The West Indies will miss the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Champions Trophy 2017. What a pity.
Who is to blame? That is the US$2 million question.
How can anyone explain why the West Indies Cricket Board (WIBC) did not plan a one-day series since the aborted Indian tour in 2014? Surely someone should have been monitoring the team’s position as it relates to qualification.
FOLLOWING a successful staging of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 Championships, the region's best Under-19 players will now focus their attention on the ICC Youth World Cup.
After showcasing their talent to break into the squad, 19 players were selected for a two-week camp at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona as they commence preparation for next year's tournament in Bangladesh.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – President of the WICB Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and Vice President Emmanuel Nanthan have been engaging stakeholders through a series of town-hall meetings around the region since May this year.
So far, the top brass of the WICB have had dialogue with the fans of the game from Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana.
This Friday, August 7, it’s Jamaica’s turn – and the famous Kingston Cricket Club will provide the backdrop for the next town-hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m.
“We are taking into consideration all the views to see how the Board of Directors and management team can facilitate change for a positive outcome for the game in the region,” said Cameron.
“The region’s cricket requires all of its affiliates and stakeholders to make the product develop and grow, and we look forward to hearing how we can continue to make a positive impact on the sport.”
Fans will get their chance to ask questions and make comments about the sport and how the region can merge its efforts to make the cricket industry more viable than it has been.
“We’re enthusiastic about continuing to use these sessions to listen to concerns and share information about where West Indies cricket is now, our strategic goals for the future and how the fans can impact upon the way we progress,” said Cameron.
The topics covered at the town-hall meetings have been wide-ranging. They have included selection matters, the operation of the WICB Professional Cricket League, player relations, player development, pitch preparation and governance issues.
Geoff Miller, erstwhile Derbyshire and England off-spinner, national selector and wonderful raconteur, tells a terrific story of the time he was in the England party that toured the Caribbean in the spring of 1981.
It was the net session before the third Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados and the two teams were practising alongside one another. Miller watched as the West Indies gun batsmen, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd, had a bat against the top bowlers, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding (who a few days later was to deliver to Geoffrey Boycott perhaps the most famous over of all), Joel Garner and Colin Croft, and when done the octet retreated to the dressing room leaving Larry Gomes, next on the list, to warm up against the Bajan net bowlers brought in for the day.
Contrary to reports in some circles experienced wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin was not dropped from the West Indies team for the proposed tour of Zimbabwe. According to information reaching CMC Sports, the 30-year-old Test captain was indeed picked in the squad which was due to play a tri-nation series with the hosts (Zimbabwe) and Pakistan. But the tournament was subsequently cancelled after Pakistan withdrew from the originally proposed dates of August 20 to September 3. The matches were to be played in Harare and Bulawayo.
