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By Nelson A. King
CricketCountry reported on Sunday
that Cricket West Indies (CWI)
has sacked Jason Holder and Carlos
Brathwaite as ODI and T20I captains,
respectively, with Kieron Pollard set to
take over the duties in limited-overs
cricket.
“The decision comes after West
Indies’ finished ninth among the 10
participating teams at the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2019 in England earlier this
year,” CricketCountry said.
“Following their disastrous performance
at the showpiece ODI event, West
Indies also suffered defeats to India in a
T20I series (0-3) and ODI series (0-2),
which they hosted,” it added.
Basing its information on a report
in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian,
CricketCountry said the decision to
appoint Pollard as the white-ball captain
was taken by CWI Board of Direc-
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Joseph “Reds” Pereira.
guyanatimesgy.com
CWI honors
legendary
broadcaster
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has honored
renowned cricket commentator,
journalist and broadcaster Joseph
“Reds” Pereira for his dedicated service
to the game of cricket and sports in the
region for close to 60 years.
The 80-year-old Guyanese received
his award from CWI President, Ricky
Skerrit, at an appreciation ceremony
at Sabina Park, Jamaica during the
lunch break on the third day of second
Test between West Indies and India last
week.
That was the 150th Test in which
“Reds” as he is popularly called, he had
done commentary.
Perreira’s first “live” cricket broadcast
took place in 1961 in a first-clash
match between his native Guyana and
regional rivals Trinidad and Tobago at
Rose Hall.
Ten years later, he covered his first
Test between West Indies and India at
Bourda Oval in Guyana.
He has also worked on 250 ODIs,
including half a dozen ICC Cricket
World Cups that were staged- 1975,
1979, 1983, 1992, 2003 and 2007- when
it was held in the West Indies
In accepting the award, Perreira said
he wanted to share it while honoring
the memory of two other outstanding
regional journalists and former colleagues,
the late Tony Cozier of Barbados,
and the late Tony Becca of Jamaica.
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MY CAPTAIN!
Kieron Pollard appointed new West Indies’
limited-overs captain: Report
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