Omar Khan is WI Team Manager

I have heard that Omar Khan, T&T Manager has been chosen by the WIB as the new WI Team Manager. Omar has several years of experience as T&T Manager but was replaced by the Lequay Administration for reasons including conduct unbecoming! Omar is an active member of the Deryck Murray Team and was reinstated when they took control of the T&T Board.

The last Regional Manager that got the job, Tony Howard, made no impact and I am of the view that nothing will change under Omar. This is not Omar's first attempt at this job, but the conditions suit him better this time around.

What is clear is that Deryck Murray is getting his way - first Larry Gomes (who has not been involved in Regional Coaching) gets the U19 job, now Omar. While this is happening, they have removed Kumar Rampat as Territorial Development Officer, a move that was on the cards once team Murray won the TTCB elections. Kumar is one of the best and brightest Cricket Development personnel in the Region and has been badly treated by the TTCB.

I hope the rest of the region sees and understand what is going on here.

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Marlon Samuels Suspended!

It should not surprise anyone in the world that Marlon Samuels has been suspended for an illegal action. It has been reported that his elbow flexion is between 27 and 35 degrees far exceeding the legal limit of 15 degrees.

Samuels has been getting away with this illegal action for several years and it is an indictment on the WICB system that he has been allowed to do so. Privately, the JCA President and selectors have complained, but none had the guts to do anything. The Bowling Committee has been disbanded, like everything else development-wise. There are many out there blatantly bowling with a suspect action, some have been ruled on by the former Bowling Review Committee whose report has been ignored and they are slowly coming through the system.

Our Cricket is in for more embarrassment in this regard.

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Women's Cricket: Bermuda make 13 ... and lose in four balls

Bermuda's women carved an unwanted niche in the international record books with one of the most abject performances in the game's history. In their opening match of the World Cup Qualifiers at Stellenbosch University, they were bowled out for 13 and then South Africa took only four balls to sweep to a ten-wicket win.

Ann Brown-John did some "coaching" in Bermuda recently. Some Coach....

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Fine Innings by Bouncing

Well, Guyana pulled it off - but barely.

This is not an encouraging performance by Guyana and they will have to do much better against Jamaica. I give Jamaica the edge!

What has happened to the much vaunted "pro" Teams?

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Guyana's Pathetic Batting

I am posting this before Antigua begins their reply.

This is a pathetic batting display by Guyana. The batting order leaves much to be desired. Why keep back E. Crandon and Cush? Guyana lost 1 wicket after 10 overs, yet Shiv cannot accelerate. If he is not 100% he should not be at #3. Even Dowling, the only shining light, played some awful shots. Sars obviously believes in Christian - he has not delivered and it is doubtful if he will deliver at the representative level. This performance seems to be a combination of poor batting and poor strategy.

With this kind of display, Guyana does not deserve to win!

Athanaze is pelting up a storm. He was reported at the U15 level!

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Sunday League Cricket On Saturday?

I had a great weekend in Trinidad. Probably the only place in the world that plays Sunday League Cricket on a Saturday!


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Lennox John Out As Windwards President

According to a CMC report, Lennox John has been replaced as Windward Islands Cricket Board President by Emanuel Nanthan of Dominica after 10 years at the helm. His tenure followed Julien Hunte who served for some 20 years. This does not surprise me as Lennox and I have spoken about this for some time; he continues as the CEO and will continue on the WICB Board.

Given the state of Windward Islands Cricket, these gentlemen will have to do some serious introspection on their contribution (or lack thereof) to Windward Island Cricket.

I wish Nanthan well.

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WICB Dumps "Legends" From The Cricket Committee

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has dumped Andy Roberts, Courtney Walsh, Desmond Haynes and Ian Bishop from its cricket committee, citing a need to move "towards a committee-based governance structure".

According to a report by Tony Cozier, the four legends -- who all serve as directors of the Stanford 20/20 board -- were notified of their removal from the committee by an e-mailed letter from WICB president Julian Hunte last week.

Perhaps his method may be questioned, but the reasons for the move by Hunte cannot be challenged. These players are never available for meetings. You cannot hold meeting at the whims and fancy of the membership. I recall that Mikey Holding was a member of the Committee in in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He was never available to attend these meeting (yet he avails himself for the Stanford 20/20). Repeated attempts to get Courtney and Ian Bishop involved in development went unanswered. The attendance record of these gentlement would be useful to see. As for Cozier continued lamentations that the "legends" are being ignored, this is far from the truth and, unless you are paying these guys, they are unwilling to make any form of contribution. Believe me, I know.

The so-called "legends" have made very little, if any contribution, to cricket development in the West Indies. I challenge anyone to tell me otherwise.

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