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General Discussion / Bitcoin users in Canada
« on: January 17, 2017, 11:16:51 AM »
Guys,

I'm trying to use bitcoin because of it's so called efficiency.
I set up my wallet and so on (certainly not as user friendly as paypal).

Only to find out I couldn't link my bank acct,  only my Charge card.

Bitcoin sent me an email saying that they no longer have a relationship to send or receive currency via the bank or CC company.

Fortunately we have recently launched the ability for Canadian customers to purchase digital currency with a linked credit or debit card but it will not be possible to store CAD directly or sell digital currency for CAD. It is also not possible for Canadian customers to link US-based bank accounts at this time.

They gave me a link but the link seems to say that if you buy btc with your can dolars, you can then contact them and get a refund or give them your bank info and they will send you the money.

In other words not as automatic but it gets done.
I want to know if I am understanding this correctly.

Are there any Canadian based users here who can enlighten me?
I don't need to know about the experience from other countries as it is not relevant.

Thanks,
VB

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Cricket Anyone / Adams replaces Pybus
« on: December 19, 2016, 06:58:04 PM »
https://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/12/13/adams-in-pybus-out/

Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams is the new director of cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board, according to regional media reports.
Adams, who represented West Indies as player and captain during his career, replaces Englishman Richard Pybus who did not seek to renew his contract, the Trinidad Guardian reported.
There are also reports that a new head coach, Australian Stuart Law, has been appointed to fill the position left vacant by Phil Simmons who was fired in September.
The decision to fill the two positions were reportedly taken at the weekend at the WICB’s final quarterly meeting which took place in St Maarten.
Jamaican Adams resigned as head coach of English county side Kent earlier this year after serving five seasons between 2012 and October 2016.
Pybus is expected to remain for a while to ease Adams into the position.
Law,48, is the former coach of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who played one Test and 54 one day internationals for Australia.
Earlier this year, he was the first choice of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as their head coach but turned down the position, expressing his inability to join the team immediately.
His first assignment will be to lead the regional team in February when England visits the Caribbean for a series of three one day internationals.
Born January 9, 1968, James Clive ‘Jimmy’ Adams is a former represented the Windies for almost a decade from 1992 to 2001. A left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Adams made 54 Test and 127 One-Day International (ODI) appearances for the team.
Known for his defensive approach, Adams arguably at one stage of his career was at par with the legend Sir Don Bradman.
Adams was born to a pair of doctors, but chose cricket as his profession. No prizes for guessing where he derives the clinical approach in his game from. He grew up in St Mary, Jamaica, in a community where “everyone liked cricket”.
His father took him to see his first Test, which was played between West Indies and India at Sabina Park, Kingston, when he was eight years old.
As a schoolboy, Adams had keen inclination towards different sports. He played both cricket and football with equal interest. He also took part in track-and-field.  Adams began playing competitive cricket during his primary school years and was encouraged to play cricket and football throughout high school.
As he got older, preparing for First-Class cricket matches often coincided with his schoolboy football season. West Indian cricket legend Rohan Kanhai, who was then the Jamaica team coach, would not allow the young Adams to move in and out of his coaching programme. Thus, he had to make a firm decision and opted to play cricket.
Adams made his Test debut against South Africa in 1992 replacing the retired Sir Vivian Richards. His four wickets in the first innings and 79 not out in the second proved crucial in the end as his team won the match by 52 runs.
In the first 12 Tests of his career, Adams scored 1,132 runs at a majestic batting average of near 87, a record bettered in the history of Test cricket only by Bradman.
But Adams’ carer is definitely a story of two tales as in the first half of his Test career, he averaged 61.34 compared to 25.58 in the second half. This differential is the largest in Test history.
In the mid-1990s Adams began to struggle at international level. In a tour match against Somerset during West Indies’ 1995 tour of England, he was hit by a bouncer by bowler Andre van Troost in the fading light, shattering his cheekbone. This was probably the incident that triggered the crisis in confidence and the slide in his career.
During South Africa’s 1998 tour, Adams met with a mysterious injury that ruled him out of the tour. While trying to cut the bread while on a plane, Adams ended up hurting the the tendon in his right hand. At that particular moment, the tour was done and dusted for him. He came off the plane and went straight to the hospital.
Adams was appointed as West Indies captain in 2000, replacing Brian Lara. His tenure was short though, leading the team to a 0-5 series loss on the 2000-01 tour of Australia, after which he lost both the captaincy (to Carl Hooper) and his place in the national team. In the process, he also became the first player to captain a Test team to seven consecutive defeats.
He continued to be involved with cricket post completion of his playing career. In 2006, he was appointed the manager of the West Indies Under-19 side. In 2008, Adams succeeded Barry Richards as the president of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA). Later in the year, he was appointed technical director of Jamaica’s cricket development programme.
Adams last post was coaching the Kent County Cricket Club and was the only West Indian head coach of an English county cricket team. Under his guidance, the club had  shown improvement since his joining in 2012, resulting in extension of his contract.
The Jamaican quit his position at Kent earlier this year after serving five seasons between 2012 and October 2016 as coach, to make himself available for either the position of director of cricket or head coach of the West Indies team. 

