When Kieron Pollard walked out in place of Dwayne Bravo for the toss during the second game of the tri-series, it did surprise many. A team that has a few senior players with experience of leading the side were overlooked in favour of a man who has never led. But, this only goes on to reflect a confused approach as far as the reins of leadership in West Indies are concerned.
Over the last two years, Darren Sammy has led West Indies in most of their One-Day Internationals (ODIs). Bravo only led when Sammy was rested for the series against Zimbabwe early this year. A few months down the line, he was elevated to the captaincy in the format and Sammy was only retained at the helm in Tests.
Sammy’s dismissal from one-day captaincy was a surprise as he had masterminded a revival of sorts for West Indies cricket. His most significant achievement as a captain was leading the side to the title triumph at the ICC World T20 2012. Not only that, West Indies have significant raised the bar under Sammy and regained their fighting spirit in Test cricket. However, their record in ODIs under Sammy wasn’t too great. What seems to have gone against him is the series 2-3 defeat to Bangladesh and a 0-5 whitewash Down Under earlier this year.
FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS - Columbus International Inc., which operates the largest cable franchise in the Caribbean under the brand name "Flow," has announce a new programming partnership with Ten Cricket, a 24/7 cricket channel, operated by Zee Americas. Cricket, one of the most watched games in the world will now be shown across the region, as the first all-cricket station for television viewers and sports fans across the Caribbean.
The channel will showcase several upcoming series including the Celkon Cup Tri Nation One Day International Series, currently being played in the region.
Kingston, Jamaica – The West Indies Cricket Board and the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) today launched a Cricket Coaching Education Programme (CCEP) designed to restructure, revamp and broaden the sustainability of the sport of cricket in the Caribbean region. The CCEP launch took place at a ceremony held at UTech’s campus.
The CCEP will introduce to the Caribbean Level 3 Coaching Certification Programme. The CCEP benefitted from technical expertise from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Chief Executive Officer of the WICB, Mr. Michael Muirhead said “we cannot over-emphasize the importance of certified coaches in the development of West Indies cricket.”
“The important pillar of coaching education has been returned to being among the top priorities in West Indies cricket,” Mr. Muirhead added.
The statistics of Johnson Charles’s 97 runs off 100 balls might seem innocuous to someone who was reading it without having seen the written commentary or heard about the match situation. With three top order batsmen getting out in Overs 2, 4 and 5, one might have thought that the 24 year old opening batsman would have retreated. No such luck for the Indians.
The second ODI of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-Nation Series at Sabina Park in Jamaica went down to the wire on Sunday and ended victoriously for the West Indies team with resolute batting from fast bowlers Kemar Roach and Tino Best. While the former has been known to bat with a level head, his batting partner has often been chastised for not playing according to what the match situation demanded.
