Tue, Jan 12, '16
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board says the reason it rejected Test captain Jason Holder’s application for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to play in the inaugural Pakistan Super League was because the player’s first priority needed to be the domestic competition.
The 24-year-old Holder, a rising star in the game, was last month drafted by franchise team Quetta Gladiators but confirmed recently he was forced to turn down the offer after not securing an NOC from the WICB.
However, newly appointed WICB marketing and communications manager, Carole Beckford, said West Indies “retained” players had an “obligation” to turn out in the regional tournaments.
Tue, Jan 12, '16
The Bangladesh spinners gobbled up eight wickets to bowl West Indies out for 114 and secure an eight-wicket win in the first Youth ODI in Mirpur.
Left-arm spinner Saleh Ahmed Shawon took four wickets while offspinners Sanjit Saha and Saeed Sarkar took two each as West Indies were knocked over in 39.2 overs. Opener Gidron Pope made 31 off 41 balls with two fours and three sixes and Emmanuel Stewart added 30 off 66 balls, but seven of their team-mates fell for single-digits.
ESPNcricinfo has the report and scorecard
Tue, Jan 12, '16
Group A
Team Played W L N/R Points
Red Force 3 2 0 1 12
Scorpions 3 2 1 10
Pride 3 1 2 4
ICC 3 0 2 1 2
Group B Played W L N/R Points
Jaguars 3 2 1 10
Volcanoes 3 2 1 10
Marooners 3 1 2 4
Hurricanes 3 2 1 2
Mon, Jan 11, '16
Tony Irish, chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations, told The Telegraph that free agency is becoming more tempting for players around the world thanks to the commercial success of T20 cricket and the lack of context that accompanies bilateral series.
FICA has now called for the ICC to change the way Test cricket is run and is vehement that this happens before 2019 when the current future tours program ends, warning that format risks losing its best players otherwise.
“If we wait until 2019 then bilateral cricket around the world is going to be in real trouble,” Irish said.
“The worrying thing is that the players are telling us that if things don’t change they will be turning more to T20 leagues.
Mon, Jan 11, '16 by ANAND RAMPERSAD
Chris Gayle’s comments toward Australian Ten Sports’ presenter Mel McLaughlin were tactless, graceless and categorically unprofessional, whether it was said in Australia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar or any part of the Caribbean.
At the same time the call by Ian Chappell for an international ban on Gayle is fraught with unreasonableness and ludicrousness after Gayle issued an ‘apology’ and was fined US$7,000.
There are two lessons to be learnt from Gayle’s unthinkingness. Firstly, the undesirable behaviour (not unique to Gayle) did not germinate in Melbourne, Australia but had its seeds sewn and fertilised in the Caribbean by the many institutions and people who have lauded his (and others) sporting talents and allowed balls of wool to be pulled over their critical and objective eyes.
read the full article at Trinidad Guardian