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Cricket Anyone / Rajah aiming for consistency: TT Newsday
« on: December 04, 2016, 08:26:23 PM »


Trinidad and Tobago Red Force cricketer Isaiah Rajah is aiming to bring a level of consistency to his game after having a memorable debut against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the WICB Regional Four-Day tournament.
Left-handed Rajah scored 69 off 161 deliveries on his first class debut on Saturday sharing in a brilliant 162-run opening partnership with Kyle Hope. Rajah, whose father Aneil and brother Emile both played for TT, slammed 11 fours in his 183-minute stay at the crease. 
Rajah would like to play for West Indies one day but the 23-year-old knows that he will have to work hard and be consistent. 
“As any youngster, you would always have that aspiration (to play for West Indies), but it doesn’t come just like that. You have to work hard and put in extra hours. It is a matter of consistency at this level, being around the TT team, around the setup, trials. 
“It is always a good landmark to reach here but consistency is a key as to continuing to that next level. To get to there (West Indies) you have to put in the work,” the batsman acknowledged. 
Rajah, who represented TT at youth level, is satisfied that he got a half-century on debut. 
“The runs to my name (will give me) a lot more confidence going into the season and I think it is a booster for me as a youngster so the half-century is there and it is just to carry on from here now.” Rajah admitted he was a little disappointed not to get a century but is still pleased to have some runs under his belt. 
“To get to that landmark (century) is a big achievement on debut especially. (I got) 69, falling short, but at the end of the day you are still thankful for going out there. It is a team effort with myself and Kyle Hope getting a 162-run partnership without losing a wicket is another achievement for a debutant myself. To get to the triple that would have been another landmark for me but I am still thankful for the half century.” Rajah praised the Bajan-born Hope for giving him advice at the crease which allowed him to feel comfortable out in the middle. 

Rajah said his father was proud of his achievement and said his family has always been supportive. 
“He was extremely proud. My dad, my family’s support was there from since I was a little kid. 
Having that support is always good encouragement as a youngster.” 
First Published In The Trinidad & Tobago Newsday.

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Cricket Anyone / WICBC FOUR DAY TOURNAMENT. Nov. 11-14, 2016
« on: November 14, 2016, 05:33:04 PM »
Primus impresses in debut at TT deeats Windwards.

Debutant Roshon Primus' all-round efforts - a match haul of 7 for 68 and a key knock of 36 not out in the first innings - were instrumental in Trinidad & Tobago's nine-wicket win over Windward Islands in the opening round of the Regional 4 Day Tournament in Port of Spain. T&T needed only three days to complete the win, having gained an early advantage by bowling their opponents out for 142 in the first innings. Primus took 6 for 30 with his seam-bowling in one spell that reduced Windward from 31 for 2 to 50 for 8. It was only opener Devon Smith's unbeaten 86 and his 73-run stand with No. 10 batsman Delorn Johnson that lifted the side's total past 100. They were eventually dismissed for 142.
T&T responded by scoring 242 runs for a first-innings lead of 100. Primus was one of only four batsmen in the side to score more than 30 and added valuable runs after they were struggling at 192 for 6 following the loss of top-scorer Jason Mohammed who made a 95-ball 70. Opener Kyle Hope, too, chipped in with 56 giving T&T a good start.

Windward did much better in their second innings, scoring 254, but were limited by legspinner Imran Khan's 5 for 84 and the fact that they had conceded a 100-run lead. Tyrone Theophile (53) and wicketkeeper Sunil Ambris (43) chipped in but, like T&T's innings, the rally came from the lower order. Shane Shillingford took charge with a knock of 65 off 94 balls and an eighth-wicket partnership with Mervin Matthew helped Windward inch closer to 250 from 196 for 7.

T&T's chase of 155 appeared untroubled with Hope leading the way at the top of the order again. Like the first innings, he was the main contributor to the opening stand, in this instance a partnership of 61 runs, before pairing with Yannic Cariah to add 96 runs for the second wicket. Hope was unbeaten on 79 while Cariah scored 52 not out.
© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.

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Scores, updates here.

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Cricket Anyone / Pakistan Vs WI, 2nd Test Match, Dubai Oct. 20-24, 2016
« on: October 21, 2016, 08:04:06 PM »
CUT ASS HERE

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Cricket Anyone / Pakistan Vs WI, 1st Test Match, Dubai Oct. 13-17, 2016
« on: October 15, 2016, 10:00:58 PM »
all scores here.

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Cricket Anyone / Pakistan vs WI 1st ODI, Dubai, Sept. 30, 2016
« on: September 30, 2016, 12:18:26 PM »
scores, updates here.

