The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
The The 2002/2003 financial year marked a return to profitability for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) after successive losses in the last three years totalling US$16 million. The WICB returned a profit of US$1.256 million for the financial year ended September 2003.
A statement fromt the WICB said the profit was based on revenues of US$22.34 million, an increase of 37 per cent over the previous year.
It's the end of the cricket committee as we know it. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has disbanded the all-important Cricket Committee (Playing & Development) in favour of two separate units under direct control of the territorial boards.
After a recent round of meetings in Georgetown, Guyana, the WICB decided to revert to the old system of two separate committees -- Playing Committee and Development Committee -- under direct supervision of the regional directors.
Only if you look closely - very closely - and see the greying strands of Michael Hall's hair, would you surmise that he is probably not in his mid 20's as you may have thought at first glance. The tall Hall sports a fit physique from years of playing football and other sports and exudes youthfulness, helped no doubt by his positive outlook on life in general.
That life he described as somewhat 'chequered' and I was pre-warned that the personal aspects were off-limits.
West Indies team manager Tony Howard will serve as a member of the selection panel on the current tour of England.
In what amounts to a major departure from the previous policy where the manager was not allowed to participate in "cricket matters," Howard will join head coach Gus Logie, captain Brian Lara and vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan on the team selection committee.
When the West Indies team arrived in England earlier this month, the reception was like a hard slap in the face.
For starters, no one from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was on hand to receive the team at the airport. Players were forced to individually clear immigration and customs, before securing and transporting all their own luggage.