Andre Russell bowls during a practice session in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, West Indies. Associated Press / Andres
Leighton
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By Azad Ali
The Jamaica Tallawahs has
announced the team is retaining
only four Caribbean players for the
2020 Heron Caribbean Premier
League (CPL).
The Tallawahs, which was
recently embroiled in a public spat
with former star Chris Gayle, has
retained Andre Russell, Rovman
Powell, Oshane Thomas and Chadwick
Walton — all Jamaicans.
Jefferson Miller, CEO of the Tallawahs
said the Tallawahs organization
will be seeking to rebuild
in 2020.
“We are extremely excited to
have Andre Russell back for another
year. Andre was recently named
as the leading T20 cricketers in
the world by the 2020 edition of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac. We
are delighted to retain Oshane
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West Indies cricket legend, Andy
Roberts. Associated Press / Andres Leighton
Tour benefits
By Azad Ali
Fast bowling legend Sir Andy Roberts
has criticized the decision by the
Cricket West Indies (CWI) to allow the
tour of England to go ahead amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, without ensuring
there was financial benefit to be derived
from the three-Test series.
Sir Andy said while he did not have a
problem with the series in principle, he
did not believe the West Indies should
have been used as “guinea pigs” for
the historic “bio-secure” series without
financial reward, especially since Eng-
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Lloyd: CWI
needs help
By Azad Ali
West Indies legend, Sir Clive Lloyd
has suggested that Cricket West Indies
(CWI) needs assistance to reduce costs
associated with playing cricket in the
Caribbean as it tried to stay afloat amid
financial turbulence exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Sir Clive, a former West Indies captain,
contended that given the current
high cost of travel and hotel accommodation,
it was difficult for CWI to make
a profit.
“We don’t make any money playing
at home anymore. And that is because
of costs. We travel by plane, we stay
at hotels in the high season. We have
to try and get somebody to look after
that,” he said on the Mason and Guest
radio show in Barbados recently.
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