AS ONE who has written as many words to fill the public library on behalf of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), Dinanath Ramnarine's comment last week suggested that the penny had finally dropped.
"Cricket fans are not hearing much about cricket these days," WIPA's long-serving president and chief executive said prior to Monday's start of negotiations with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago stayed on course for their third straight WICB Regional Women's One-day title with a six-wicket victory over St. Lucia in the semi-finals.
T&T, under the leadership of West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira, will face Jamaica, under the captaincy of West Indies star all-rounder Stafanie Taylor, in the Final on Sunday at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
The West Indies Cricket Board is immensely pleased with the commencement of negotiations with WIPA for a revised MOU/CBA. In recent years there has been much distrust and acrimony between the Board and WIPA.
Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Rain affected most of the games on the opening day of the WICB Regional Women’s 50-over Competition. In between the showers, reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago made a winning start to the competition, narrowly edging Jamaica by three runs, and former champions St. Lucia posted a solid 95-run victory over Dominica.
In the feature match at the Banks Brewery Ground, T&T defied a fine all-round performance from West Indies Women’s all-rounder Shanel Daley to win. Daley stroked 60, and fellow West Indies Women’s all-rounder Stafanie Taylor made 45, as the Jamaicans, chasing 160 for victory, were restricted to 159 for seven in their allocation of 50 overs. Gaitri Seetahal was the pick of the T&T bowlers with two for 16.