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Cricket Anyone / Khan: Changes affecting WI team
« on: September 28, 2016, 03:09:33 PM »


JELANI BECKLES Wednesday, September 28 2016

FOLLOWING the West Indies embarrassing 3-0 T20 series defeat against Pakistan, former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies manager Omar Khan believes the changes in the team recently have impacted their performances. But the current manager of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) runners-up Guyana Amazon Warriors added that the team does not seem motivated to perform.

Prior to the start of the West Indies/Pakistan series, which is being played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) fired West Indies coach Phil Simmons after 18 months at the helm. In early August, Darren Sammy was sacked as captain of the West Indies T20 team, months after leading the regional side to the World T20 title.

Asked whether these changes will have a negative impact on the team Khan said, “I would not say negatively but I would say that definitely it has an impact. The players need to understand that at the end of the day West Indies has a reputation they are the world champions in this form of the game. At least they should be motivated to play for some purpose.” Khan added that West Indies are lacking cohesiveness. “I am not seeing that purposefulness and that commitment by the players to go out there and represent the West Indies as they should. You are seeing the team looking disjointed, they are not motivated, they are not together and unified to go out there and play the type of cricket that we expect of them as world champions in this format of the game.” The West Indies will try to rebound when they face Pakistan in a three-match ODI series starting on Friday. Following the ODI series the teams will face off in three Test matches.



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Cricket Anyone / WI VS PAKISTAN 1ST T 20, DUBAI
« on: September 23, 2016, 08:53:58 AM »
Scores, updates, here.

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Cricket Anyone / Mohammed to lead WI A. (TT Guardian)
« on: September 13, 2016, 12:31:29 PM »


Mohammed to lead Windies ‘A’

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2016-09-13/mohammed-lead-windies-%E2%80%98%E2%80%99

 

 
Vinode Mamchan
Published:
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Jason Mohammed
Red Force captain Jason Mohammed will lead the West Indies ‘A’ team on an upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has decided to re-introduce A Team cricket as part of their development strategy.

The selection panel announced two “A” 14-man squads for the Four-Day and One-Day match series against Sri Lanka. The series will consist of three 4-day and three one-day matches to run from October 1 to November 1.

Mohammed who plays for Pwergen in the domestic competition, had a good run in the Nagico Super50 will take charge of the ODI outfit with his deputy being Grenadian Andre Fletcher.

Mohammed of Barrackpore is the only player from T&T on the One Day team.

However, opener Evin Lewis finds himself included on the Four-day squad which is led by Barbadian Shamarh Brooks. This team will arrive in Sri Lanka first and play three matches before the One Day squad takes over.

Squads
A Team — Four (4) Day: Rajendra Chandrika, Kieran Powell, Evin Lewis, Vishual Singh (Vice Captain), Shamarh Brooks (Captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Jahmar Hamilton, Damion Jacobs, Rahkeem Cornwall, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Kemar Roach, Keon Joseph, Delorn Johnson, Reynard Leveridge.

A Team — One Day: Jason Mohammed (Captain), Rovman Powell, Andre Fletcher (Vice Captain), Kyle Hope, Chadwick Walton, Andre McCarty, Assad Fudadin, Veerasammy Permaul, Jon-Russ Jaggesar,  Damion Jacobs, Delorn Johnson, Ronsford Beaton, Kesrick Williams, Kyle Mayers.

Management Team:  Dwain Gill – Manager, Graeme West – Coach, Rayon Griffith – Assistant Coach, Vernon K A Williams – Physiotherapist, Dinesh Mahabir – Data Analyst, Zephyrinus Nicholas – Strength and Conditioning Trainer.

Schedule

October 4 – 7    1st 4-day    R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
October 11 – 14    2nd 4-day    Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
October 18 – 21    3rd 4-day    Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
October 24    1st One-day    Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
October 27    2nd One-day    Kurunegala Welegedera Cricket Stadium
October 30    3rd One-day    R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium

Sport

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Cricket Anyone / WI vs India, 3rd Test, Gros Islet, Aug. 9-13, 2016
« on: August 22, 2016, 02:28:09 PM »
Cut Ass.

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Plenty rain, hardly any play.

VB

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Cricket Anyone / WI vs Indi, 2nd Test, Kingston, July 30-Aug. 3, 2016
« on: July 30, 2016, 10:38:19 AM »
from 7/3, WI re now 65/3.
Blackwood 48 no with 40 runs in boundaries.

VB

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Cricket Anyone / WI vs India, 1st Test, North Sound, July 21-25, 2016
« on: July 20, 2016, 08:46:02 PM »
scores, updates here.

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Cricket Anyone / WI Board 11 vs India, Basetterre, July 14-16, 2016
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:21:54 PM »
scores, updates

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Cricket Anyone / WI Board 11 vs India, Basetterre, July 9-10, 2016
« on: July 10, 2016, 01:19:10 PM »
scores updates here.

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Cricket Anyone / Tri Nations: WI vs SA, Bridgetown, June 23, 2016
« on: June 24, 2016, 09:29:53 AM »
scores, updates here.

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Quizz Time & Facts / Boxer, four fights in one month in TT
« on: June 17, 2016, 09:48:17 AM »
What bóxer from  a very famous fighting family, once had four fights in one month in TT?

