West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron said the regional body will be enlisting the support of Caricom (Caribbean Community) to meet the million-dollar demand for compensation by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the aborted tour of India last month. The West Indies players, led by one-day captain Dwayne Bravo, withdrew their services after the fourth match of the one-day series on October 17 because of a pay dispute with the WICB and the players union, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).
Sydney, Australia - Stafanie Taylor's half-century couldn't inspire the West Indies Women to victory in the first Twenty20 International against Australia Women at North Sydney Oval.
Anisa Mohammed and Hayley Matthews shared six wickets evenly but couldn't stop from the Aussie Women from overhauling West Indies Women's 113. Jess Jonassen top scored for the hosts with 46 while Captain Meg Lanning made 24 as Australia Women for to 117/6 in 18.5 overs.
Mohammed took 3-25 while Matthews had 3-26. Their bowling efforts required a larger it would seem. The Windies Women posted 113/7 from their 20 overs. Opener Stafanie Taylor struck 52, hammering four boundaries and a six. Deandra Dottin was also attacking in her approach, scoring 24 runs from 25 balls.
Dambulla, Sri Lanka - West Indies A fell just six runs short off their revised target in a rain-hit 1st One Day versus Sri Lanka A at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
After rain hit, the regional side were given a revised target of 78 runs from 20 overs after Sri Lanka A had scored 245/8 from their 50 overs. The West Indies A could only muster 71/2 before they ran out of overs.
Kraigg Brathwaite scored a patient 24 runs from 44 balls while fellow opener, Nkrumah Bonner, was equally cautious in his approach, hitting 21 runs from 45 balls.
Earlier, Lahiru Thirimanne led Sri Lanka A's charge after the hosts were put in to bat. Thirimanne top scored for Sri Lanka A with 74. There were also half-centuries for wicket-keeper, Dinesh Chandimal (60) and Thilina Kandamby (58*).
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) will make good on its promise to take legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board if it does not receive US$41.97million in compensation within 15 days. The Express obtained a copy of a letter sent yesterday to WICB president Dave Cameron, signed by BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel in which the Indian board gave notice of its intention to, “seek compensation from the WICB to the fullest extent permissible in law,” since it holds the regional body liable for losses incurred because of the cancellation of three Test matches and a solitary Twenty20 International. West Indies players, led by ODI captain Dwayne Bravo abandoned the one-day series after the fourth match because of a dispute over the terms of a new bargaining agreement signed by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the WICB. But even as the prime ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Gonsalves and Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell met with the estranged parties at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, the WICB was having to deal with a threat that became reality from the BCCI.
In another attempt to solve the current impasse, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its limited overs captain Dwayne Bravo, together with their advisors, will meet today at the Hyatt Regency in Trinidad.
The meeting is being facilitated by prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonzales. Bravo flew across to St Vincent to meet with Gonzales on Wednesday and it was agreed that the parties would meet at the Hyatt today.
