The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Australian journalist Trevor Marshallsea certainly hasn't endeared himself to Caribbean people. His story last week about the theft in Trinidad of valuable equipment belonging to the Australians made headlines around the world. Then, in an interview with the Barbados Nation, he opined that the service industry in the Caribbean leaves a lot to be desired.
On the heels of Sunday's bowling meltdown in Barbados, the West Indies has turned to another debutant -- 18-year-old Jerome Taylor -- to stop the bleeding in the third and final ODI match against Sri Lanka.
Taylor, a fast bowler who has not yet graduated high school, was named in a 15-man squad for Wednesday's final game in St Vincent at the expense of the struggling Merv Dillon.
The man in charge of the 2007 World Cup says the two most famous grounds in the Caribbean -- Kensington Oval in Barbados and Jamaica's Sabina Park -- are unfit to stage matches.
Chris Dehring, chief executive of Windies World Cup, said refurbishment plans are around two years behind schedule and he believes it will cost several millions of dollars was needed to get them ready in time.
(Barbados Advocate)
I must say that, like many other West Indians, I am very happy to see the way Lara and the boys finish off the Australians in the last three one-days. Not only that, but I like the way how Lara put a exclamation mark to finish off the last game on Sunday; three back to back to back sixes. Tell them tek dah!
And it only goes to show what we all know, the fellas got talent but it is just them either don?t believe in themself or them wuffless and indifferent. But when you see them boys apply themselves you does can?t believe it is the same set of fellas.
Reeling from a barrage of negative publicity following the theft of US$10,000 worth of cricket equipment at Trinidad's Piarco airport, the man in charge of planning for the Windies World Cup 2007 (WWC 2007) has switched to damage-control mode.
Chris Dehring, managing director and CEO of WWC 2007, plans to make a trip to New York to meet with executives of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the WICB's public relations department is busy issuing press releases trying to downplay the Piarco incident as a one-off incident.