I forgot to say NOT TALL MAN.....but like he buss anyway  ;D

VB

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http://www.espncricinfo.com/tri-nation-west-indies-2016/engine/match/932857.html


Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith gave Australia a strong platform but the innings faltered from there on © AFP

Steven Smith has conceded that Australia came up short with the bat against West Indies on Monday, but he said a "sloppy" display in the field was another key reason for Australia's loss.

Sent in by Jason Holder in St Kitts, Australia made a strong start and were 157 for 1 after 30 overs, but a series of wickets led to a significant slowing of the run rate, and they managed only 108 in the final 20 overs. West Indies chased down the target of 266 with more than four overs remaining, and joined Australia on two wins on the tri-series points table, with one game in hand.

Usman Khawaja was the stand-out batsman for Australia with 98, having moved up to open in the absence of the injured David Warner, but he spilled two catches within the first eight overs of the chase to reprieve West Indian openers Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher. Smith said Australia's fielding and new-ball bowling had let the team down, along with the stalling of the batting innings.

"I think we were probably 15 to 20 short with the bat," Smith said. "We got ourselves into a pretty good position at about the 30-over mark, I think we were around 1 for 157. We weren't able to accelerate as well as we would have liked in the 30 to 40 overs, and then from the 40- to 50-over mark.

"In the field I think we started really poorly with the ball. They came out playing their shots, and credit to them. But I thought we were a fair way off our lines and lengths. Our fielding was pretty average in that first 10 overs. When you're chasing 265 and you're 1 for 70 after 10 overs, you're well on your way. We started pretty poorly with the ball.

"I think it was just a pretty sloppy display altogether in the field. I thought we didn't bowl the right areas. We let them off a bit easy in that respect. We were sloppy with most of the things we did in the field as well.

"We've been doing all the work. We're doing our best, but this isn't the standard that the Australian cricket team sets, so we've got a lot more work to do to try to improve it. We set ourselves high standards in the field, and we want to be the best fielding team in the world. We've got a lot of work to do to get to that mark."

Smith described the Warner Park pitch as "two-paced" and said the extra bounce early in the match made it hard for batsmen to get a start. Khawaja and Smith put on 170 for the second wicket but the loss of Smith for 74 and then Khawaja for 98 slowed Australia's innings.

"Once you're in you have to cash in," he said. "I thought the partnership with Usman was a good one to get us to that platform, but it was probably one of us to go on and get 120, 130, that might have given us that extra 20 runs to get ourselves into the game."

Australia now move to Barbados for the final leg of the series, and Smith said both Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc would come under consideration. Australia are managing Starc's workload as he makes his return from a long injury lay-off, while Maxwell was dropped from the previous two matches after failing to reach double-figures in any of his past five ODI innings.

"He sort of lacked a little bit of consistency in the middle order in the last ten or so one-dayers, so we left him out for these couple of games," Smith said of Maxwell. "But I'm sure he'll be talked about coming into Barbados. We'll just have to wait and see."

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We lose.

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Cricket Anyone / the Bernard Julien thread
« on: June 02, 2016, 02:37:55 PM »
http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bernard-julien-underachiever-on-the-field-cancer-survivor-off-it-110839


Fans congratulate Bernard Julien on his maiden Test Century at Lord's.


Bernard Denis Julien was the cricketer every schoolboy aspires to be: he played the most dazzling of strokes; he could swing the ball at a brisk pace; when the ball got old he could bowl finger-spin, and even tried his hand at Chinamen; he was electric on the field; he was immensely popular among fans; and his handsome features and Jim Kelly-like hairstyle made him an instant hit with the fairer sex.
 

 

 
 
He walked back lazily to his bowling mark, often humming a song. In an interview with Sportstar he elaborated: “It was my way of self-motivation. It used to help me concentrate on my next ball. My objective was to get the batsman out. It may have given the batsman the wrong impression that I was relaxed. I used to bowl to the best of my abilities and I always played the game hard.”

Julien ran in from a forty-five degree angle with legs so taut that one feared they might get tangled on his way to the crease, resulting in him toppling over: only that he did not, and kept on bowling a nagging line with variations in pace, bounce, and movement. Writing for Sportstar, Vijay Lokapally called him “an athletic figure of a seamer full of verve and energy”.

He was also one of those marauders who could launch into any bowling attack, and could man any position in the field; he ran very fast, could cover distances very fast, and could throw extremely accurately; had he lived up to his immense potential he would have been the perfect successor to Garry Sobers.

Instead, he never managed to pull off what was expected of him: he showed glimpses of his talent, but 866 runs at 30.92 with two hundreds and 50 wickets at 37.36 hardly bear testimony of Julien’s skills. From 12 ODIs his tally read 18 wickets at 25.72 with an economy rate of 3.57; he played an instrumental role in West Indies’ maiden World Cup victory.

