CHASE Fund chief executive officer, Wilford 'Billy' Heaven, was elected president of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) in a landslide victory over outgoing vice-president Milton Henry at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston yesterday.
Heaven, who will replace outgoing president Lyndel 'Muddy' Wright, polled 75 votes to Henry's 21.
In his campaign, the CHASE CEO kept the focus on changing the fortune of Jamaica's cricket via inspired leadership, strengthening of governing structures, and on increasing the association's revenue base. He said he was delighted with the win
In street cricket, the best player is chosen as the captain. However, as the grades and level of cricket improves, the role of the captain changes from being the best player to being the best manager of individual egos; one who can stand up for his team, make them play as a unit and strategise.
In international cricket, on most occasions, each player is worth his weight in the squad and is a quality player who is expected to contribute to the success of his team. It doesn’t need a captain each time to lead the side to victory with his performance. There, may or may not be, better players than the captain in the side. The skipper is not necessarily the best player and the success of the team does not depend on his performance solely.
The above statement comes in the wake of the recent call for the axing of Darren Sammy as the skipper of the West Indies Test side following the thrashing they received during the series against India. read more at the cricket country
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that off-spinner Sunil Narine has been added to the West Indies squad for the three Tests against New Zealand to be played next month.
Narine has played five Tests, including two against the New Zealanders.
Meanwhile Shane Shillingford and Marlon Samuels are headed to Perth, Australia with West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson for independent testing after both players were reported for suspected illegal bowling actions during the second Test against India earlier this month.
WEST INDIES captain Dwayne Bravo, has solidly backed the inclusion of Darren Sammy in the West Indies cricket team.
This counters suggestions from several leading cricketing personalities within the region - including former Test players Brian Lara and Bryan Davis. They believe Sammy, captain of the Caribbean's Test and T20 teams, does not have the quality to hold down a first-team place.
"He is a big part of our team. The word that he should not be a part of our team is from the media and people outside the team. For me, he has an important role in the team, especially with the likes of Kieron Pollard and Chris Gayle out. He is a main member in our set-up and for as long as he is playing," said Bravo, while speaking to reporters on the eve of the third and final one-day international against India at Green Park.
One-day cricket has not seen a batsman dominate the way Bradman did in Tests. Viv Richards comes very close, though. In the Richards era, which ran from the beginnings of limited-overs internationals to the eve of inventions like the 30-yard circle, fielding restrictions and pinch-hitting, the average scoring rate for middle-order batsmen (3, 4, 5 and 6 in batting order) was 70 runs per 100 balls. Richards scored his runs at 90 runs per hundred balls. His ODI batting average at the end of his career was an even 47. A typical middle-order batsman averaged 30. ODI centuries were rare. During Richards' career, 80 ODI centuries were scored in 4921 innings in the middle order, one in every 61 innings. Richards made 11 in 166 innings, or one every 15 innings. Every sixth inning played in the middle order was worth 50 or more between 1975 and 1991. Richards made a half-century every three innings.
