West Indies’ Shai Hope bats during the fourth day of the second cricket Test match between England and West
Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Sunday, July 19, 2020. Associated Press /Jon Super, Pool, fi le
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) President,
Ricky Skerritt and his running
mate Dr. Kishore Shallow have both
officially announced their re-election
bid for a second two year-term from
2021-2023.
According to a release from the
Skerritt-Shallow team, both candidates
received nominations from the same
two territorial boards who fist advocated
for their candidacies in 2019, the
Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB)
and the TT Cricket Board (TTCB).
The Skerritt-Shallow duo has also
received formal advice of support from
the Windward Islands Cricket Board
(WICB) and predicts similar support
from the Jamaica Cricket Association.
The elections will take place on
March 28.
Caribbean L 34 ife, MARCH 19-25, 2021
In February, Anand Sanasie, secretary
of the Guyana Cricket Board
and Calvin Hope, vice-president of the
Barbados Cricket Board, announced
their desire to challenge for the positions
of president and vice-president
respectively.
In announcing their re-election bid,
Skerritt said that he will continue to
lead the fight for organizational modernization,
including greater transparency,
accountability, and partnership
with all stakeholders, designed to support
and prepare for achieving the best
possible on-field results.
The incumbent president said he
and Dr. Shallow would also continue to
battle against petty boardroom politics
and territorial insularity, two of the
biggest enemies of West Indies cricket
progress.
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choice players, opted out of the tour
the Test and ODI series due to COVID-
19 concerns.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief
selector, Roger Harper said, “we
believe that Kraigg is the right man
to lead our Test side at this point in
time and I’m delighted to that he has
accepted the role.”
Brathwaite has already led West
Indies in seven of his 66 Tests and
has in the past served as vice-captain
to Holder. Only last year ironically,
all-rounder Roston Chase replaced
Braithwaite as vice-captain for the
tour of New Zealand.
But with Chase also skipping the
tour of Bangladesh, the selectors
resorted to Brathwaite in a last ditch
move, only for the appointment to
pay dividends.
Holder, one of the youngest ever
West Indies Test captains when he
was appointed at the age of 23, led
West Indies in 35 of his 45 Tests,
winning 11, losing 21 and drawing
five games.
And while he oversaw the return
of the Wisden Trophy to the Caribbean
in 2019 after nearly a decade,
his position increasingly came under
heavy scrutiny especially after the
series defeat in England last year and
a heavy series loss in New Zealand
last December. However, he has been
named in the 13-man squad along
with Darren Bravo who was recalled
to the Test team.
Holder’s removal as Test captain
also comes two years after he was
axed as one-day skipper, following
West Indies’ nightmare run at the
ICC World Cup in England when the
Caribbean side won two of the nine
games to finish one from the bottom
in the 10-team tournament.
The 29-year-old is one of the
world’s leading Test all-rounders,
averaging 32 with the bat and taking
116 wickets at just under 28 apiece.
ODI runs by a West Indies wicketkeeper
3,339 in 74 innings at an
average of 53.10 runs per innings.
The partnership between Hope
and Evin Lewis in the opening
match, was the highest stand for
West Indies against Sri Lanka in the
Caribbean beating the 113 by Chris
Gayle and Johnson Charles at Sabina
Park, Jamaica in 2013. It was also
the highest against Sri Lanka alltime
surpassing the previous best
of 133 by legendary duo Sir Gordon
Greenidge and Desmond Haynes at
Adelaide Oval, Australia in 1985.
fours and four sixes.
For the regional team, the result
marked their third whitewash in their
last five series following similar achievements
against Ireland and Afghanistan
and was also payback for the 3-0 loss
they received on Sri Lankan soil last
year.
The clean sweep also follows on the
heels of an embarrassing 3-0 result in
Bangladesh last month when an inexperienced
side was soundly thrashed.
Number eight tail-ender, Wanidu
Hasaranga had earlier lashed a cavalier
unbeaten 80 off 60 balls and Ashen
Bandara, a supportive 55 not out to
help Sri Lanka to a competitive total of
274 for six off their 50 overs.
Sent in to bat the visitors had
slumped to 151 for six in the 32nd over
after being undermined by left-arm
spinner Akeal Hosein’s three wicket
haul, before the pair put on an invaluable
123 in an unbroken seventh wicket
partnership to ensure West Indies were
given a serious target to chase.
Hasaranga came to his side’s rescue,
hitting seven fours and three sixes-
including three fours and a six off the
final over from fast bowler Jason Holder
while Bandara struck three fours
and a six as Sri Lanka gathered 89 runs
from the last 10 overs.
Opener Shai Hope was named
Man-of-the-Series, while Bravo Bravo
collected the trophy for Man-of-the-
Match.
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WEST INDIES WIN ODI SERIES
Hope joins
elite group
Skerritt, Shallow announce re-election bid
Cricket West Indies President, Ricky
Skerritt. Cricket West Indies