Media Watch News Topic

Gibson picks England as favourites

Tue, May 28, '13

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has picked out hosts England as the team to beat in this year's Champions Trophy because of their familiarity with conditions in the early summer.

"England would be the best team to play in England in these conditions at this time of the year" Gibson said. The tournament will be played between June 6 and 23, and James Anderson and Stuart Broad have found form in the on-going Test series against New Zealand. "To my mind, they are the favourites and for the rest of the seven teams, it is who gets settled and used to the conditions quickly enough.

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WICB News Topic

St Kitts to host Regional Under 19

Tue, May 28, '13

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that the Regional Under 19 Tournament 2013 will be played in St Kitts. The tournament will now be played from July 17th to August 21st.

WICB had previously announced that the premier age group tournament will be played from July 10 to August 10 but the schedule has been pushed back by a week to accommodate preparatory camps of the various teams.



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Brian Lara News Topic

WICB announces Celkon Mobile as Tri Nations sponsor

Sun, May 26, '13
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced Celkon Mobile as the title sponsor of the Tri Nations Series to be played by West Indies, India and Sri  Lanka.

The series will be known as the Celkon Mobile Cup and will be played in Jamaica and Trinidad from June 28 to July 11.
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