The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Even after a decade and a half following his retirement from competitive cricket former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd is still being recognised for his success on the field of play.
The Guyana-born Lloyd is to be bestowed soon with his second
honorary academic honour in July as he has been invited to accept
the Degree of Doctor of Letters Honoris Causet from the
Universities of Greater Manchester in England in July.
Chairman of the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) disciplinary committee, Lennox John, says his panel will be meeting shortly to determine whether Test fast bowler, Mervyn Dillon, will be subject to further punishment after he was sent home from the regional team's recent tour of Sri Lanka.
Describing the decision to send home Dillon as a "tough" one for
the team's management, John said there will be a telephone link-up
of members on the WICB's disciplinary committee in the coming days
to look at the case.
Former Windies cricket stars, Richie Richardson and Curtly
Ambrose, have turned their sights to a career in the music
business.
Richardson, a guitarist, and bass player Ambrose will be teaming up
with the new Dread and the Baldhead group featuring lead vocalist
Davidson Benjamin, a former Antiguan calypso monarch.
The West Indies will not go through with their scheduled Test and one-day series against Pakistan unless the games are played at a neutral venue.
Carl Hooper's side was due to travel later this month, but the West
Indies Cricket Board does not plan to allow them to make the trip
because of the current tension between Pakistan and India.
At the end of a year in which his greatness finally re-emerged,
Brian Lara tops the Pricewaterhouse Coopers batting rankings and is
close to his highest-ever rating.
Lara has 905 points, 20 ahead of Andy Flower and just 12 short of
his zenith, which came after his one-man show against Australia in
1998-99.