Julien’s First-Class numbers were more impressive: playing mostly for Trinidad & Tobago and Kent Julien finished with 5,790 runs at 24.53 and 483 wickets at 28.71. His international career ended when the likes of Michael Holding, Joel Garner, and Colin Croft came up to join Andy Roberts, and he ended his First-Class career when he decided to go on the rebel tour of 1983-84.




Early days

Born in Carenage, Julien made his First-Class debut at an age of 18 for North Trinidad against their southern counterparts. He scored only 8, but picked up Habib Khan, Lennox Balgobin, and H Roberts (all bowled). The performance won him his Shell Shield cap. Playing against Guyana at Bourda Julien failed with the bat but managed to pick up two wickets (including that of Alvin Kallicharran).

In the next match he demolished South Trinidad with figures of 7 for 63 and 2 for 45 while scoring a lusty 54 batting at No. 8. Regular subsequent performances for Trinidad earned him a call-up for Kent Second XI in 1970. A decent 1971 (44 wickets at 28.27) earned him a Kent cap the following season.

Julien never really took Championship Cricket by storm, but kept on delivering with both the bat and the ball. He was eventually picked for the 1973 tour of England; before the tourists started their matches he began on a high, bowling in tandem with Richard Elms to bowl out Middlesex for 136.

A couple of wickets later he turned up for the tourists against Hampshire at Southampton: he did not get a bat, but bowled brilliantly in both innings, returning figures of 5 for 89 and 4 for 41. He kept on delivering with 55 and 37 against DH Robins’ XI; 42 and 3 for 37 against Nottinghamshire; and 5 for 53 against Sussex. In just over a week he made his Test debut.

Test debut

Julien made his debut alongside Ron Headley in the first Test at The Oval. He hit a couple of boundaries in a 14-ball 11 before being claimed by Geoff Arnold, and got Geoff Boycott and Keith Fletcher for a return of 49 runs. Out to score quick runs, he scored a 24-ball 23 before he was bowled by Ray Illingworth. West Indies won the Test by 158 runs mostly due to Keith Boyce’s 11 for 147.



The second Test at Edgbaston saw West Indies under pressure of sorts when Julien walked out at 242 for 6. Roy Fredericks, who had played a lone hand till then, fell shortly afterwards for 150: it was left to Julien to resurrect the innings. Wisden later wrote that he batted “boldly” as he hit out against the English attack, scoring 54 with 9 boundaries out of 85 scored during his stay. Once again he struck twice, dismissing Dennis Amiss and Tony Greig this time, but the Test petered out to a tame draw.

Then came the Lord’s Test.
Sobers had played a support act to Rohan Kanhai on Day One as West Indies finished on 335 for 4; the captain was on 156 and Sobers on 31. That night Sobers realised he had drunk till four in the morning, thought of going back to the room, decided against it, and continued to drink till nine. Then he walked out, missed the first five balls, and somehow connected the sixth.

Kanhai had meanwhile been replaced at the crease by Julien, and the pair had fun. It was a saga of A Sobers and A Sober tearing a quality attack (Arnold, Bob Willis, Greig, Derek Underwood, and Illingworth himself) into shreds: they added 81 in 53 minutes before lunch (Julien scoring 47 of them); an excruciating stomach pain led to Sobers retiring on 132, and the pair had added 155 in a shade under two hours.

Wisden wrote that Julien “gave the bowlers little encouragement, striking the ball cleanly, powerfully and in mainly orthodox fashion to all parts of the ground in a thrilling display”. Julien continued with the massacre with Boyce for company, reaching his maiden Test hundred; he was mobbed by the West Indians who had flocked to Lord’s for the Test.

Julien eventually hit one back to Greig for a violent 143-ball 121 with 18 fours and 2 sixes. Sobers (equipped by self-prescribed port-and-brandy and an hour’s rest) emerged at the fall of the wicket and scored 150 not out before Kanhai declared on 652 for 8.

Despite a bomb scare on Day Three that held up play, England were bowled out for 233 and 193 halfway through Day Four. Julien finished with 3 for 69 (including wickets of Brian Luckhurst and Greig) in the second innings, helping the rout. England were defeated by an innings and 226 runs, Illingworth was sacked, and that was that.

Julien followed this innings with 127 in the Scarborough festival match against TN Pearce’s XI where nobody in the match crossed sixty. He also did a decent job with the ball in the two-match ODI series. Julien finished the tour with 520 runs at 43.33 and 27 wickets at 26.74.

Cementing a place

Had there been any doubt regarding Julien’s place in the side after the England tour, there wasn’t any left after the home series against them: he had 86 not out and 2 for 14 at Queen’s Park Oval, 66 and 2 for 40 at Sabina Park, and 5 for 57 — his only five-wicket haul — at Kensington Oval.

Julien picked up 2 for 57 in the rain-washed fourth Test at Bourda; Greig helped England pull off a heist at Queen’s Park Oval and level the series with 13 for 156, but Julien still managed to return match figures of 5 for 56. With 392 runs at 43.55 and 23 wickets at 28 from 8 Tests, Julien was hailed as the next big thing of West Indian cricket.

