West Indies cricketer, Dwayne Bravo.
Associated Press / Andres Leighton
returning to international cricket, following
the change of administration in
Cricket West Indies (CWI) with Ricky
Skerritt replacing the controversial
president Dave Cameron.
Bravo, still one of the world’s leading
Twenty20 franchise cricketers, said the
change in CWI leadership has been one
of the major reasons for his coming out
of retirement.
Bravo has not played for West Indies
in 15 months while Gayle has not
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Deandra Dottin, Taylor tapped into
her unwavering work ethic to earn
her place among the best ODI players
of 2019.
Amassing 472 runs in 11 innings,
Taylor is also listed second place in
ICC Women’s ODI players ranking for
both batting and all-rounders.
Cricket West Indies Director,
Jimmy Adams commenting on Taylor’s
achievement said: “On behalf
of Cricket West Indies and the wider
Caribbean public in general, I wish
to recognize and congratulate Stafanie
for being selected into the
ICC’s International One Day Team
of the Year. Stafanie continues, after
so many years, to be the standard
bearer not just for women’s cricket
in the West Indies but for our cricket
in general.”
Taylor is the leading runs-scorer in
West Indies women’s cricket history,
second on the all-time run-scorers
in women’s T20 International cricket
and fifth all-time in women’s ODI
cricket.
The ICC Team of the Year is headed
by Alyssa Healey (wicket-keeper)-
Australia with Indian’s Smriti Mandhana
second. Taylor is listed sixth on
the list.
By Azad Ali
Despite a recent disappointing
record on One-Day internationals
(ODIs), assistant coach Roddy Estwick
believes the signs are there
that West Indies are about to turn
around their fortunes in the format.
He said that not only did the Caribbean
side possess the quality players
necessary but were also beginning
to develop a high-class worth
ethic in their preparation.
“It’s exciting times for us. When
you look at somebody like (Shimron(
Hytmyer, “Nicholas (Pooran),
Shai Hope- we’ve got young batsmen
who are developing,” he told
a media conference in India where
the West Indies faced India in three
ODIs.
Hetmyer scored 139, Shai Hope
102 and Pooran 29 not out as West
Indies trounced India in the first
ODI in Chennai.
“Once our players can learn from
players like Virat Kholi then we’ve
got a chance because without hard
work there is no success and hard
work is boring but it give you great
success,” he said.
West Indies have struggled in
ODIs in recent years and currently
languish at number nine, ahead of
the likes of minnows Afghanistan,
Ireland and Zimbabwe.
Braithwaite, an all-rounder has struggled
in all four previous seasons of the IPL.
He was recently axed from both the
West Indies limited overs, was one of several
West Indies stars, opener Evin Lewis, Shai
Hope, Kesrick Williams, Alzarri Joseph,
Hayden Walsh Jr and Test captain Jason
Holder were also missing out on deals.
All-rounder Kemo Paul will line up with
fellow West Indies teammates Hetmyer and
Cottrell for Delhi Capitals.
Left-arm Fabian Allen and fast bowler
Oshane Thomas were the other West Indies
players managing to land deals for the
upcoming IPL season which bowls off next
April.
Allen went for Sunrisers Hyderabad for
the base price of US$70,000 while Thomas
was picked up by Royals for an identical
price.
turned out in a Twenty20 international
in 10 months, following the England
series in the Caribbean earlier this
year.
Russell, who is currently playing
in the Twenty20 Bangladesh Premier
League (BPL), has been plagued with
injury which abruptly ended his World
Cup campaign list June, while Narine
last played in August when India toured
the Caribbean.
Bravo, a former one-day captain,
also quit Tests in 2015 after playing 40
games and scoring 2,200 runs and took
86 wickets. He has also represented
West Indies in 66 Twenty20s Internationals
but has played 450 Twenty20s
overall, scoring 6298 runs and grabbing
490 wickets.
Bravos’ return has been welcomed
by Skerritt who has made the reintegration
of senior players into the international
sides one of his promises of
the election.
Several senior players had stopped
their international careers in recent
years, apparently over dissatisfaction
with the Cameron administration.
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West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer bats during the third and last Twenty20 international
cricket match between India and West Indies in Chennai, India,
Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Associated Press / Aijaz Rahi, File
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BRAVO WANTS IN ON TWENTY20
IPL contracts
ICC ODI Team
Signs of a
turnaround