2009 News Archive

Chattergoon to captain Windies 'A' team

Sat, Jun 20, '09

The West Indies selectors have named the following players to represent the West Indies “A” Team against Bangladesh in an official first-class match at Kensington Oval, Barbados on July 3-5.

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JCA to appear in court

Fri, Jun 19, '09

Controversy over the legality of the transfer of former Jamaica batsman Maurice Kepple from Kensington CC to Manchester in Jamaica's SuperCricket league has landed the Jamaica Cricket Association before a Supreme Court judge. Unhappy with the JCA's ruling that the transfer was valid, St Catherine CC and Melbourne CC are hoping the court will overturn the decision, which could see one of them claim Manchester's title and the $1 million JMD prize.

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Fidel iffy for semifinal

Thu, Jun 18, '09

Once again injury clouds hover over Fidel Edwards, who is probably the man the Sri Lankan side will worry about most. Seems that this time he is "suffering from an irritation of a nerve root in his lower back". CricInfo has Sri Lanka "ahead by a nose" with everything hinging on Edwards' fitness.

Time for someone else to put their hand up to be counted.

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The whingeing begins

Thu, Jun 18, '09

Simon Wilde puts forth a good old fashioned English whinge in The Times as he looks back at England's exit from the World Twenty20 and utterly ignores the fact that England failed to post a challenging total. Bringing back memories of earlier rule changes following English defeat at the hands of the West Indies, it seems that Frank Duckworth will be coming to the rescue with some upgrades to the Duckworth/Lewis system.

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Collingwood backs Sri Lanka

Wed, Jun 17, '09 by COLLINGWOOD BACKS SRI LANKA

"I'm backing Sri Lanka to win the World Twenty20 tournament because they have such a well-rounded and unusual bowling attack"

Having been unceremoniously dumped out of the tournament by the West Indies, England's captain is hoping for a measure of revenge in the form of a Sri Lankan win in Friday's ICC World Twenty20 semifinal match.

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