The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Former West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper has been confirmed as Kenya's new coach.
"We had a very impressive list of more than 30 applications and it took a long time to whittle it down," said Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) Chairman Samir Inamdar of a process that began in September 2005. "It was very difficult to make the final choice but we offered the job to Roger in late December and we are delighted he has accepted it."
It's near impossible to feel sorry for Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Crabdance-mud, puppy-flea, etc.
Once he decided to break ranks with his teammates and strengthen the WICB's brazen attempt to mulct the players, Chanderpaul gave up his right to demand support from the players who didn't sign the prohibitive contract. That said, I find the intense vilification of Chanderpaul by those who want a new captain to be rather childish and overbearing.
We mustn't kid ourselves into believing Twenty20 cricket is a passing phase. In my view it's here to stay and will grow from strength to strength.
In Britain it's a huge hit, not least because, in Summer, people can do a full day's work, then go to the park and spend those long evenings playing in or watching a cricket match to its completion.
Guyanese left-hander Leon Johnson has been named captain of a 14-man West Indies squad for the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Jason Mohammed of Trinidad & Tobago is vice-captain
The squad will reassemble following the Christmas and New Year?s break on January 10, 2006 for a further five days of preparation prior to departure for Pakistan where they will play a series of warm-up matches before going on to Sri Lanka.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) isn't entirely happy about the way Texan billionaire Allen Stanford is going about organising his 20/20 tournament.
Stanford, who deliberately kept the WICB in the dark about plans for the $28 million tournament, has been dispatching former West Indies greats to WICB member territories to start disbursing funds, a move that has apparently irked the board.