West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran, left, reacts before being caught out by India wicket keeper Rishabh Pant, right, during
the fi rst Twenty20 international cricket match, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Lauderhill, Fla.
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body, recently launched the championship
which will see West Indies
along with Australia, Bangladesh,
England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan,
South Africa and Sri Lanka do
battle in 71 matches across 27 series
over a two-year span.
The two top teams will clash in
a final to determine the world Test
Champions.
ICC General Manager of Cricket
Operations, Geoff Allardice said the
World Test Championship will bring
relevance and context to bilateral
Test cricket over the next two years,
creating a pinnacle event for the fiveday
format, just as the World Cups for
men and women do in the ODI and
T20 formats.
focusing on young cricketers.
“Putting cricket first includes
investing now in our youth so
we can reap better results in the
future,” Skerritt said.
The regional competition bowled
off last week in St Vincent and will
be used to select the team which
will represent the West Indies at
the January 2020 Under-19 World
Cup in South Africa.
Graeme West, the High-Performance
Director, revealed that
they had invested heavily in 18
players over the last year.
He said following the tournament,
the 24 best players would be
selected to play in three additional
games, where the top performers
would be chosen for the World
Cup.
to avoid yet another whitewash to the
Indians.
Hoping to level the series, West Indies
were set back early when they lost both
openers, Evin Lewis and Sunil Narine
with eight runs on the board.
All-rounder Rovman Powell then
stepped up to stroke a top score of 54
— his second Twenty20 International
half century and second in four innings
— as he repaired the damage in 76-run
third wicket partnership with left-hander
Nicholas Pooran (19).
With the required run rate climbing
to 12 runs per over, Pooran caved to the
pressure and holed out in the deep off
left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya (2-23).
And three balls later in the same over
with just one run added, Powell was
trapped LBW.
By then, the required run rate had
climbed to over 13 runs an over when
the weather stepped in and ended play.
Opener Rohit Sharma struck 67 off
51 deliveries as India, opting to bat first,
got to 167 for five off their 20 overs.
Fast bowler Oshane Thomas (2-27)
broke the stand when he had Sharma
caught at cover.
In the first Twenty20, West Indies put
on another dismal performance when
they slipped to a four-wicket defeat.
In a low-scoring affair on a twopaced
wicket, West Indies could only
managed a paltry 95 for nine- their fifth
lowest score in the shortest format of
the game-punctuated with 79 dot balls.
When India batted, the team also
struggled in the early part of the innings
and was able to score 98 off 17.2 overs as
they limped to victory.
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President of Cricket West Indies,
Ricky Skerritt. Cricket West Indies
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INDIA WINS TWENTY20 SERIES
‘Rising Stars’
cricket tourney
By Nelson A. King
After what was considered to be a
dismal World Cup in England, Cricket
South Africa (CSA) has announced a
restricting plan that includes the firing
of the team’s Barbadian-born coach,
Ottis Gibson.
“I would like to thank Ottis Gibson,
other members of the team’s current
senior management, and our long-serving
team manager, Dr Moosajee, for
their national service to South African
cricket,” CSA chief executive Thabang
Moroe said.
“I must stress that the new structure
was not a rash decision,” he added. “It
was taken after much deliberation by
the Board, taking all the factors into
consideration about the current state
of our cricket and also the plan that we
need to get to within the timelines we
have set.
“This change will herald an exciting
new era for SA cricket and will bring us
into line with best practice in professional
sport,” he added.
According to ESPNCricinfo, Gibson’s
is not the only high-profile exit from
the camp.
It said Dr. Mohammed Moosajee,
whose tenure comes to an end in September,
“expressed his wish not be
considered for another term as joint
team manager and team doctor, which
the Board accepted, bringing an end
his 16-year involvement with South
Africa.”
Also on the way out is Linda Zondi,
the convener of selectors. Zondi, who
was part of the selection panel that
picked the Under-19 World Cup-winning
squad in 2014, had been a selector
since 2013, becoming convener in
2015, ESPNCricinfo said.
It said media manager Lerato Malekutu
has also resigned her position
after nine years in a media role within
the team.
ESPNCricinfo said the reshuffle will
also affect assistant coach Malibongwe
Maketa, and batting and fielding coaches
Dale Benkenstein and Justin Ontong,
“with CSA announcing that members
of team management, including the
various assistant coaches, will not be
retained as part of the new plan.”
Ottis Delroy Gibson, who was born
Mar.16, 1969, is former cricketer who
played for the West Indies cricket
team.