St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves. United Nations / Ryan Brown
By Azad Ali
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves
said Cricket West Indies (CWI) would
need support to succeed post COVID-
19, saying a collective effort is required
to help the regional cricket body.
Gonsalves, who was speaking on
the Mason & Guest radio show in
Barbados recently said, “we need to
mobilize some resources to help it. We
ourselves in the region, some governments
will have to put some resources
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since our situation is not such that we
can put much, but I think together in
the region- even in the private sector
there are grave challenges- but I think
we have to mobilize some resources to
assist CWI,” said Gonsalves, who has
been vocal on matters concerning West
Indies cricket.
He also discussed the upcoming West
Indies tour of England, a series that is
still questionable due to covid-19, but
once the CWI is properly advised by
the relevant epidemiologist and other
persons dealing with the science in
England and also from the Caribbean,
the tour could happen.
The 25-man West Indies squad will
meet in Antigua within the next two
weeks before taking a chartered flight
to England for the series, which is
expected to bowl off on July 8.
The West Indies players will face two
weeks of quarantine on arrival and the
teams will play at closed venues, with
the first Test at the Ageas Bowl and the
second Test at Old Trafford.
Michael Holding. Associated Press
tration and carried out by accounting
and management consulting firm Pannell
Kerr Foster (PKF), was for internal
consideration only and thought had not
given to releasing it publicly.
He was speaking in the wake of a
leaked report, which saw international
broadcaster and legendary former West
Indies fast bowler, Michael Holding,
revealing sections of the document on
a YouTube cricket show called “Mikey
– Holding Nothing Back” hosted by
Asif Khan.
Holding said CWI had been in receipt
of the audit for some time but had chosen
not to release it “for what reason I
don’t know.”
Skerritt, who came into office last
year March after unseating three-term
incumbent Jamaican, Dave Cameron,
said serious consideration would now
have to be given to releasing the report
especially since it had now been made
public.
The CWI president said in light of an
apparent recent access to some of its
contents by the media, the CWI Board
will now have to contemplate whether
it may be appropriate at this time for
the report to be shared publicly.
it can do in these T20s in Sri Lanka
(last March) and it’s a case where it was
a squad that was just getting together,
and you could add the fact it was a
squad without Elvin Lewis. We know
each other’s game in this format and I
think the time period we’ll have, we’ll
make the best use of it to get ourselves
ready, and I hope some of the bigger
teams take us for granted as we won’t
have much work under our belts.”
As it stands, however, doubt surrounds
the Twenty20 World Cup due to the outbreak
of the COVID-19 pandemic, which
has halted cricket across the globe.
The tournament is scheduled for Oct.
18 to Nov. 15 but the International
Cricket Council is yet to make a decision
on whether to postpone the tournament.
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The technique alters the aerodynamics
of the ball, allowing the fast
bowlers to generate movement in the
air.
The committee saw no need to prohibit
the use of sweat as it is unlikely
the virus can be transmitted that way,
the ICC said, adding, that the recommendations
would be presented to
its Chief Executives’ Committee for
approval in early June.
An Australian cricket-ball manufacturer
Kookaburra says it is developing
a wax applicator to enhance shine and
aid swing.
Cricket has been suspended since
March due to the pandemic which has
killed over 320,000 people globally.
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ICC’s spit ban
Simmons
CWI audit
findings
Vincentian PM says Cricket West
Indies needs support post COVID-19
West Indies Head Coach, Phil Simmons. Associated Press / Ricardo Mazalan