What followed from there was an anticlimax. He never reached the heights of that phase of his career:

 
On the subsequent tour of India Julien scored 45 and obtained 6 wickets at Kotla, but did little else of note. On the second leg of the tour, however, he found some form at Karachi, coming out at 336 for 5 and slamming 101 before being last out with the team score on 493.

Champions of the World

Despite the slump Julien was picked for the 1975 World Cup; opening bowling with Andy Roberts he skittled out the poor Sri Lankans for 86 with 4 for 20, winning the Man of the Match award. The next match — the humdinger against Pakistan at Edgbaston — saw Julien remove Sadiq Mohammad and score 18.

Against Australia at The Oval he was promoted to the spearhead of the attack, and removed Rick McCosker. By now the clear favourites, West Indies defeated New Zealand easily in the semifinal at The Oval after Julien routed them for 158 with 4 for 27.

The final saw Clive Lloyd playing his famous 102 and Kanhai a support act of 55, but the 52-run seventh wicket partnership between Boyce (34) and Julien (26) was crucial in lifting West Indies to 291. Australia crashed to 274, and West Indies won the first World Cup. Julien (10 wickets at 17.70) and Boyce (10 wickets at 18.50) finished at joint-second among wicket-takers in the tournament (after Gary Gilmour’s absurd tally of 11 wickets at 5.63).

Final daysHolding had meanwhile arrived on the scenario, and with Boyce definitely being the third on the rungs Julien found it difficult to maintain a spot in the Test side. He did a good job in the second Test at WACA, finishing with 2 for 51 and 3 for 32 as Australia were defeated by an innings after Roy Fredericks’ iconic onslaught. Thereafter he lost track somewhere, and by the time the series ended he was not a certainty in the side anymore.

India chased down 406 in the third Test of the series at Queen’s Park Oval. Julien was given another chance in the final Test at Sabina Park, where he had clear instructions to come round the wicket and bounce the Indians out: while Holding and Wayne Daniel terrorised the Indians with their furious pace and steep bounce, Julien went wicket-less.

Julien was still retained for the England tour for the “Grovel Series”, perhaps because of his earlier success against the opponents. However, he failed to impress yet again (though he had a good season for Kent, scoring 549 runs at 23.86 and claiming 51 wickets at 26.25).

On his return he played just one more Test, against Pakistan at Bourda: he scored 5 and finished with a solitary wicket, and was never recalled. He went out of contention with the arrival of Croft and Garner earlier that series.




Packer days, and later

Julien might have had an opportunity when Kerry Packer recruited the West Indians for his World Series, but he decided to join the brigade, effectively finishing his international career. By the time he returned Malcolm Marshall had also arrived on the scenario and Julien never stood a chance. He did not get a Kent contract either, and continued to play for Trinidad & Tobago.

He played Shell Shield till 1981-82, and it was in this season — in his penultimate Shell Shield match — that he earned his best innings and match figures. Though Shamshuddin Jumadeen picked up the second wicket Julien had the other nine, scything through the Jamaican line-up with career-best figures of 9 for 97. A wicket in the second innings gave him his only ten-wicket haul.


 
I want to live. It is life you are talking about. I want to beat this thing. I am not giving up
 

Rebel tour and repercussion

Julien decided to end his cricket career when he went on the 1983-84 rebel tour to South Africa. He played a couple of blinders but failed with the ball, and played only 3 matches. The pace attack, consisting of Croft, Sylvester Clarke, Ezra Moseley, and Franklyn Stephenson was so strong that Julien found it impossible to find a place back in the side.

The players were ostracised on their return to their homeland. Opinions were divided (they are still divided) on the tours, and it took several years for the rebels to get their respect back in West Indies. The ban was eventually lifted in 1989, and even then Julien found it difficult to get a job and earn back respect in Trinidad & Tobago.

It was not that he did not have his supporters. In a letter to the editor of Guardian (Trinidad) a certain Jaglal Susankar wrote: “Please convey my sympathy to fellow Trinidadian Bernard Julien for the amount of humiliation and stripping of his medal by the Government. In my opinion he went to South Africa to play cricket as a sportsman. Secondly he was paid damn good. Who doesn’t like money? People of the same race who term him Judas are wrong and foolish.”

Later days

Julien was shunned to an extent that he was not even considered for club cricket. He eventually found appointment in the Ministry of Sports for eight-year tenure before being appointed West Indies Coach. He was later appointed as Trinidad Coach as well.

In January 2005 Julien was diagnosed with throat cancer. He gave up smoking and drinking subsequently, and showed signs of improvement. “I want to live. It is life you are talking about. I want to beat this thing. I am not giving up,” he said in an interview with Trinidad Express.

There have been subsequent migraine attacks and sleepless nights in 2009, and the problem remained undiagnosed for seven months. He lost 25 pounds in six months, and eventually the scan reports had to be sent to Miami for diagnosis. In July 2010 he received an amount of $79,595 from the Health Ministry of Trinidad & Tobago.

Julien continues to live on.

