DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) --West Indies captain Jason Holder has moved up three places to a career-best 49th in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings released yesterday.
Holder's marginal climb was a result of two wickets he took in the West Indies losing effort against Sri Lanka in the final Test which ended on Sunday.
His West Indian teammate, pacer Jerome Taylor, also moved up three places to 21 after bagging four wickets in the two Test matches against Sri Lanka.
CHAIRMAN of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s National League Patrick Rampersad has chided a group of representatives of the clubs in the top tier local cricket for the methods being used to effect change in the national organisation.
Rampersad, the third vice-president of the TT CB said he was very concerned that the campaign by the six elected National League officials is doing irreparable harm which if left unchecked, will destroy the game.
The Port-of-Spain customs broker, who is also president of successful Premier Division team Merryboys Sports Club of Diego Martin, said that although the six named representatives enjoy the right to speak out on issues relevant to the game’s administration, they should refrain from flouting established protocols.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Cricket Board would like to express its profound sorrow and heartfelt condolences to family and friends, following the passing of former Jamaica and West Indies batsman Basil Williams. He was 65.
Williams played seven Tests for West Indies between 1978 and 1979, distinguishing himself with two hundreds in his brief career.
“We mourn the loss of another servant of the game in the Caribbean,” said WICB president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron. “Indeed, the Jamaica Cricket Association and the Kensington Cricket Club family of which he was a part for all of his life will miss him.
“I knew ‘Shotgun’, as he was affectionately known, having been a member of Kensington for so many years. He was captain of the first team and I had the honour of playing with him. He was a tough, but fair captain and a no-nonsense guy.”
Williams earned his place in the West Indies side, partly due to a solid regional first-class season in 1978 and the defection of many leading players to World Series Cricket.
He hammered a hundred against an equally depleted Australian side on debut in Guyana, ending the series with 257 runs at 42.83.
This earned him selection for the subsequent Tour of India, where he again performed well, scoring 212 runs at 35.33 – including a hundred at Calcutta – but after that series the leading players returned from World Series Cricket and he was discarded.
Williams continued to represent Jamaica with distinction until his retirement in 1986 and served the game in his homeland in a number of areas including selector, board member and team manager.
GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Monday a 15-member West Indies Women’s squad for the Twenty20 International Home Series against Pakistan Women during this week in Grenada.
Sri Lanka had come into the series against West Indies in a state of flux, after having lost two home Test series in a year for only the second time. Kumar Sangakkara had retired after the second Test against India, and coach Marvan Atapattu had resigned. However, they rallied to sweep West Indies 2-0, after a 72-run win before tea on the final day of the second Test at the P Sara Oval, despite four sessions getting washed out.
Milinda Siriwardana, whose 68 in the first innings turned out to the top score in the match, picked up three wickets in the final innings to trigger the slide. Sri Lanka's lead spinner Rangana Herath claimed four wickets to skittle the visitors, who began the day at 20 for 1, for 171.
West Indies' innings followed a similar pattern with one batsman making a fifty - Darren Bravo in this case - and the others deflating like cheap party balloons.
