West Indies legend Gary Sobers believes Bermuda’s cricketers will never reach their full potential being fed an exclusive diet of limited overs cricket.
The standard of local cricket has noticeably eroded in recent years with many attributing the gradual decline to Bermuda Cricket Board’s (BCB) decision to do away with open cricket.
Local cricket’s governing body scrapped the open format prior to the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada and attempts since then to reintroduce it to the domestic programme have proven to be both unsuccessful and widely unpopular among players.
West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) president Dinanath Ramnarine warned the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) against imposing sanctions against the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) that will negatively affect players' ability to practise their trade or profession.
During a news conference at WIPA headquarters on Edward Street, Port of Spain, yesterday, the WIPA boss insisted: "We will not allow a West Indies tournament to proceed or West Indies team to be selected in which the Guyana players are not considered for representation or from which a Guyana team is debarred."
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Berbice officials have congratulated the government for their appointment of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to supervise the affairs of cricket in the country.
This is part of the fallout from a legal challenge about the legitimacy of the current Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive after the last annual general meeting, when there was an election of officers.
West Indies cricket did not have a merry Christmas, with several outstanding issues in the air, most notably the love/hate relationship between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).
And mediation looks like the best hope for bringing closure to most of these outstanding matters, according to WICB CEO Ernest Hilaire.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados defied conventional wisdom and chose Kirk Edwards to lead the national team in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next month.
Edwards gained the nod ahead of all-rounder Dwayne Smith for the tournament, which Barbados co-hosts with Antigua and opens on January 9.
The 27-year-old Edwards impressed for West Indies in Tests over the last year, but he has failed to make the same impact in the shorter versions of the game -- and was not considered for the national side for last year's CT20.
