Sun, Jan 26, '03
The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has written the West Indies
Cricket Board (WICB) seeking urgent advice on the current crime
situation in Guyana and what contingency plans are in place to
amend the tour schedule, should circumstances evolve to determine
the unsuitability of Guyana as a venue to host the tour and first
Test match.
According to the fax, dispatched to the WICB on January 13 last,
the Australian Cricket Board International Cricket Manager, Richard
Watson, said the situation in Guyana is a matter of serious concern
and his Board is seeking the WICB guidance on the "reported
deterioration in the security situation in and around Georgetown
which is of high concern to the ACB".
Sun, Jan 26, '03 by LAWRENCE ROMEO
BREAKING NEWS: Marlon Samuels' injured left knee has
ruled him out of next month's World Cup tournament.
Well-placed sources told CaribbeanCricket.com Samuels was
withdrawn from the West Indies squad and replaced with Barbadian
all-rounder Ryan Hinds.
Fri, Jan 24, '03
Former Test players Gus Logie and Roland Butcher are among
several contenders for the post of senior West Indies coach which
becomes vacant after next month's ICC World Cup tournament.
According to information reaching CaribbeanCricket.com,
the Barbados-born Butcher has already applied for the post along
with Logie, a Trinidadian who has worked with the West Indies 'B'
team and is now on tap to coach Canada at the World Cup.
Thu, Jan 23, '03
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Thursday that
the sponsorship money spat with the players' association had been
settled and hinted that the deal included the "established
principle of team sponsorship being shared between the players and
the WICB."
The board did not release financial details of the settlement
but promised to put measures in place to avoid future last-minute
disputes over the distribution of sponsorship money.
Thu, Jan 23, '03
Jamaican cricket pundit Tony Becca believes the West Indies
cricketers preparing for the World Cup are being "selfish" in their
demands for the entire US$175,000 sponsorship money from LNM
Group.
"As professionals most of them, the cricketers, like other
professionals, have a right to bargain and no one should question
that right. According to information coming out of the West Indies
Board, however, the problem is not that the players want a share of
the US$175,000 sponsorship. The problem is that they want all of
it, and if that is so, that is what is bad," Becca argued.