The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Despite what is being reported elsewhere, the legality of Jermaine Lawson's bowling action is still in violation of the ICC's level of tolerance for elbow straightening.
The ICC's terms of reference for reviewing illegal bowling actions sets the level of tolerance at 10 degrees (the amount of elbow straightening prior to release) but Lawson's last biomechanics test came back at 14 degrees, a senior WICB official told CaribbeanCricket.com.
Competiton may serve West Indies cricket well over the next few years -- off the field, that is. Local cricket associations who normally relied a handful of sponsors (Shell, Red Stripe, Cable & Wireless) now have an increase in choice.
The new telecoms operators in the region, both Digicel and AT&T, are poised to make more attempts to influence Caribbean consumers by sponsoring events and sports.
The Test cricket segment of the West Indies tour of South Africa came to a predictable and ignominious end, culminating in a ten wicket defeat at the hands of the rampant South Africans, resulting in a 3-0 series loss.
In the end, the level of contempt and disregard that the South African players and media had built up for the West Indian players was palpably obvious to all. It was a tour that took our cricket backwards, on and off the field.
West Indies captain Brian Lara has dismissed an explosive public claim that he "unilaterally" overruled chief selector Sir Viv Richards when he made a last-minute change to the final eleven for the fourth Test.
"I have the utmost respect for Sir Viv and to suggest that I would consider disrespecting him is unthinkable," Lara wrote in a column published in the Trinidad Guardian.
The second round of the Carib Beer Cup competition ended with a bang as the Leeward Islands, responding to a huge score of 564 by Kenya, made a a record 781 for seven. Three centuries were produced on day four to give respectability to the young West Indies batsmen.
The teams are now settling into position in the points table as they tussle for the symbol of regional supremacy.