WICB Under Scrutiny News Topic

Time is running out

Mon, Mar 31, '08

by JIMMY ADAMS

(Full text of an address by former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams at the annual WIPA awards).

It is indeed an honor for me to be here with you here tonight sharing in this evening of celebration, and as a former player I would first like to use this opportunity to say congratulations to all those players who have been nominated for awards tonight and especially to those who have won their various categories. I wish all of you continued success both on and off the field of play.

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Shiv Chanderpaul News Topic

Chanderpaul sweeps major WIPA awards

Mon, Mar 31, '08
Guyanese left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul swept all the major prizes at the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) cricket awards function on Sunday night.
 
The left-handed Guyanese was voted International Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and One Day International Cricketer of the Year.
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Vaneisa Baksh News Topic

Five days of wonder

Mon, Mar 31, '08

by VANEISA BAKSH

Seepersad Naipaul, the father of V. S., as a reporter for the Trinidad Guardian, began many of his stories climactically. "Amazing scenes were witnessed yesterday," became his trademark opening, and thinking about his penchant for finding the unusual in every story he pursued, I wondered what he would have been like as a cricket reporter. Not in his time, but in ours.

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