Bridgetown, Barbados, January 13 - (www.bcacricket.org) - Six Barbadians have been included in the Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) Marooners squad for the WICB Super50 Championship in Barbados and Antigua, January 24 to February 18.
The six are captain Jamal Smith, fellow batsmen Kyle Corbin and Aaron Jones, veteran all-rounder and former Barbados captain and West Indies player Ryan Hinds, who is also one of the coaches, fast bowler Keon Harding and off-spinner Raymond Bynoe.
Jones, Corbin, Harding also played in the Barbados Pride 50-over trials.
The squad is completed by Amir Jangoo, Mark Deyal, Vikash Mohan (Trinidad & Tobago), Cassius Burton, Christopher Powell, Jermaine Levy (Jamaica), Larry Edward (St. Lucia), (Trinidad & Tobago) and Nino Henry (Antigua).
After roping in two marquee players - Kumar Sangakkara and Shahid Afridi - there's now a Caribbean flavour to the Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz with Darren Sammy being the latest high-profile player who will take part in the T20 tournament. Sammy, the two-time World T20 winning captain, will ply his trade for Hung Hom JD Jaguars, who also announced culinary innovators Bueno Insta Pizza Private Limited as a team sponsor. Speaking about their latest signing, team coach Afzaal Haider said: "Darren Sammy is a stalwart of the game. His celebrations with the pacifier and champion dances have won him countless fans across the globe. More than that, he is a very astute cricketer, who can contribute with the bat, ball and strategies."
West Indies' proposed tour to Pakistan for two T20Is in mid-March is off the table, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPNcricinfo. The WICB rejected the PCB's proposal for the tour after receiving advice on security from the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations. The WICB has also cancelled an expected security recce, which was planned for later this month. The two boards, however, continue to discuss the possibility of two T20 internationals in Florida on March 19 and 20.
It is understood that earlier this week the West Indies Players Association wrote to FICA, seeking advice on the current security situation in Pakistan. FICA reportedly gave WIPA the latest security advisory from its security consultants, Eastern Star International, who provide security for various international boards including the ECB, Cricket Australia, New Zealand Cricket and the ICC.
In the report, FICA warned that the risk level in Pakistan remains "at an extremely elevated state" and that "an acceptable level of participant security and safety cannot be expected or guaranteed". Earlier this month, FICA's report on player safety and security strongly discouraged players from traveling to Lahore for the Pakistan Super League final, scheduled for March 5.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies and Pakistan Cricket Boards have agreed to play three Tests, three One-Day-Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in the Caribbean from Monday, March 27 to Monday, May 15.
The series is scheduled to start in the twin-island of Trinidad and Tobago and end in Dominica.
The Twenty20 matches are scheduled for TT; the three ODIs in Guyana, then the teams will then travel to Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica for each of the Test matches.
Manager of Operations, WICB, Roland Holder thinks this series will offer the home team an additional opportunity in the busy cricket year “to improve its ranking. Any series against Pakistan always poses an interesting contest for the West Indies.”
Schedule
Friday, March 31 1st T20 Queen’s Park Oval Sunday, April 2 2nd T20 Queen’s Park Oval Friday, April 7 1st ODI Guyana National Stadium Sunday, April 9 2nd ODI Guyana National Stadium Tuesday, April 11 3rd ODI Guyana National Stadium Saturday, April 15 3-Day Match Trelawny Stadium Friday, April 22 1st Test Sabina Park Sunday April 30 2nd Test Kensington Oval Wednesday, May 10 3rd Test Windsor Park
Both teams met in a three-test series in Dubai last October, Pakistan won that series 2-1.
He stands at backward square-leg, closer in than usual. Everyone is closer than usual. Frank Worrell has made sure of it. Australia need one run to win; the West Indians must attack. Worrell reminds Wes Hall not to bowl a no-ball and calms his men, some of whom flap about in the excitement of the moment. Joe Solomon needs no such quieting. By his nature he is unflappable. Three balls ago, Hall had a run-out chance from point-blank range, three stumps to aim at. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, he would hit. This is the one in a hundred.
Next delivery, Hall ran towards midwicket, almost collided with Rohan Kanhai, and dropped a catch off his own bowling. Pressure does funny things, even to great players.
Joe Solomon is not a great player. He scored 65 and 47 earlier in this match, but will end his career with one Test century and an average of 34.
As a batsman he lacks flair. As a fieldsman he is dazzling. His aim is true, honed by years of pelting stones at mangoes as a boy back home in Guyana. Last over he threw down the stumps from midwicket to run out Alan Davidson.
