The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Vaneisa Baksh, in her brilliant piece on the marginalisation of women in West Indies cricket, made a number of relevant and intriguing points.
From my perspective, I can summarize the key points specific to West Indies cricket as follows:
A couple of weeks ago, at the press conference announcing the return of Brian Lara as captain of the West Indies team and the agreement between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA), WICB president Ken Gordon repeatedly addressed the assembled media as "Gentlemen".
Although I was not one, there were female journalists there, and they asked questions of him. Only once though, did Mr Gordon acknowledge their presence. I am sure this was not a deliberate slight, but one arising from the long and erroneous assumption that cricket was men's business and that only male journalists covered it.
The ICC Cricket Committee has given a "guarded endorsement" to a trial of the extended use of technology during its two-day meeting in Dubai, which ended on Saturday.
The Committee recommended that players be allowed a limited number of appeals to the third umpire if they feel a decision made by the on-field umpire is incorrect during this year's ICC Champions Trophy in India.
West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan escaped unhurt after being involved in a traffic accident shortly before noon in Georgetown, Guyana.
According to a report on the WICB's Web site, Sarwan was driving along a city street when the driver of another vehicle failed to yield to traffic on the major road and his vehicle ended up in the path of Sarwan's SUV.
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Ken Gordon announced the reappointment of Brian Lara as captain of the West Indies team without the approval of the full board, a decision that almost backfired into a public relations debacle.
In fact, according to several sources familiar with the matter, the WICB president was summoned to an emergency WICB teleconference immediately after the captaincy announcement to explain why he overstepped his authority.