West Indies’ batsman Rovman Powell plays a shot during their second Twenty20 cricket match with Sri Lanka in
Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Friday, March 6, 2020. Associated Press/Eranga Jayawardena, File
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By Azad Ali
Sir Clive Lloyd, the legendary
former West Indies captain believes
the selectors have erred in overlooking
young fast bowler Chemar Holder
for the Test tour of Bangladesh.
He questioned the wisdom of the
selectors of including three left-arm
spinners in the 15-man squad.
Sir Clive said playing on the flat
Bangladesh pitches would have been
a developmental experience for the
22-year-old Holder, building on his
debut on the bouncier pitches on the
tour of New Zealand last month.
“I was a little bit disappointed
that the young Holder wasn’t chosen
because you don’t want to take people
on tours where the wickets are
all bouncy and flying around,” said
the 76-year-old former West Indies
captain, who was recently speaking
on the Mason and Guest radio show
in Barbados.
Caribbean L 38 ife, JAN. 29-FEB. 4, 2021
Barbadian Holder is a quick rightarm
bowler, who toured England last
July for the three Tests series without
breaking into the final XI, before
making his debut in the second Test
against New Zealand at Wellington.
He snapped up two wickets in his
only outing as West Indies crashed
to an innings and 12-run defeat to
lose the series 2-0.
While Holder was named in the
15-man squad for the one-day series
in Bangladesh, chief selector Roger
Harper said he was left out of the
Test squad because his panel had
focused on an attack “more suited to
the conditions which we are likely to
come up against.”
towards players if they opted not to
participate in any planned series.
He was speaking against the backdrop
of the decision of 10 players,
including Test Captain, Jason Holder
and white-ball Captain, Kieron Pollard
to pull out of the Jan. 5- 15 tour
of Bangladesh.
Grave said it was critical that only
players who were confident in the
safety and security provided, undertook
the tour which comprises three
One-Day International and two
Tests.
“What we don’t want is players
going but they are not confident they
are going to be in a safe environment
because we know they won’t perform
if they’ve got uncertainties about
the conditions they’ll be playing in,”
Grave said.
Tourney
monwealth Games Association will
represent the region.
The qualifier tournament has
been tentatively scheduled to start
in March/April but is yet to be confirmed.
This is the first time in the 90-year
history of the Commonwealth Games
that women’s cricket will be featured,
which will be a tremendous boost for
women’s cricket in the region and
around the world, according to CWI
CEO, Johnny Grave.
up to par and they were made to pay
for it as Keon King conceded 88 runs
in 10 overs.
Chasing 298 to win, West Indies
got off to a woeful start as they lost
both openers inside the first six overs.
From there on in, there was no way
back for the depleted side as they kept
losing wickets at regulars.
Rovman Powell with 47 was the
top-scorer. Mohammad Saifuddin was
the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers,
taking three wickets for 51 runs.
The West Indies lost the first ODI
by six wickets and were soundly beaten
again in the second, which Bangladesh
won by seven wickets to clinch
the series.
West Indies batted twice in the first
two matches and were dismissed for
148 in 43.4 overs, before Bangladesh
scored 149/3 in 33.2 overs to seal the
series.
They also batted first in the opening
match, but could only muster 122
all out.
The three-match series forms part
of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
Super League which counts towards
automatic qualification for the next
50 over World Cup.
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Sir Lloyd: WI erred in omitting Chemar Holder
West Indies’ Chemar Holder bowls
to New Zealand their second cricket
Test in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday,
Dec. 11, 2020. Andrew Cornaga/
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By Nelson A. King
United States Men’s National Senior
Team soccer coach Gregg Berhalter,
as expected, has named a
young, largely inexperienced 25-man
roster to face Trinidad and Tobago’s
Soca Warriors in a friendly international
at the Exploria Stadium,
Orlando, Fl. on Sunday, Jan. 31.
According to Wired868.com, the
outing, which will be Terry Fenwick’s
first international as Soca Warriors
head coach, comes at the end of a
three-week camp for the Americans,
in which Berhalter looked at 12 senior
and 26 under-23 players.
The game itself falls outside the
FIFA international match window,
with both nations only able to use
players willingly released by their
respective clubs, reported Wired868.
com on Sunday.
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