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India will have to wait another four years to win two Tests in a series in the Caribbean - a feat they've never achieved and were denied this time by a typically defiant resistance led by their West Indian tormentor-in-chief Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
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Republished from Jamaica Gleaner
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has a published code of conduct, and the players, in their contracts with the board, acknowledge and accept this code and are bound by it. By implication, the employees and board members are expected, too, to observe it at all times. It includes a procedure for dealing with breaches of the code, and this is the proper procedure to follow. Dr Ernest Hilaire has not followed this code in dealing with the Chris Gayle radio interview.
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India edged a day of fluctuating fortunes to take complete control of a rain-marred third Test in Dominica and closed in on a 2-0 series victory despite a century on debut from Kirk Edwards. His confidence and composure while approaching his landmark was a contrast to his edginess and uncertainty early in his innings, and he was guided along by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who fought his own battles and survived to take the game into the fifth day.
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The 36-year-old former Windies skipper achieved the feat at the start of the Third Digicel Test match against India – the first ever Test at Windsor Park.
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by LAWRENCE ROMEO
In recent weeks there have been numerous public exchanges between the West Indies Cricket Board and the most high-profile player in West Indies cricket – Chris Gayle. These exchanges have ranged from bitter to dismissive and the end result is that there is an ongoing standoff and Gayle is not in the West Indies team. But what are the real issues at hand? No one seems to know for certain as neither side has given a clear picture of what the issues really are. What the discerning public has realized is that neither side is being forthright and have been asking on the radio talk shows and elsewhere for the full truth to be told.
Here is a view from the inside.
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