Wed, Feb 17, '16
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) — The chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Dave Richardson, is suggesting that young West Indies bowler Keemo Paul should have warned Zimbabwe batsman Richard Ngarava before removing his bails in an incident that sparked controversy during the recent ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.
The incident occurred during a crucial final group game between the two teams, with the Caribbean side needing just three runs to win with a wicket remaining.
Paul clinched victory for West Indies by running Ngarava out at the bowler’s end, while running in to bowl the first delivery of the final over with replays suggesting Ngarava had strayed only marginally from the crease.
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Wed, Feb 17, '16
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 16 - (www.bcacricket.org) - At the beginning of the 2015/2016 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional season, the members of the Barbados Pride Squad made a unanimous decision to adopt the Little Pink Gift Foundation, a charity established in 2010 ‘to provide individuals with funding to aid in their diagnosis and treatment procedures for Breast Cancer’.
In an effort to create maximum awareness for the Foundation and attract resources for its operations, the Barbados Pride decided that hosting a ‘Pink Day’ during the season would best meet the objective of creating maximum awareness.
Pink Day has been scheduled for Saturday February 20th, 2016 - the second day of the seventh round match between the Pride and the Guyana Jaguars at Kensington.
Tue, Feb 16, '16
The beauty of their win wasn't in their preparation, but in their execution at crunch moments.
Keacy Carty and Keemo Paul batted for 20.3 overs to wipe out the 69 remaining runs needed to win their first Under-19 World Cup title. There were pockets where an inevitable collapse looked a possibility, but the pair batted with the serenity and confidence that belied their age. Incredibly, Paul struck the only four and six in the partnership. Carty's answer when asked if it was a conscious effort gave you a peek into his temperament.
"Singles could have done it. We just needed 146 from 300 balls," he said.
Wait, that's not how West Indies do it these days, do they?
A careful, and not carefree approach, did the trick. Every run they took in the unbroken sixth-wicket stand indicated their willingness to grind it out and not look for glory hits. At no stage did they look nervous. They didn't seem to mind the odd miss or the fact that they were made to scrap and look ungainly, particularly against Mayank Dagar, the left-arm spinner, who troubled them with his loop and flight.
Tue, Feb 16, '16
Yet another edition of the ICC Under-19 World Cup has come to an end. Staged across five venues in Bangladesh, the 19-day event tested the spectrum of human emotions for all those involved, but most specifically, the players themselves. Having played pivotal roles in everything from riveting thrillers to confounding controversies, a few of them emerged bold and strong, their cricketing prowess reaffirmed and their personalities reinforced.
There is the ballistic presence of Gidron Pope at the top, alongside the leading run-scorer Jack Burnham. The middle order possesses the enigmatic Sarfaraz Khan and the mature Charith Asalanka, among others, with Alzarri Joseph and Sandeep Lamichhane leading the pace and spin departments respectively.
So here's a look at a team that is chocked full of #FutureStars
Tue, Feb 16, '16
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 15 - (www.bcacricket.org) - Johnson Charles, the attacking Windward Islands opening batsman, is to replace Darren Bravo in the West Indies 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament in India in March and April, well-placed sources have revealed.
Left-hander Bravo wrote to the selectors, stating that he wanted to focus on his Test and One-Day International career and would instead represent Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the current WICB Professional Cricket League first-class Championship, which has four rounds remaining.
“Indeed I'm very grateful and humbled for the opportunity to represent the West Indies Cricket Team at the World Cup. However, I'm of the firm belief that I have a very big part to play in the resurgence of West Indies cricket in the longer formats of the game and I will like the opportunity to play in our Professional Cricket League (PCL) because it will put me in good stead and will allow me to achieve those goals that I have aligned myself for the year 2016 and beyond,” Bravo was quoted as saying in a WICB release on Sunday.
After the Windward Islands were demolished by an innings and 56 runs by Barbados Pride on the fourth and final morning of their sixth round match at Kensington Oval today, informed sources told BCAcricket.org that the 27-year-old Charles, who scored eight and 25 in the match, had been called up to the side, captained by his fellow St. Lucian, all-rounder Darren Sammy.