WEST INDIES women will begin the October 3-20 International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty/20 women's World Cup in Bangladesh with a clash against last year's runners-up South Africa in Dhaka on October 5.
Winners of the 2016 T20 World Cup, the West Indies women have been placed in group B alongside the Proteas women, Bangladesh, England and Scotland, who sealed their passage to the World Cup after finishing as runners-up to Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup qualifiers which concluded in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Record six-time winners Australia begin their title defence against Sri Lanka in group A on October 4, with India, New Zealand and Pakistan rounding off the group.
After playing South Africa, Hayley Matthews and the Windies team will play Scotland and hosts Bangladesh on October 7 and 9 respectively, before ending the group phase with a meeting against England. West Indies will play all of their group games in Dhaka.
Former West Indies Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite will be one of a plethora of international stars who will headline the inaugural Princess Margaret Cricket to Conquer Cancer “dawn-to-dusk” street cricket event scheduled for May next year.
The initiative, unveiled here yesterday by the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, is expected to be the largest of its kind in the country, bringing together celebrities to raise funds for cancer research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Organisers also said that with cricket being used as the vehicle, they expected the event to also “foster a sense of community”.
The 35-year-old Brathwaite, who led West Indies in 30 of his 41 T20 Internationals, said he hoped to play his part in ensuring that the event was a success.
“I am thrilled to witness cricket’s growing popularity in Canada – a testament to its welcoming and multicultural community. It truly is a global sport,” said Brathwaite, who now plies his trade on the lucrative T20 franchise circuit.
DELHI, India (CMC) — West Indies Twenty20 captain Rovman Powell says he will try to borrow the detailed planning involved in the Rajasthan Royals set-up, when he leads his side into next month’s T20 World Cup.
Powell is part of the Royals outfit which have been one of the standout teams in the Indian Premier League this season, currently lying second on 16 points only by virtue of an inferior run rate to leaders Kolkata Knight Riders.
The 30-year-old said one of the hallmarks of the Royals season was the level of planning being undertaken behind the scenes.
“One thing I like with this team is the way how they plan. I think we as West Indians can plan like that,” Powell said Tuesday, following Royals’ defeat to Delhi Capitals.
“They go into specifics, they go into detail, and I think that has accounted for the overall success of the team.
KISWAH Chaitoo’s appeal against his February 28 removal as TT Cricket Board (TTCB) treasurer has been adjourned to allow the board’s attorneys to file further written submissions, in response to Chaitoo’s.
This was confirmed by Chaitoo’s legal team Dinesh Rambally and Stefan Ramkissoon on Tuesday, after his appeal hearing by the TTCB’s Supreme Appellate Committee at the National Cricket Centre in Couva.
Rambally and Ramkissoon were ready to proceed but committee chairman Justice Prakash Moosai said the board’s attorneys needed to respond in writing, to the previous submissions made by Chaitoo.
At Tuesday’s hearing, the committee said there were some “interesting” and “pertinent” points raised in Chaitoo’s earlier submissions, and the matter could only go on when the board responds in writing.
The TTCB, guided by attorneys Navindra Ramnanan and Henry Chase, was given a May 27 deadline to file their submissions. Chaitoo’s legal team was also given a June 10 deadline to file their final submissions, in response to the submissions presented by TTCB.
Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Dr Roland Toppin has denied reports of planned industrial action by employees leading up to or during the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup.
His comments have come following messages being circulated on Whatsapp over the weekend, where it suggested that industrial action was being planned by employees at the BCA in response to questionable decisions made by one of its managers in relation to the World Cup.
However, in a statement which was issued today by Dr Toppin, he staunchly denied the accusations.
“It has been brought to our attention that a text message is being widely circulated via the WhatsApp medium in which it is alleged, inter alia, that there is impending industrial action being contemplated by the members of staff of the BCA, and it is the BCA’s intention to treat the President of the Republic of Barbados, Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason, her son and guests in a disrespectful manner during the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June of this year.
