The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is considering appointing the Sussex director of cricket Peter Moores as their first overseas coach, the Guardian newspaper in the U.K reported.
The paper said Moores, 41, who took Sussex to the first County Championship in their history in the summer of 2003, has emerged as a surprise rival to the former Australia captain Greg Chappell, who is widely considered the frontrunner for the job.
How can the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have a cash flow crisis at a time when press releases are being issued boasting of back-to-back years of profitability?
The answer to that question lies in the way the board's profitability projections are made and the public relations strategy used to talk about financial matters.
The region has been ablaze with discussion over news that the WICB is in talks with Australian Test great Greg Chappell to replace the Gus Logie as head coach.
Under the board's new management structure, the head coach becomes a person of great power within the team management. While it remains uncertain whether or not Chappell will be offered or will accept the post, West Indies cricket could do far worse than to secure his services.
West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has been ruled out of the T&T team which will participate in Regional Limited Overs Championships later this month in Guyana and Barbados.
This was revealed by Dudnath Ramkessoon, chairman of the senior national selection panel, who that Lara was advised by the West Indies Cricket Board?s medical officer in T&T, Dr Terry Ali, to rest.
Despite being excluded from last Sunday's El Dorado inter-county one-day final between Demerara and Berbice, experienced leg-spinning all-rounder Mahendra agamootoo has been given another lease on his cricketing career by Guyana's national selectors.
The controversial Nagamootoo was axed by the Berbice selectors after participating in the first two round-robin preliminary matches against Essequibo and Demerara played at the Blairmont and Wales ground respectively.