(Abhishek Mukherjee is the Deputy Editor and Cricket Historian at CricketCountry. He blogs at http://ovshake.blogspot.in and can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ovshake42)


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Cricket Anyone / Ambrose gets the Axe
« on: May 17, 2016, 02:25:49 AM »
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2016-05-17/i-never-saw-axe-coming-says-shocked-sir-curtly-ambrose

ST JOHN’S—Bowling legend Sir Curtly Ambrose says he is shocked by his sacking as West Indies bowling consultant, and also claimed he was blind sighted by the decision.

The 52-year-old, who has served in the role for the past three years, said he had only been informed of the decision by head coach Phil Simmons less than a week ago, and also pointed out that he had already planned his schedule around next month’s Tri-Nations Series and the four-Test India series starting in July.

“I only learnt about it from head coach Phil Simmons on Wednesday [last week], and when he told me I said to him that I am very disappointed, because I never expected it, and I never saw it coming because he never gave me any indication he was going to let me go,” Sir Curtly told the Observer newspaper here.

“So, it came as a bit of a shock basically, but I haven’t decided which direction I am going to take just yet. I’ll just pause and give it a little time to think about it and decide where I want to go after.”

Last Friday, the West Indies Cricket Board announced that the Antiguan would be replaced by former Barbados and West Indies A fast bowler, Roddy Estwick, who was recently bowling coach for Barbados Pride in the Regional four-day championship.

 The move came just three weeks prior to the start of the June 3-26 Tri-Nations Series involving Australia and South Africa, and just over a month after Sir Curtly helped guide West Indies to their second capture of the Twenty20 World Cup in India.

Sir Curtly said he had been told by Simmons that he required a bowling consultant who was “more technical”, hence the decision to go with Barbadian Estwick.

“I spoke to head coach Phil Simmons, and he told me that he wanted someone who is more technical to work with the fast bowlers,” Sir Curtly explained.

“So, I said to him well, ‘if you knew I was doing a poor job, then you should have told me’. He said no, I did a fantastic job, because I brought a high level of discipline to the team, and I have motivated the guys quite a bit.

“I’ve gotten the respect from all the guys, and I did a fantastic job, but he wants somebody more technical, hence, he is going for Roderick Estwick.”

Sir Curtly is widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers to have played the game, snaring 405 wickets in 98 Tests at an astonishing average of 20.99.

Only recently, however, Barbadian cricket coach and outstanding former England county professional, Franklyn Stephenson, slammed him as “the worst coach I’ve seen.”

Sir Curtly, who quit international cricket 16 years ago, said he held no ill will towards Simmons over the decision.

“I had high hopes for the Tri-Nations series and the Test series against India, because I have planned most of my stuff around those series,” Sir Curtly said.

“So, it was a bit of a shock, and it’s disappointing, but he’s the boss, and the head coach is the one who selects his crew, his coaching staff.

“I did wish him all the best and asked him to continue with the team and that we can get some positive results, because I am not going to hold him in malice or hold it against him. Its’ just disappointing.”

CMC

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Quizz Time & Facts / TT cricketers Test Centuries - 60s.
« on: May 06, 2016, 03:36:44 PM »
How many TT cricketers have scored Test centuries in the 60s.

Not Tall Man.

VB

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Cricket Anyone / Badree calls for unity in WI cricket
« on: May 03, 2016, 11:18:39 AM »
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2016-05-03/badree-calls-unity-west-indies-cricket

Describing the day West Indies men and women won World T20 titles, as a red letter day in West Indies cricket, leg-spinner Samuel Badree says that more success will come but unity is key. Badree played a key role in the West Indies men’s team lifting their second World T20 title recently in India.

At the end of the game, West Indies captain Darren Sammy had some choiced words for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and since then other players have joined in with criticisms of the regional body.

However, Badree said that the best way forward is achieving unity amongst all parties. Speaking at his induction into the Rapid Fire Foundation he said: “World Cup win...how many truly believed that we had that game in the bag? I am sure that everyone was glued to their television screens on Sunday 3rd April 2016 and I am also sure you guys saw when I hit those four consecutive sixes to win the game. Just kidding.

“But that day was indeed a red letter day in the West Indies as women and men won on the same day and couple that with the Under 19s win a couple months ago just goes to show how much talent we have in the West Indies. We have never been short of talent but for reasons other than that we have lagged behind the other global teams.”

On his induction into Rapid Fire he said: “It is indeed a pleasure and an honour to be inducted in this foundation, a foundation whose goals and objectives align directly with those of my own and whose work I hold in very high regard. As a young boy, I would have benefitted greatly from the kindness of others. I grew up in a single parent home and the burden of responsibility lied squarely on the shoulders of my mother. I was  that I was the last child and my older siblings did what they could to assist the younger ones.

“I remember Christmas time receiving hampers from various groups and being a bit bashful at receiving it but very happy for the contents of it.

“I was also the recipient of free text books from the Naparima College Old Boys Association in Secondary School and was very grateful for that as well. I want to publicly say a special thanks to everyone who would have helped me on my journey and to say that I would remain eternally grateful for your contributions in my life.”



