The president of the Guyana Cricket Board, Ramsay Ali, has resigned after police and court officials raided his home, and the homes of other board officials. The raids were the latest development in an ongoing impasse between the GCB and the Guyana government.
Ali said the court officials seized financial documents and other papers from his office and home, and from the homes of board secretary Anand Senasie, former president Chetram Singh, and another trustee, Lionel Jaikarran.
Guyana's assistant police commissioner Seelall Persaud confirmed the raids had occurred on Monday, February 27. "Police were there only to ensure peace was kept," he told AP.
A Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) resolution urging former West Indies captain Chris Gayle be reinstated to the regional team was rejected at a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) board of directors meeting in St Lucia at the weekend.
However, president of the JCA Lindel Wright remains hopeful that the issue will be resolved in short order.
Jamaica continued their strong four-day form and notched up their fourth consecutive win, beating Guyana by eight wickets in North Sound, Antigua. They took 12 points out of the contest to move to 48, 20 clear of second placed Trinidad & Tobago, while Guyana earned none.
In a reported bid to diffuse tensions between the Jamaican Government and the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) board president Julian Hunte is to pay a visit to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to 'make amends' following heated exchanges between the board and the prime minister over the last week, according to a Jamaica Gleaner report.
Few cricket grounds to be found anywhere command the history, mystique and flavour of Sabina Park.
It's generally believed that the ground dates back to somewhere in the 1800s. We know that it became the headquarters of the famous Kingston Cricket Club, which was formed in 1863, and it is firmly established that Sabina Park hosted its maiden first class game in 1895.
