realities.
In another slap in the face for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the man they chose to be head coach of the senior West Indies team has turned down the offer.
Australian academy coach Bennett King has officially notified the WICB he would not be accepting the job and would instead remain an employee of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB).
Ex-West Indies captain Carl Hooper is pulling out of the Test series against Australia and will never play under new captain Brian Lara, according to a report in Australia's Daily Telegraph.
CaribbeanCricket.com could not confirm details of the explosive report which claims Hooper was angry at being "backstabbed" by two of the three national selectors ? Joey Carew and Gordon Greenidge, in concert with Lara, in recent weeks.