Thu, Oct 31, '19
Returning West Indies coach Phil Simmons has backed his two captains' ability to get the most of their players, and suggested that Jason Holder will benefit from the decision to hand the white-ball reins to Kieron Pollard.
Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Simmons said that Pollard - who was appointed captain of the limited-overs teams in September despite not having played an ODI since 2016 - is capable of "leading from the front" with the bat.
"It showed in the T20Is with India," Simmons said. "He took the reins and led in those. That's what I expect from him: that responsibility of being captain is going to make him want to always be on top of the runs and leading from the front. He is that kind of a leader - even though he asks you to do something, it is not something he wouldn't do or he wouldn't want to do."
Read more at ESPNcricinfo
Wed, Oct 30, '19
VETERAN all-rounder Imran Khan has been appointed captain of a 14-member TT Red Force team, who will compete in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup, from November 6 to December 1, in both Trinidad and St Kitts.
The squad was announced by the TT Cricket Board yesterday.
The 35-year-old Khan will have, as his deputy, former TT captain and fellow all-rounder Yannick Ottley. Experienced left-handed batsman Darren Bravo is the most notable name in the list.
Read more at Newsday
Wed, Oct 30, '19
St. John’s, Antigua - Cricket West Indies have confirmed that Hayley Matthews will be eligible for selection from the third Colonial Medical Insurance One Day International against India. This follows her withdrawal from the previous series against Australia due to a breach of CWI’s Code of Conduct.
The matter was referred to the six- member CWI Disciplinary Committee headed by Independent Chairman, Justice Winston Anderson.
The Committee ruled that Matthews should be suspended for eight international matches, which will end after the second one-day international of the upcoming India series, which begins in Antigua this weekend.
CWI Disciplinary Committee members are:
● Justice Winston Anderson (Chairman - Independent)
● Madam Justice Desiree Bernand (Member - Independent)
● Justice Charles Pennycooke (Member - Independent)
● Mr. Carlisle Best (Member - Independent)
● Mr. Jeffrey Dujon (Member - Players Representative)
● Miss Verlyn Faustin (CWI Corporate Secretary)
Meanwhile, CWI also confirmed that star all-rounder Deandra Dottin is continuing her active rehabilitation from shoulder surgery that has kept her out of cricket since May and has commenced a gradual return to playing plan under the guidance of the CWI medical team.
Tue, Oct 29, '19
West Indies Test captain, Jason Holder, believes the time is ripe for him to make his mark in the shortest form of the game he has risen to the top of in its more traditional form.
Holder, who is ranked the number-one Test all-rounder in the world has often been sidelined when it comes to T20 Internationals and has made just 11 appearances for the West Indies in the last five years.
Holder was picked in the West Indies squad to face Afghanistan recently ahead of the team’s former captain, Carlos Brathwaite.
Read more at SportsMax
Tue, Oct 29, '19
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Sir Vivian Richards says West Indies cricket has reached a “crossroads” and believes strategic, long-term planning by the Ricky Skerritt-led administration will be paramount if the sport is to rebound in the region.
Pointing to the Caribbean side's disastrous performance at the ICC World Cup in England earlier this year and their steady slide down the rankings, the legendary former Test captain and master batsman conceded the team's struggles had reached a new low, but said he would back any initiatives by Cricket West Indies (CWI) aimed at turning the situation around.
“It would have been a setback.the last meaningful tournament we would have participated in, that was the World Cup in England,” Sir Viv told the Line and Length cricket podcast.
Read more at the Jamaica Observer