The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed Vincentian Alfred Bynoe and Barbadian Roddy Estwick as manager and coach of its developmental 'B' team for this year's first class tournament.
Bynoe, a former St Vincent all-rounder, has held the post for the past two years. He is a qualified coach, holding the WICB's advanced certificate, the board said.
Cricket's showpiece event is less than a month away and the fans of Barbados and the Caribbean are still without a tv and/or radio deal that will provide coverage of the ICC World Cup from South Africa, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) warned.
The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), which has been negotiating with the rights holders in the United States, informed the broadcast stations of the region Wednesday, that in their discussions, "the expectation was that the Caribbean could pay as much as US$1 million for the rights." The CMC has described the fee as "not feasible."
Opener Krishna Arjune, who represented the West Indies 'B' team in last year's Busta Cup, is the only newcomer in the Guyana 13-member for the three away matches this year, which bowls off on January 31.
Arjune joins the left-handed pair of Azeemul Haniff and Sewnarine Chattergoon, who opened the batting in the 2002 tournament. The sole surprise was the dropping of middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine, once thought to be among the brightest prospects in the West Indies.
Reverend Wes Hall called it correctly when he said Brian Lara "acted honourably and honestly" in the way he communicated with the board following the mystery illness that ruled him out of the tours of India and Bangladesh (See related story).
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the WICB president's own involvement in the secretive way in which Lara's fitness progress and availability for Trinidad and Tobago was handled.
I write with reference to the story 'WICB Official Denies BBC Quotes' which is currently on your site.
Our original story was written in good faith on the basis of copy supplied to us by the Press Association, who are acknowledged as Britain's leading sports news agency and supply media outlets all over the country.