West Indies’ Kieron Pollard bats as his teammate Dwayne Bravo looks on during a practice session in Kingstown,
St. Vincent. Associated Press / Andres Leighton
By Azad Ali
World number one all-rounder Jason
Holder has been retained as Test captain
for the tour of New Zealand, which
bowls off next month.
Chairman of West Indies Selectors,
Roger Harper, confirmed that the
28-year-old Barbadian would continue
in the post for the two-Test series,
despite the recent struggles of the
regional team.
West Indies has won just seven of the
last 20 Tests and currently languishes
at eight in the ICC Test rankings, only
above Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Holder said the selectors are not
thinking of changing the captain.
Holder was appointed captain in
2015, replacing wicket-keeper, Denesh
Ramdin and has since led West Indies
in 35 of his 45 Tests, winning 11, losing
Caribbean L 40 ife, October 16-22, 2020
19 and drawing five.
He was relieved of the One-Day International
captain last year after five
years at the helm and replaced by veteran
Kieron Pollard, who also assumed
leadership of the Twenty20 team.
Harper, who took over the selection
panel last year, said Holder remained
the first choice captain since there was
a dearth of leadership qualities not only
throughout the ranks of the Test side
but across the regional game
5K Run/Walk
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According to Irwine Clare, JTB’s
Jamaican-born president, the virtual
event garnered widespread support,
with participants signing up from
across the US, the Caribbean and,
indeed, globally.
“Once registered, participants have
approximately two weeks from Oct.
9-24, 2020, to complete their run or
walk and upload their time using the
Strava APP, which can be downloaded
from the Apple or Google Play Store,
he said.
“Two lucky runners will be awarded
automatic entry to the Reggae
Marathon, which will be held virtually
this year,” he added. “There will
also be 10 prizes, awarded to five
males and five females.”
Clare said the announcement of
these prizes will take place on Sunday,
Oct. 25, 2020 at 12:00 noon and
will be streamed live on Jamaicans.
com, on TJB’s Facebook Page and its
other social media platforms. Registration
is now open at https://events.
elitefeats.com/bickle20.
“The TJB 5K Run/Walk seeks to
promote healthy lifestyles amongst
all age groups within our various
communities,” Clare said. “The funds
raised will support TJB’s programs,
mainly its hospitality services, which
include the provision of meals, transportation,
accommodations and
medical care for Caribbean athletes
participating at the annual Penn
Relays Carnival at the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.”
Clare said JTB has also embarked
on a Defibrillator to Schools program
about six years ago, “ensuring that
these life-saving devices are available
to athletes participating in sports at
high schools in Jamaica.”
selective in their shot-making.
He noted that the overall situation
surrounding regional women’s
cricket must be seriously considered
and advocated for the inclusion of the
Caribbean Women cricketers into the
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Academy.
Lloyd said these young female cricketers
have got to be in the academy so
that they can learn the rudiments of
the game and they have people teaching
them how to approach batting and
bowling, fielding and fitness.
He added that the fitness levels of
both the male and female cricketers
must be increased.
Lloyd also suggested that the CWI
needs to engage more top former West
Indies cricketers at the levels of the
Board to guide the direction of the
Caribbean game, following the models
adopted by the cricket boards of Australia,
England and India where top
former players are part of the mix-up.
including the final against the St.
Lucia Zouks.
Next in line as far as earning big
US dollars from the Caribbean is
Jamaican all-rounder Andre Russell
who is being paid US$981,400. He
did not have the best of season with
the Jamaica Tallawhs at the Caribbean
Premier League.
The champion, Dwayne Bravo,
comes in next with US$897,000 playing
for the Chennai Super Kings
(CSK), last season runner-up.
Bravo recently became the first
player to take 500 wickets in Twenty20
cricket.
TKR winning captain Kieron Pollard
will earn US$757,080 by playing
for Mumbai Indians, who is currently
at the top of the IPL table.
Overall India’s captain Virat Kholi
retained by the Royal Challengers
is the highest paid cricketers in the
IPL, collecting US$2.5 million. He
is currently the leading batsman in
One-Day International and Twenty20
in terms of most runs over the past
year.
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Lloyd
Holder retains Test captaincy for New Zealand tour
West Indies’ Jason Holder celebrates
the dismissal of India’s Rohit Sharma
during the third and fi nal one-day
international cricket match of the series
between India and West Indies
in Cuttack, India, Sunday, Dec. 22,
2019. Associated Press / Mahesh Kumar A.,
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