Cameron doubts West Indies will make Champions Trophy

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron said there was a 90 per cent chance that the regional side would not qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England.

Speaking to the local media in Guyana last week, Cameron said “I must say to you that we're probably 90 per cent sure that we're not going to make it to the Champions Trophy at this point in time.”

“It's part and parcel of not performing year in, year out that we've found ourselves in this position. All we can say is that all our programmes have to be geared towards making West Indies cricket better. I don't think if you try to do stop-gap measures by going to the Champions Trophy that serves anything at this point in time,” he added.

The WICB president also noted that the Tri-series involving Zimbabwe and Pakistan was not totally signed off on.

ESPNcricinfo quote "Zimbabwe had also floated an idea for a tri-series involving West Indies, but with Pakistan qualifying for the Champions Trophy, the PCB seems to have had a change of heart, leaving Zimbabwe to scrap their plan. Zimbabwe Cricket did not respond to ESPNcricinfo's queries."

COOL RED STEEL FIRE TO REACH CPL FINAL

Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel caused Guyana Amazon Warriors to crack with the bat and then made fairly little fuss with the run chase to run out deserving winners in a must-win Eliminator match-up and earn a place in the final of the Caribbean Premier League against current holders Barbados Tridents.

The hosts lost the toss but Red Steel captain Dwayne Bravo was not concerned. Amazon Warriors opener Lendl Simmons cracked the first two balls of the innings to the boundary and plundered 12 runs from the first over, but that was the highlight for Guyana as their innings halted and then quite spectacularly unravelled under intimate examination from the slower bowlers of the Red Steel attack.

Regional U19 Rd 3

LEEWARDS vs GUYANA

Leewards

217 all out (46.2 overs)

Guyana

220 for 4 (35.1 overs)

Result: Guyana won by 6 wickets

Points: Guyana 6.1 (6 for victory + 0.1 for fast bowling wickets), Leewards 0

JAMAICA vs CANADA

Jamaica

280 for 2 (50 overs)

Canada

113 all out (37.2 overs)

Result: Jamaica won by 167 runs

Points: Jamaica 6.7 (6 points for victory + 0.7 fast bowling points), Canada 0.2 (0.2 fast bowling points)

WINDWARD ISLAND vs TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Windwards

209 for 8 (50 overs)

Trinidad & Tobago

210 for 8 (49.2 overs)

Result: T&T won by 2 wickets

Points: T&T 6.2 (6 points for victory + 0.2 fast bowling points), Windwards 0.2 (0.2 fast bowling points)

Regional Under 15 Rd 2 results

JAMAICA vs BARBADOS

Jamaica

82 all out (32.5 overs)

Barbados

83 for 3 (44.5 overs)

Result: Barbados won by 7 wickets

Points: Barbados 6.3 (6 points for victory + 0.3 fast bowling points), Jamaica 0

LEEWARDS vs GUYANA

Leewards

90 all out (46 overs)

Guyana

94 for 3 (25.2 overs)

Result: Guyana Under-15s won by 7 wickets

Points: Guyana Under-15s 6, Leewards Under-15s 0

Trinidad & Tobago vs Windward Islands rained out

Ramdin looking forward to time off

West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin is looking forward to some rest and relaxation following the Hero Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 after being left out of the West Indies ODI side for the tri-series in Zimbabwe in August-September featuring the hosts and Pakistan.

A newspaper report yesterday said the West Indies Cricket Board selectors had opted to drop Ramdin from the ODI squad for the upcoming series but the WICB has not sent out any official correspondence to confirmation the selection of any team.

Ramdin, who is the captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the CPL, said he was not aware of the move by the West Indies selectors “but if that is the case I will have some extra time to spend with my son (Adair).”

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