Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas poses with her national fl ag after winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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By Azad Ali
Two former WI cricketers, Darren
Sammy and Ian Bishop will be featured
in the commentary of the ICC Men’s
World Cup team which started last
week in the United Arab Emirates and
Oman.
Sammy, the two-time Twenty20
World Cup-winning captain and Bishop
will be part of the TV commentary team
for the global showpiece.
Bishop, a former West Indies fast
bowler, who has been doing cricket
commentary for close to a decade, said
the forthcoming tournament offers
explosive cricket and entertainment for
everyone and featuring the game’s biggest
names and best teams.
He said the teams have invested heavily
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in enhancing their team’s resources
in preparation for their attempt to be
crowned world champions.
Former West Indies’ player Ian Bishop,
as play resumes behind closed doors
following the outbreak of the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19).“Twenty20
cricket provides maximum thrills to
fans and it’s no wonder that it is considered
to be the vehicle for growth of
the game worldwide,” Sammy said in
a media release from the International
Cricket Council, (ICC), the sport’s world
governing body.
The ICC said it will produce “live”
coverage of all matches in the tournament,
amounting to nearly 10,000
hours of coverage — more than ever
before — will be transmitted across TV
Former West Indies’ player Ian Bishop,
as play resumes behind closed
doors following the outbreak of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Michael
Steele/Pool via REUTERS
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has
appointed a four-man committee to
review the organization’s selection
criteria and policy.
CWI Director of Cricket, Jimmy
Adams, the former West Indies middle
order batsman, is part of the
committee that is chaired by Enoch
Lewis and will comprise former West
Indies opener, Philo Wallace and CWI
Vice President, Dr. Kishore Shallow.
Adams confirmed its existence and
suggested the timing of the establishment
of this committee was coincidental
to the widespread discussions
stirred by the selection of the West
Indies team for the Oct. 17 to Nov. 14,
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
that he is “finished ” with him.
“I highly respected him when I came
into the West Indies team,” Gayle told a
radio station in Barbados recently.
“I don’t know what, since he retired
what he had against Chris Gayle. These
negative things he has been saying
about me in the press, is if he is looking
for attention. I am just giving back the
attention, which he requires and which
he needs,” Gayle said.
Though Ambrose felt that if Gayle
gets going, “he can still be destructive,”
he said “the batter hasn’t done much in
the last 18 months to convince me that
he will set the World Cup alight.”
“For me, Gayle is definitely not an
automatic choice for starting. Over
the last 18 months he has struggled
not only for the West Indies, but other
T20 franchises. The few home series
we played, he hasn’t had any scores of
significance,” Ambrose noted.
Gayle, 42, was part of the 2012, 2016,
World Cup winning team.
Pakistan Tour
Cricket World Cup in New Zealand
in February 2022.
The West Indies Women last toured
Pakistan in January 2019 for three
T20 Internationals in Karachi.
CWI Chief Executive Officer, Johnny
Grave said the tour will give the
team the chance to play in different
conditions compared to the Caribbean
and also provide higher level
competition cricket ahead of aiming
to secure one of the three qualifying
spots available for the Women’s
Cricket World Cup next year.
Sifan Hassan from Netherlands, Olympic
1500m champion Faith Kipyegon
from Kenya, and Olympic high jump
champion Mariya Lasitskene from Russia
(ANA).
Also nominated are: World and Olympic
400m hurdles champion Sydney
McLaughlin of USA, Olympic 400m
champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo from
The Bahamas, Olympic 800m and
4x400m champion Athing Mu from
USA and triple jump Olympic champion
Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela, the
Gleaner said.
“The nominations reflect the remarkable
range of exceptional performances
that the sport has witnessed this year,
at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,
one-day meeting circuits and other
events around the world,” the Gleaner
quoted World Athletics in making the
announcement.
A three-way voting process will determine
the finalists, the Gleaner said.
It said the World Athletics Council
and the World Athletics Family will cast
their votes by email, while fans can vote
online via the World Athletics social
media platforms.
The World Athletics Council’s vote
will count for 50 percent of the result,
while the World Athletics Family’s votes
and the public votes will each count
for 25 percent of the final result, the
Gleaner said.
It said voting for the World Athletes
of the Year closes at midnight on Saturday,
Nov. 6.
At the conclusion of the voting process,
five women and five men finalists
will be announced by World Athletics,
the Gleaner said.
It said the female and male World
Athletes of the Year will be announced
live at the World Athletics Awards 2021
in December.
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