April 2020 News Archive

Is Hope on the Horizon for the West Indies Cricket Team?

Wed, Apr 1, '20

The West Indies Cricket Team’s new management is well on its way to implementing changes that should result in an improvement in the team’s performance. Some of these transitions are bringing stability in the office and on the field.

As is always the case with sports teams, the coach is often the one to set the team’s technical, administrative and disciplinary standards, as well as encourage cohesiveness among all the stakeholders.

President Ricky Skerrit has carefully scrutinized the problems which caused the standard of cricket to deteriorate and appears to have found a methodical formula for the various departments of the sport. This includes the immediate re-employment of our former West Indian batsman Phil Simmons as the new coach. He proved his worth as a top-class Cricket Coach, after the end of his stints with Zimbabwe, Ireland, Afganistan and the Windies.

It has always been my hobby to evaluate the work done by coaches, especially Football and Cricket at all levels.

Administration hasty with management team sacking: Bishop

Wed, Apr 1, '20

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop maintains the wrong call was made to overhaul the entire management team of the senior men’s side on the eve of last year’s 50-overs World Cup in England.

A year after former St Kitts and Nevis cabinet minister, Ricky Skerritt, captured the Cricket West Indies presidency, the decision to remove controversial Englishman Richard Pybus and replace him with former West Indies batsman Floyd Reifer, has remained a contentious talking point.

And Bishop told CNC3’s ViewPoint considering the fallout from such a move, some measure of patience with the then management team could have been exercised.

“Maybe on reflection there should have been a little more patience, from my point of view, handed down just prior to that World Cup,” said Bishop now a well-respected international television cricket analyst.