Sat, Oct 25, '14
West Indies One Day International (ODI) captain Dwayne Bravo yesterday discounted remarks by teammate Marlon Samuels that he wanted no part of the one-day team’s plan to pull out of the tour of India. Yesterday in a letter sent by the T&T allrounder to the media, he expressed his astonishment with remarks made by the Jamaican stroke-maker saying: “I note the comments attributed to Mr Marlon Samuels from media reports and wish to state that Mr Samuels was invited to and did attend the majority of meetings with the players on tour. “We extended an invitation to Mr Marlon Samuels with the full knowledge that he is not a member of WIPA (West Indies Players Association) but was an interested party. “Mr Samuels contributed vigorously to the discussions held and indicated clearly, at that time, that he would stand with any decision taken by the team. I am therefore shocked to see the statements, if true, that have been attributed to Mr Samuels.”
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Sat, Oct 25, '14
Former Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson has described West Indies' walkout of the India tour as "humiliation" and says it has exposed "a total collapse of a governance system" in the administration of the game by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Patterson was reacting to the decision of the Windies one-day team to abort their tour of India over a contract and pay dispute with the West Indies Players' Association.
However, Patterson said much of the blame resided with the WICB as it had failed to engage the reform needed to streamline its governance of the game.
Fri, Oct 24, '14
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the West Indies A 50 Overs Squad for the series against Sri Lanka A.
The 14 man squad is as follows:
Carlos Brathwaite – Captain, Sunil Ambris, Ronsford Beaton, Jermaine Blackwood
Nkrumah Bonner, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Miguel Cummins, Andre Fletcher
Assad Fudadin, Shannon Gabriel, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Chadwick Walton
West Indies A and Sri Lanka A will play three matches on November 1, 3 and 5 in Dambulla, Kurunegala and Colombo respectively.
Fri, Oct 24, '14
Former West Indies cricketer Daren Ganga called the West Indies’ pullout of the India series “very unfortunate” and called for a full investigation into the issues that brought about the abandonment of the tour.
Contacted yesterday by the Daily Express, Ganga said as a former West Indies opening batsman and West Indies Players Association executive member, any circumstance which involved players prematurely leaving a tour because of strike action is a huge deal.
“I am not in a position to apportion blame or point fingers at any side, but I think I would like to understand the rationale behind such a decision (the decision by the players to withdraw mid-tour),” Ganga said.
Thu, Oct 23, '14
(Reuters) - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), reeling from the fallout from the team's withdrawal from the tour of India, is facing fresh pressure from its worried commercial and broadcast partners.
West Indies cricket was plunged into a major crisis after the tourists abandoned their series in India over a protracted payment dispute between the players and their board.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI), the most powerful body in the sport, responded by suspending all future tours with the Caribbean team and beginning legal action against the WICB -- moves that could have a devastating financial impact.