WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC — West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says he believes his team will fare better at home against Ireland and England under familiar conditions after disappointing tours to India and New Zealand.
England will play three Twenty20s, as well as three one-day internationals, in Antigua and Barbados from late February into March. Ireland will take on West Indies in limited-overs series -- two T20 internationals and an ODI -- in March following their involvement in the Super50 competition.
After years of refusing offers, senior West Indies players Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle players have decided to once more sign West Indies Cricket Board retainer contracts for the 2013 to 2014 period.
“I would like to believe it was a re commitment to West Indies cricket from both of them ( Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle),” WICB CEO Michael Muirhead told the Trinidad Express yesterday.
For Gayle and Bravo, the move represents a turnaround after they last refused WICB retainer contracts back in 2010. But the third man who did not sign on that year, Kieron Pollard, is still not on the list of retained players. However, off-spinner Sunil Narine, who had once previously opted out of a contract is now on the list which also includes prolific Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 16 - (www.bcacricket.org) - Barbados beat Combined Campuses & Colleges by five wickets in a 50-over Day/Night practice match at 3Ws Oval today.
The match was in preparation for the WICB NAGICO Super50 championship in Trinidad & Tobago, January 30 to February 16.
Summarised scores:
Combined Campuses & Colleges 164 all out (43.2 overs) (Kyle Corbin 44, Raymon Reifer 27, Steven Jacobs 22, Kyle Mayers 19, Akeem Dewar 10; Fidel Edwards 3-22, Miguel Cummins 3-28, Kenroy Williams 3-39).
Barbados 168-5 (31.2 overs) (Dwayne Smith 56 - 29 balls, 8 fours, 3 sixes; Kevin Stoute 35, Kenroy Williams 35 not out, Jonathan Carter 15, Shane Dowrich 12; Kavem Hodge 2-7, Akeem Dewar 2-30).
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – The first NAGICO Super50 tournament was officially launched on Thursday, with WICB chief executive Michael Muirhead hailing the January 30th to February 15th event as a new approach to 50-over cricket in the region.
The launch, which took place at the at the Brian Lara Pavilion at the Queen’s Park Oval, was attended by Dwayne Elgin, the CEO of NAGICO, and Asim Bassarath, President of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board.
Speaking in his feature address, Muirhead praised NAGICO's involvement in the tournament while underscoring the value of the competition.
Courtney Walsh, believes more emphasis should be placed on youth development if the regional team is to regain its status as the world’s number one squad, and another former pacer, Antiguan Curtly Ambrose, echoed Walsh’s sentiments, saying that the future of West Indies cricket lies within youth development. “From the regional tournament the next step is Test or international level cricket. So if our standard here in the region is so poor, it’s almost impossible to dominate,”
