West Indies’ Jermaine Blackwood in action, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the fi rst Test between England v West Indies at the Rose Bowl Cricket
Stadium, Southampton, Britain on July 12, 2020. Adrian Dennis / Pool via REUTERS
By Azad Ali
Former Cricket West Indies (CWI)
President, Dave Cameron is not likely
to get the support of the current
CWI President, Ricky Skerritt
for his bid to become chairman of
the International Cricket Council
(ICC).
According to reports, Cameron
is seeking nomination for the post
but is yet to make a request that the
CWI supports his bid.
Cameron was ousted as chairman
of CWI last year by Skerritt, and
since then they had very public differences,
not just during their election
campaigns, but recently.
Skerritt investigated Cameron’s
tenure as president by way of an
audit where there were a number
of questions regarding accounting
practices of the regional body.
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CWI Vice President, Dr. Kishore
Shallow has not commented on
whether or not CWI would back
such a bid, saying he wanted to wait
to discuss it with the board upon
the occasion of receiving a formal
notice on the matter. ICC Chairman,
Shashank Manohar, will leave the
post when his term ends this month
with the ICC. Discussions are to be
held on the election of a new chairman
in the very near future.
At the moment, frontrunner to
fill the spot left vacant by Manohar
is England and Wales Cricket Board
(ECB) chief, Colin Graves.
Graves was expected to be elected
unopposed when he steps down from
his five-year term at the helm of the
ECB in August.
Cameron was president of the CWI
from 2013 to 2019.
Former WICB President, Dave Cameron.
CPL matches
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CPL stakeholders will have to adhere
to strict COVID-19 guidelines during the
2020 edition, which will be held at two
venues — the Queen’s Park Oval, Port
of Spain and the Brian Lara Stadium in
South Trinidad.
Cudjoe said a contingent of more than
251 people, including players, staff and
other officials attached to the CPL teams,
the Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon
Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St. Kitts &
Nevis Patriots, St. Lucia Zouks, and the
Trinidad and Tobago Knight Riders will
attend the tournament.
The teams will be quarantined at the
Hilton Trinidad in Port of Spain and
must adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols.
The minister said the government
reached an agreement with the CPL
where they will host the tournament
to cost US$1 million, broken down into
US$500,000 in cash and US$500,000
in kind.
She said in keeping with this new
normal, spectators will not be allowed at
the games.
Cudjoe said arrangements have been
made that viewers or spectators would
not be allowed to sit and watch the CPL
matches.
The matches would have to be recorded
and live broadcast to be shown.
“The benefits that will come to us
from this investment will be getting an
opportunity to market the destination.
So those involved in the tourism sector
must get ready to sell. We must sell T&T
as a sports tourism destination, as well s
a tourism destination as a whole and this
provided that opportunity,” she said.
ment of what our country requires
today to bear back the bouncers of
COVID-19, climate change and the
economic equality that we face day
after day from rich and powerful
nations,” she said.
Describing Sir Everton as a legend
of the game, Prime Minister Mottley
said he will live on in memory as
someone to emulate.
chase, top-scoring with a superb 95 to
hold together an innings which lay in
shambles at 27 for three in the first session
after Barbados-born Jofra Archer
(3-45) produced lethal two wicket burst
to help demolish the top order.
Blackwood consumed 154 balls in
a shade of three and a quarter hoursmostly
authoritative off-stride strokes.
Enjoying his first start in a Test in
nearly three years, he put on 73 for the
fourth wicket with Roston Chase who
made 37 before adding a further 68
for the fifth wicket with wicketkeeper
Shane Dowrich who made a dogged 20.
Blackwood impressed in the recent
West Indies First Class Championship
where he plundered nearly 800 runs
at an average of 51 and Holder said he
had merited his place in the side by the
sheer weight of his performances.
Man–of- the- Match, fast bowler
Shannon Gabriel had earlier snatched
the last two wickets to finish with a
five-wicket haul. England ended on 313
all out leaving West Indies with 200 to
win on the final day.
On the second day of the medium
fast bowler Jason Holder produced the
best figure by a West Indies captain
against England with a career-best six
wicket haul to reduce England to 204
all out.
There were no fans to cheer on the
West Indies to victory since the match
was played behind closed doors at the
venue.
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Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.
Photo by George Alleyne
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Windies defeats England in First Test
Sir Everton
Little support for Cameron’s ICC chairman bid