Greenidge: We were a bunch of guys that came together and gelled well as a fighting unit. Can't say more than that.
When West Indies came to England in 1976, did people in the UK realise that Clive Lloyd's team would go on to dominate world cricket for the best part of 20 years? West Indies had won the World Cup the previous year, but were then thrashed 5-1 in Australia. Garry Sobers, Rohan Kanhai and Lance Gibbs had recently retired. A new generation of West Indian players, Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Andy Roberts and Michael Holding, would go on to become household names. But in 1976, these players were as yet unproven at the highest level. England opener Dennis Amiss played with Alvin Kallicharran and Deryck Murray at Warwickshire.
Amiss: It was no great surprise. They had a good track record and also some experienced players. We'd met most of them on the 1974 tour and were lucky to come away with a draw. By 1976, those players had been together for two more years.
MUMBAI—West Indies big-hitter Kieron Pollard fired for the first time in the new Indian Premier League season, blasting a cameo to propel Mumbai Indians to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore here yesterday.
The right-hander, entering the match on the back of scores of 1, 1 and 1 in his last three IPL innings, hit a typically robust, unbeaten 40 off 19 deliveries as the hosts chased down RCB’s 170 for seven with two overs remaining in the contest at the Wankhede Stadium.
Captain Rohit Sharma top-scored with 62 at the top of the order while Ambati Rayudu chipped in with 31 and Englishman Jos Buttler, a quick-fire 28.
The victory was the second for Mumbai in five outings and it left them fourth on four points while RCB have now lost two of three games and lie three from bottom.
April 20 – Restructuring in today’s sporting world simply means choosing the best model for the sport at the time. This may best be defined by the resultant effect of an economic impact model which clearly states that revenue-sharing is vital for all stakeholders. In an ongoing effort, the WICB in its financials for the year ending September 30, 2015, reported a surplus (US$3.5 million) which resulted in the deficit being reduced to just under US$2 million.
The WICB has over the last decade commissioned several reports whose results have largely been implemented. The one recommendation that has not been favoured by the current or the previous board is the adding of another layer to the existing body. That has been the bane of contention in recent times with a few groups calling for the dissolution of the board.
In 2014, the WICB rolled out its franchise system, which sought to “professionalize the game and revolutionize how players are engaged.” This system added 90 professional players which play first class cricket in the 50-overs and 4-Day format in addition to a partner for the Twenty20 – the Caribbean Premier League. Those leagues have shown tremendous potential from all involved. The opportunities for the next generation of players is to be discovered from this ongoing series of programmes.
A HOST of West Indies legends including Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts have called upon the WICB to dissolve the board, in line with the CARICOM cricket review panel’s recommendation, and appoint an interim committee as part of the structural reforms that would enable the region’s cricket to “develop and flourish”.On April 14 in Grenada, converging under the umbrella banner of Cricket Legends, Sobers and Co. met with Grenada premier Keith Mitchell, chairman of the Prime Ministerial Committee on the Governance of West Indies Cricket, which appointed the review panel in the wake of the crisis that emerged after the West Indies’ withdrawal from India’s tour in October 2014.
Also present at the meeting were other former West Indies players – all-rounder Roger Harper; fast bowler Charlie Griffith; wicketkeeper Deryck Murray, who was also a member of the CARICOM review panel, leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine, who was previously the president of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), and opening batsman, Desmond Haynes.Rudi Webster, who was the team manager during Clive Lloyd’s time and worked as a psychologist with current World T20-winning captain, Darren Sammy, was an invited guest.
Cricket writer Vaneisa Baksh takes a wide ranging look at how prevasive chauvinism is in cricket and West Indian culture. The essay is published by ESPN's The Cricket Monthly, and is inspired in part by Chris Gayle's most recent inappropriate comments to a female journalist, and the reactions to that. It begins with the mayor of Port's of Spain's trivialization of murder of a Japanese woman attending Carnival, and ranges into Baksh's own struggles to establish herself as a journalist and cricket fan.
Truth be told, Gayle was the least significant player in this issue, and if it weren't for the fact that he generated it, I wouldn't even waste time mentioning him. He is merely a mindless soldier in the vulgar battle of chauvinism that still exists in every sphere. The consequences have been largely ignored in the conversations following this latest public eruption.
