The Windies’ coach Stuart Law has been suspended for his side’s upcoming two One-Day Internationals against India following a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for which he received a 100 per cent fine and three demerit points. This means his accumulated demerit points reached four within a 24-month period leading to the two-match ban.During Sunday’s play in the Hyderabad Test, Law was found guilty of breaching Level 2 Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an International Match or any Player, Player Support Personnel, Match Official or team participating in any International Match, irrespective of when such criticism or inappropriate comment is made”. As Law had received a 25 per cent fine and one demerit point during the final day’s play in the Dominica Test against Pakistan in May 2017, with the addition of these three demerit points, he has reached the threshold of four demerit points, which, pursuant to article 7.6 of the Code, have now been converted into two suspension points. Therefore, Law has been suspended from the 21 and 24 October ODIs against India in Guwahati and Visakhapatnam, respectively. Stuart Law has been suspended for the first two ODIs against India Stuart Law has been suspended for the first two ODIs against IndiaThe incident on Sunday afternoon happened when Stuart Law, following the dismissal of Kieran Powell, went to the TV umpire’s room and made inappropriate comments. He then walked to the fourth umpire’s area and, in the presence of the players, again directed inappropriate comments at the fourth official. On Monday, Law admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing. The charges were leveled by on-field umpires Bruce Oxenford and Ian Gould, third umpire Nigel Llong, all from the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, and fourth official Nitin Menon.
"chances went down and a deluge of bitty misfields littered the passage of play"
For all the thousands of players across the world, there are still few batsmen who arrive in the Test arena termed a prodigy. Many have huge expectation on them but few are expected, as is Prithvi Shaw, to become the Little Master's actual replacement. India's tour to Australia later this year, scene of some of Tendulkar's finest knocks, will give us a mouthwatering taste of whether he really is the true heir.
Nothing can be taken away from Shaw's breathtaking performances in his debut series against the West Indies, but it is worth recalling the fate of another of these rare prodigies to highlight the plight of the Caribbean's current Test side. Back in 1991, Graeme Hick made his debut against the same opposition and, after stellar efforts in county cricket, had to cope with similar levels of expectation, not least as his adopted nation at the time were already in the doldrums.
Zimbabwe-born Hick had six years on Shaw when he took his Test bow, having had to wait seven years to qualify for England. He also had 57 First Class tons to his name by the time he got to the middle at Headingley. Sadly, once there, he found Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Malcolm Marshall and Patrick Paterson waiting for him and ended the series with an average of 10.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – The Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners bundled out the Jamaica Scorpions for the lowest total of this year’s Regional Super50 competition on their way to registering a comfortable six-wicket victory in their Group B encounter here at the Three W’s Oval yesterday.
Entering the contest as the only remaining unbeaten team, the Scorpions were routed for a lowly 82, with Khesan Ottley and Keroy Cottoy being the main destroyers, sharing seven wickets between them.
So disappointing were the efforts of the Scorpions’ batsmen, only three managed to score in double figures.
The Marooners then easily reached their target, scoring 84 for four off 17.5 overs.
Barbados Pride beat Leeward Islands Hurricanes by three wickets in Round 5 of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Group B Day/Night match at Kensington Oval today.
Requiring 227 to win, Barbados Pride scored 227 for seven off 49.4 overs.
Fightbacks have been the feature of Windies Test cricket in recent years and hence it came as no surprise that they had a few rabbits to pull out of their hat in the second Test against India in Hyderabad. Roston Chase and Jason Holder led Windies' revival after they had been reduced to 182 for six, helping the team post a total in excess of 300. The spinners helped the visitors stage a strong comeback after a fiery start from Prithvi Shaw, although Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant tilted the balance in India's favour with their century stand. On Day 3, with the hosts looking at a sizeable lead, it looked like the game would get out of Windies' grasp. But Holder had other ideas, engineering an Indian collapse in collaboration with Shannon Gabriel. But there was only so much the Windies could fight as their familiar woes with the batting resurfaced, one that ensured the Test match would get over on the third day after the initial promise of lasting the distance.
ICC Press Release:Sir Andy Roberts – the legendary fast bowler – has joined the Windies Ambassador Programme, and will lend his support to the upcoming ICC Women’s World T20 2018. Tickets available online at https://tickets.worldtwenty20.com; Box offices open in all three host countries on Monday, 29 October
The 67-year-old is ranked among the best fast bowlers of all time and is a member of the ICC Hall of Fame. He will make several appearances to help promote the tournament, which will be played from 9 to 24 November. He will be based in his homeland Antigua and will also attend the semi-finals and final on 22 and 24 November.
Sir Andy Roberts said: “I was asked, and I graciously accepted the invitation to join the CWI programme because of my love for cricket. I will do whatever I can for West Indies cricket and this is my small contribution to the women’s game, which we can all see is growing all around the world and we are seeing evidence of and that growth here in our region.
'I would love to see our Windies team reach the semi-finals and move on from there' 'I would love to see our Windies team reach the semi-finals and move on from there' “Women’s cricket is attracting more fans and I’m one of those fans. I watch them play and I enjoy every moment of it. What I like is the energy, the athleticism, the dynamism and the level of fitness. The style of play is also wonderful to see – and the fielding is tremendous. I would like to invite all the fans to come out and watch the tournament – which will be wonderful for the development of the game among women.”
