ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board confirmed today that Dave Bernard Jr, Kevin Stoute and Shane Shillingford have been penalised under the Code of Conduct, following the first round of the Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament which ended last Monday.
Bernard and Stoute were reported by umpires Peter Nero, Jonathan Blades and Ryan Willoughby during the match between Barbados Pride and Jamaica Scorpions at Kensington Oval for Level 1 breaches of the code.
They both showed dissent at an umpire’s decision by appealing excessively for an lbw decision which was given “not-out”.
Shillingford was reported by umpires Nandkumar Shivsankar, Joel Wilson and Imran Moakan during the match between Windward Islands Volcanoes and Guyana Jaguars at the Guyana National Stadium, also for a Level 1 breach of the code.
Shillingford was penalised for conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game, when he attempted to bring the game into disrepute through pointing at his elbow during an appeal for caught while he was batting in the 45th over of the Volcanoes’ second innings, deliberately attempting to influence the umpire’s decision.
All three players were fined 10 per cent of their match fees, after they admitted to the offence and accepted the imposition of the proposed sanction.
At Headingley in 1984, Malcolm Marshall summed up the fierce and terrible beauty of one of the greatest teams of them all.
The most terrible thing I ever saw on a cricket field took place during the interval between innings. It involved a series of physical jerks. It was the perfect vignette of one of the greatest teams of all time. Just the sight of a player warming up was more than the England team could take.
The place was Headingley, the year 1984, the opponents West Indies. England were doing okay. Certainly they were in the match despite being 2-0 down in the series. They made 270, and West Indies were making heavy weather against an inspired Paul Allott, who took 6 for 61.
But even that wasn't the best news for England. Malcom Marshall was injured. He broke his thumb in two places while fielding in the gully, going after a shot from Chris Broad, and was told not to think about cricket for ten days. Thus at one stroke, the great terror of the world had been taken out of England's way. Lord, how they must have toasted Broad in the dressing room.
THE South West Zone of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board in its efforts to unearth new talent from their mainly rural areas is continuing its coaching caravan, when coaches are sent to different venues to conduct sessions.
At these sessions, coaching, screening and data collection is done. The objective is primarily cricket development in the zone, but also to get the talented youths into the teams that will be competing in the 2016 BGTT zonal age-group competitions.
This was revealed by Ramesh Dharamdeo, chairman of the South West Zone who said that the programme will bowl off on Saturday at the Fyzabad Composite School, and the Palo Seco Velodrome starting at 9 am and ending at noon.
West Indies' bowlers delivered tight lines and intelligent variations of pace on a slow Khettarama surface to force a Sri Lanka collapse and prise a 23-run victory to end an otherwise barren tour. Dwayne Bravo collected four wickets, and Ravi Rampaul three, in the visitors' defence of 162 for 6 which, like their bowling, had also been a collective effort.
The victory gives West Indies a share of the series, though Sri Lanka keep the top T20 rank. Bravo, who hit a run-a-ball 31 in addition to his 4 for 28 with the ball, was named Man of the Match.
Tillakaratne Dilshan struck his second fifty of the series but - although his own strike-rate was nearly 137 - his 70-run stand with Shehan Jayasuriya drew some of the momentum from Sri Lanka's innings. Jayasuriya was out for 30 off 32 balls. His wicket set in motion a capitulation that cost nine wickets for 46 runs. Incoming batsmen attempted to hit out immediately, mindful of a climbing required rate, but managed only to find secure pairs of hands in the outfield.
“I regret my public outburst during my press conference on the 25th of September 2015 in Barbados called to announce the West Indies Cricket Board’s men’s senior team selected to tour Sri Lanka in October/November 2015 and the revelation of the voting that took place at the team selection meeting. I extend a public apology to all whom I may have offended. I have personally apologised to my fellow selectors and the West Indies Cricket Board and now do so again publicly. I am looking forward to putting this behind me and doing the job I enjoy with the West Indies senior men’s teams to continue heading towards the goal that we have in sight and towards which we have started working.”
