The headquarters of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will be relocated by early next year.
This is according to President Dave Cameron, who said plans are in the pipeline to move the St John’s offices to the Stanford Cricket Ground at Coolidge.
The move, he said, will come following the joint acquisition of the Grounds by the WICB and the Antigua & Barbuda government.
Cameron anticipates that by early 2017, the acquisition would have been complete, but hints that work could start at the facility long before then.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced two “A” 14-man squads for the Four-Day and One-Day match series against Sri Lanka. The series will consist of three 4-day and three one-day matches to run from October 1 to November 1.
A Team - Four (4) Day
Rajendra Chandrika, Kieran Powell, Evin Lewis, Vishual Singh (Vice Captain)
Shamarh Brooks (Captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Jahmar Hamilton
West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron evaded questions on the future of head coach Phil Simmons and Test captain Jason Holder on Saturday, choosing rather to launch a robust defence of his board’s performance in the face of mounting public criticism. Media reports over the last week said a proposal would be made at the quarterly Board of Directors weekend meeting here, recommending the sacking of Simmons and Holder, but Cameron offered only veiled statements regarding their discussions on the matter as he side-stepped both issues. “We did discuss the two major risks that we have identified… the performance of the Test team and the ODI team, so that was discussed at length,” he told reporters following the meeting, “At the appropriate time [we will speak on the Simmons matter]. We have to continue the discussions internally and at the appropriate time we will make any announcements that are deemed necessary.” When questions persisted on Simmons’ future, Cameron said: “We are not answering any more questions at this point in time.” Similarly, Cameron also refused to shed light on whether Holder would continue as Test captain, amidst swirling media reports he is set to be replaced by his deputy, Kraigg Brathwaite.
The recently concluded Indian tour of the West Indies wasn’t an intense exhibition of Test cricket. And yet, ahead of a long 2016-17 season it threw up various pointers. Here, Sir Vivian Richards speaks to cricbuzz.com about the series, the health of cricket in the Caribbean, and Test cricket in general.
What is the way forward though for West Indies’ cricket? Do you think it’s about time that the selectors sat down with senior players and had an honest chat?
Sir Viv: It is. To be fair, when you are not doing well in results you have to listen, you have to open your ears to solutions and advice. I am not quite sure what is happening at present. You hear all sort of talk about what is happening in West Indies cricket. I can only hope that people can come to their common sense, because the game is much bigger than administration and much bigger than players. That’s how it should be treated.
Is the financial might of T20 cricket the root cause of this discord?
Sir Viv: There are a lot of individuals who want to take short cuts and play just for T20 leagues across the world. By short cuts, I mean, the attraction of Big Bash and IPL leagues is too strong and they are truly ignoring the spirit of the game. They must remember that at the very beginning, Test cricket was all we had, and then the shorter formats came much later. So we need to exercise some sort of control over this player movement.
Roseau, DOMINICA – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is reporting that it is forecasting a surplus for the financial year ending September 30, 2016. Additionally, it is projecting to spend an estimated US$40 million on its development programmes for the year October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017.
President, Dave Cameron has indicated that the spending for the upcoming financial year, will include focus on:
Two A Team Tours
Age group tours and under the under 19s preparation to defend the World Championship title in 2018
Women’s team qualification and participation in the World Cup in June 2017 in England and series to include the
ODI series vs England in Jamaica, October 8 – 19, and India (away series) in November.
The President also added that the number of days for cricket has almost doubled “and all the teams will be busy in the upcoming year.”
