West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran, left, and Shai Hope run between the wickets to score during the Cricket World Cup
match between Australia and West Indies at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Thursday, June 6, 2019.
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recognition for the outstanding contributions
to the development and
promotion of the game of cricket by
both former stars and “we should
all be proud of their much deserved
accolades.”
He said Lloyd and Greenidge were
two of the finest cricketers ever to
represent the West Indies on the
global stage and they will join the
distinguished list of former West
Indian greats who have been previously
knighted for giving so much
towards the global success of West
Indies cricket.
The 75-year-old Lloyd captained
the West Indies to World Cup triumphs
in 1975 and 1979 and was
credited for moulding the West Indies
side of the late 1970s and 1980s into a
dominant force in world cricket.
“Lloyd was a tremendous leader
who represented everything that is
great about us as a West Indian people.
He lifted the ICC World Cup on
two occasions — the symbol that
we were true kings of the world,” he
said.
Greenidge, meanwhile emerged as
one of the finest opening batsmen in
the history of the Test game, in a legendary
alliance with fellow Barbadian
Desmond Haynes. The 68-year Barbadian
was a member of the 1975 and
1979 World Cup winning sides.
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has
appointed Trevor Penney as the
new West Indies Men’s assistant
coach on a two-year contract.
The announcement was made in
a media release, where it said Penney
would work with the team for
the white-ball formats (Twenty20
Internationals and ODIs).
According to CWI has a strong
record as a successful coach with
various teams around the world.
The 51-year-old coach has joined
the West Indies, as they start the
International Home Series against
Ireland in the Caribbean earlier
this week.
The tour features three Colonial
Medical Insurance One-Day
Internationals and three Sandals
Twenty20 Internationals from Jan.
7 to 19.
Penney, an Englishman and
former India fielding coach, is also
a former player for Warwickshire
County Cricket Club in England,
where he played 158 first-class
matches and 291 List A matches in
a career that spanned close to two
decades.
following the series defeat to India in
the Caribbean last August, which came
in the wake of the West Indies dismal
campaign at the World Cup last year.
He retained his spot in the side and
also forced his way into the Twenty20
squad, after presiding over Barbados
Tridents’ capture of the Caribbean Premier
League title last October.
Holder is ranked number one allrounder
in Test cricket and an important
member of the team in the white
ball formats. He is captain of the Test
team.
Minnows Ireland arrived in the Caribbean
last week for a historic West
Indies tour, which bowled off earlier
this week with a day/night ODI at Kensington
Oval, Barbados.
Ireland are scheduled to play a threematch
series in both the ODI and Twenty20
format, marking the first time the
two teams will face each other in a full
series.
Ireland’s head coach Graham Ford
said the tourists were excited about the
possibilities on the Caribbean tour.
The second ODI is also scheduled
for Kensington Oval on Jan. 9, with
Grenada National Stadium hosting the
final ODI.
Grenada will also stage the opening
Twenty20 International on Jan. 12
before Warner Park in St. Kitts plays
host to back-to-back matches on Jan.
18 and 19.
West Indies have beaten Ireland in
seven of the 10 ODIs and two of four
T20s to date.
Cottrell has been West Indies’ standout
bowler last year in the limited
overs formats with 30 wickets from
23 One-Day Internationals and 14
scalps from 12 Twenty20 Internationals.
He was one of the few West Indies
players to emerge from the World Cup
debacle last year with his reputation
intact after picking up 12 wickets.
In the King XI team he will meet
with veteran West Indies opener
Chris Gayle and left-handed batting
teammate, Nicholas Pooran.
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West Indies’ bowler Jason Holder.
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