Sat, Nov 23, '02
Level with three wins apiece, India and the West Indies have
vowed a fight to the finish in the deciding game of their
seven-match limited-overs cricket series. The rivals go into
Sunday's (Saturday night local time) final one-dayer at Vijaywada
expecting another tall-scoring contest and winning the toss will
take on more significance than usual.
The team batting second has won all six matches in this series, so
the captain who wins the toss Sunday would most likely send the
opposition into bat first to gain a psychological edge.
Sat, Nov 23, '02
The captain of Trinidad's cricket team spoke optimistically
Friday of making the West Indies starting lineup in the upcoming
Bangladesh tour of two test matches and three-one day
internationals.
Darren Ganga will fly Saturday to Bangladesh for the tour from next
Friday until Dec. 20. "I would like to break into the starting 11
quite naturally," he said. "It won't be easy as the players at the
top of the order have been doing quite well."
Fri, Nov 22, '02
asks KEITH SMITH
What, pray tell, is the prognosis for Brian Lara's return to
West Indian cricket? I know that, somewhat belatedly, a veil of
secrecy has been drawn around his illness and, Lord knows, I don't
want to know what he is suffering from ? just when he is expected
to be up and batting again.
I am raising this now for two reasons - first, because of the
conflicting signals the region has been getting and second, because
I would have thought that the Bangladesh series was the perfect
series for him to ease himself back into the game.
Fri, Nov 22, '02
Bangladesh cricket selectors have retained wicketkeeper Khaled
Masud as captain and recalled former captain Naimur Rahman the
1-man squad for the upcoming one-day series against the West
Indies.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a team that includes a
combination of young and veteran players, aiming to score more
runs. "We are putting emphasis on batting to get a higher run
score," chief selector Aliul Islam said.
Thu, Nov 21, '02 by JOHN RICHARDSON
In failing to appoint a young captain the WICB and the selectors
have lost a chance to invest in the future. As we all know,
investing is not the WICB's forte, and so this is perhaps not
surprising. Even so, the question remains: who will be captain
after Hooper?
Surely not Ridley -- he is a fine man and a great player but he has
made his contribution to West Indies cricket and owes it nothing
more. Despite the selectors' seeming lack of interest in find his
replacement, he cannot continue much longer than Hooper. Neither
the mercurial Lara nor the introverted Chanderpaul have any
interest in the position. Clearly the next skipper must be one of
the new generation.