Andy Roberts to Run Bowling Clinics?

According to a report on windiescricket.com - http://snipurl.com/evknq - Andy Roberts will be conducting a series of fast bowling clinics throughout the region.

The idea of restarting these clinics is good but the proposers need to look at what transpired in the past and do not make those same mistakes. It did not work with Andy in the past and would not work now! Andy may have been a great West Indian icon but he has done nothing in his coaching career (at the West Indies, Antigua or Leeward levels) to give anyone confidence that he is able to develop fast bowlers.

The WICB and local boards should use Andy as an advisor and find a coach who understands basic biomechanics and who can plan, execute and report.

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Lula: White Crisis

More problems with West Indies Cricket. But what's new? Lula's impressive, factual, bold statement:

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said the world's poor people should not be forced to pay for the global financial crisis.

President Lula said white, blue-eyed people - not Indians, nor black, nor poor people - had created and spread the crisis throughout the world.

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Dinas' Conflict of Interest?

But Ramnarine’s decision to quit his seat on the West Indies board was largely self-serving. During the New Zealand tour he set up, with the players’ blessing, the West Indies Players’ Management Company, of which he is the sole director. This makes him the players’ agent, and he thereby stands to gain from their involvement in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The crux of the dispute is Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor being allowed to miss the tour of England in May to play a full season of the IPL, an issue that may be resolved if the tournament is cancelled for security reasons.

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Dinas Resigns. First Class Players go on Strike.

Citing a host of outstanding issues, Dinas yesterday announced his resignation as Director of the WICB. Of the several issues listed in his press release, none specifically referred to the IPL but my understanding was that was what broke the "camel's back". The IPL clashes with the upcoming tour of England.

It is my understanding that WIPA is against the tour going forward as it would like its members to be available for the full IPL season. (Three WI players are contracted to IPL). Is this, therefore, all about money, individual profit over regional cricket? Or is WIPA's concern that the WICB has not been negotiating in good faith a genuine concern?

The immediate fallout is that the First Class Players are now on strike; the Digicel reception in Guyana was boycotted by the Players; and we are playing the current ODI with masking take over the Digicel logo on the left arm.

So, when we just begin to feel that our cricket and cricketing relationships are about to turn the proverbial corner, this happens.

I am tired with the blame game, and would not even go there.

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Whither Women's Cricket?

Four years ago West Indies women were on the crest of a wave. Their success in the World Cup in South Africa had earned them an automatic place in this year's trophy.

With a young nucleus, keen coach and number of matches on the increase, it will be interesting to see where West Indies will stand by 2013. With the full support of the WICB, they could do their nation proud - and this time their countrymen may pay more attention. Source: Cricinfo

Our girls won one (1) match of the Women's World Cup 2009. We would need more respect for women's cricket and enlightened management on the part of WICB if women's cricket is to develop, even to the level of four years ago. I am not hopeful that the region will take note of our performance at the World Cup; just as the issues of mismanagement leading up to the World Cup was ignored.

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