According to information reaching CaribbeanCricket.com, CEO Donald Peters has been sent on administrative leave pending an investigation of his performance and corporate services manager Tony Deyal has been fired for their roles in the brouhaha over the renovation/rental of Hunte's official WICB office in St Lucia.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) categorically denies that it has spent any money on renovations or repairs to premises occupied by its President, the Hon. Dr. Julian R. Hunte.
WICB acknowledges that it is renting an office in St. Lucia for use by its President, in keeping with a now established tradition of maintaining an office in the place of residence of the Board’s President. The premises being rented by the WICB in St. Lucia are owned by West Indies General Insurance Company limited - a company in which the Hon. Dr. Julian Hunte is a major shareholder.
Stanford 20/20 Cricket and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed today that the winners of Saturday's Twenty20 Cup will face 2008 Stanford 20/20 regional tournament champions Trinidad and Tobago as part of the Stanford Super Series.
The Domestic Champions winner-takes-all final will be one of six games broadcast exclusively live in the UK by Sky Sports in a deal which includes the finale of the week, the Stanford 20/20 for 20.
The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has added two new staffers to strengthen its operations: chief operations offier Roland Hosein and cricket development manager Suruj Ragoonath.
Both Hosein and Ragoonath bring to the association a wealth of experience in their respective fields and would greatly assist in achieving its goals of protecting the players', interests, improving their welfare and promoting the sport of cricket throughout the region, WIPA said in an statement
Former Guyana and West Indies off-spinner Clyde Butts has been appointed chairman of a new-look team selection panel.
Butts is the only holdover from the previous panel. The WICB's new panel will also include Raphick Jumadeen and Robert Haynes, making up an all-spin trio.
