West Indies’ Rahkeem Cornwall in action during the Third Test against England at the Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester,
Britain on July 26, 2020. Michael Steele / Pool via REUTERS
Match-fixing
CORNWALL SEEKS TO IMPROVE HIS GAME CWI prez
By Azad Ali
India has retained the rights
to host the 2021 Men’s T20 World
Cup while Australia has been
asked to host the 2022 edition.
The decision was taken by the
International Cricket Council
(ICC) Business Corporation, the
business development wing of the
ICC, which met virtually recently.
The 2021 event will be hosted
in India between October and
November next year, with the
final scheduled for Nov. 14.
Australia, which was originally
supposed to host the 2020 edition,
will now host the tournament
in 2022 between October and
November with the final scheduled
for Nov. 13.
The ICC did not give any precise
reason as to why India had
retained the right to host the
event “as planned.”
Another thing that went in
India’s favor is that the ICC would
not need to change its contractual
agreements with its commercial
partners for the 2021 edition,
since it was staying in India.
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India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) leads his
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Through its Sports Integrity Unit,
the Qatar-based organization will
provide technical assistance to the
CPL throughout the tournament to
help combat match-fixing and betting
fraud.
A sports integrity hotline will be
set up to direct and trace corruption
and will be part of a monitoring
system implemented for each of the
tournament’s 33 games, which will
target “suspicious betting patterns
and manipulation of sports results.”
Andy Murphy, CPL”s head of security
said: “We are delighted to welcome
ICSS as an integral part of
our overall security and competition
integrity management.”
The CPL has emerged as one of the
high profile Twenty20 franchise tournaments
on the international cricket
calendar since its debut in 2013.
Featuring six franchises, the tournament
attracts some of the world’s
leading players and last year boasted
over 300 million in combined broadcast
and digital viewership.
sidelined and their various experiences
are being sidelined and their
various experiences are going to
waste.”
The CWI president said his
administration has actively been
trying to change that.
“I can tell you that more of our
players have been engaged since
I have been president and maybe
some of them feel like they haven’t
been engaged enough and I have
no doubt they could be engaged
more,” he said.
Zouks side in the CPL, Cornwall,
who stands at 6’ 5”, is
no stranger to dreaming big,
according to Indiatoday.
“Having fallen in love with
the sport as a kid, Rahkeem
Cornwall has had to overcome
several hurdles to become
what he is today,” it said.
“One of the heaviest cricketers
going around, 27-year-old
Cornwall had to prove quite a
few wrong to realize his dream
of donning the West Indies
Test cap,” it added, stating that
Cornwall is “a complete package.
“At 6’5’’, the off-spinner
has the guile and consistency
that have bamboozled many,
including the likes of Virat
Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara,”
Indiatoday continued.
It said Cornwall has a stellar
first-class record, noting
that, since 2016-17, the Leeward
Islands cricketer hasn’t
finished without 50 wickets in
a season.
He was well on course to
achieve the feat in the 2019-20
season as well, having picked
30 wickets in just five matches,
but the novel coronavirus
pandemic forced an early end
to the four-day championship,
Indiatoday said.
Having played the role of
an opener for St Lucia Zouks,
Cornwell scored 254 runs at a
staggering strike rate of over
190 in CPL 2019.
He has 4 List A hundreds
to go with one hundred and
14 fifties in first-class cricket,
Indiatoday noted.
But Cornwall said he wants
to prove his batting ability at
the international level.
In three Tests, Cornwall
hasn’t managed to trouble the
scorers much, but he said he
is working hard to prove he
is more a batting all-rounder
than a bowling all-rounder at
the highest level, according to
Indiatoday.
“I think I am an all-rounder
who can bat,” he told the
online publication. “My batting
does not show its true
potential at the international
scene as yet. I think I have
some more work to do.
“So, I am capable enough to
bat at the international level,”
he added. “I just have to put in
the hard work and showcase
my talent with the bat.”
Cornwell said the CPL is
one (platform to prove my
skills).
“I think once I perform,
there is no doubt I can get
selected in the T20 team,” he
said. “Also, we have regional
50-over cricket, I have to go
and dominate there to make
the 50-over team.
“It’s possible,” he assured.
“I just have to put in the hard
work.”
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) President,
Ricky Skerrit.
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India retains hosting rights