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Deported former Windies cricketer Franklyn Rose tells his story


http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Deported-former-Windies-cricketer-Franklyn-Rose-tells-his-story


KINGSTON, Jamaica – Franklyn Rose, a former West Indian pace bowler who was recently deported from New Zealand, expressed disappointment in that country’s immigration system as he recounted the events that led to his deportation in a news release today from the West Indies Players' Association.

Read: Former Windies cricketer Rose deported from New Zealand

“I need to let people know what really happened, man. I am disappointed in the New Zealand Immigration system. I am very disappointed,” Rose repeated, before recounting being locked up abroad and then deported.

The following is a description of events, recounted by Rose, according to the WIPA release:

 






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 Rose commenced his professional contract with New Zealand Cricket playing and coaching at the club level in 2010. He played two years at the club level before his contract ended, with high hopes of retaining a new one. This, however, did not happen for the Jamaican and former West Indian player.

According to Rose, in 2012 he was victim to a traumatic racial assault – one that changed his life forever. Four Caucasian men slurred racially discriminatory words while attacking him in an attempt to steal his car, he said in the release.

“They beat me down. One [guy] missed my head and chopped me on the hand.”

The former cricketer was subsequently admitted to hospital in the Intensive Care Unit for three days before being released prematurely.

“The nurses kicked me out, [they] said they needed to care for other patients. And after a day, my friend had to take me back to the hospital. I was having some serious pains,” Rose said. “The doctors told me I had a blood clot in my lungs and I had nerve damage in my hand.”

His cricket career was seemingly over. And irrespective of his medical condition, Rose said he was once again thrown out of the hospital after three days.

A few days later, Rose said he had to be taken back to the emergency room but the public hospital refused to treat him.

“They thought that I was addicted to drugs or pain medication or something. They knew I was sick though; that I had a blood clot. I ended up going to a private hospital instead,” Rose said.

The refusal to treat him, Rose believed, was racially inspired as well. He emphasised that the private hospital fees ranged as high at US$1,500 a day, which he had to pay out-of-pocket.

He was discharged after a week.

“I was prescribed very strong medication – Warfarin. That’s a blood thinner,” Rose said. “I also had internal bleeding in my brain. That meant more hospital fees and medication, and I was advised by the doctors that I could not travel by air.”

He explained that the severity of his health and the intake of these drugs disallowed him from flying back home to Jamaica. Rose said he stayed in New Zealand for another two years, whilst seeing various health specialists per week to assist with his slow recovery.

According to Rose, a week prior to the attack, he had a promising and continuous future playing cricket. The transition to being bedridden with no source of income was both unpredictable and calamitous. Depression quickly set in and inspired a feeling of hopelessness for the former cricketer, the WIPA release said.

“One morning, the police came knocking on my door. They questioned me about my immigration status and asked for my medical documents. I told them everything and gave them all my documents,” Rose said. “They put me a reporting order. I had to report to the police station every Wednesday at 9:00 am. I did that religiously.”

Rose added: “Everything was OK up until eight weeks ago. The police came to my house at 6:00 am and dragged me out. That was the last time I saw my house.”

The policemen that escorted Rose reportedly told him that he was under investigation for an alleged rape incident.

“I was so confused. I know that it was a lie and they treated me like I was nothing.”

Upon his arrival to the police station, he was questioned once again by the police about his immigration status and then thrown in jail. Rose was then advised that, irrespective of his medical condition, he would be deported due to his overstay.

He was taken to court and allegedly advised by the judge that there were no flights available for his deportation.

“They threw me in prison for 10 days among murderers, rapists and other convicts. It was crazy; I know I didn’t belong there,” Rose said. “I couldn’t get to use the shower. I couldn’t brush my teeth for 10 days and I didn’t even get my medication until after eight days ... I could have died in that cell. I was so depressed.”

On the eleventh day, Rose said he was taken back to court and advised once again that there were no flights available.

“They said I would have to go back to prison for another 28 days. I know for a fact that there were flights to and from New Zealand every day. That was ridiculous,” he said.

Rose recalled his most scarring experience in prison: “I was finally given shower privileges, but no one told me that each shower lasted for only five minutes. They cut off the water while I was soaped up. I had to wash off myself with the water from the toilet.”

Rose explained that he subsequently suffered from blisters and lesions on his skin, but was denied medical attention.

After spending 38 days in prison, he was taken out of his cell and escorted to the airport, Rose said.

“They put me in one of those prison trucks. They treated me like a criminal. When we got to the airport, two armed police guys were behind me the whole time with huge guns.”

Rose said he was then seated at the back of the plane and placed under high security. He was finally going home.

To date, there has been no arrest related to his assault.

“I reported the incident to the police, but because of the colour of my skin they thought I was in a gang or something,” he alleged.

Rose contends that the New Zealand authorities did not treat the matter justly and that it was not properly investigated, adding that his attorney is currently pursuing the case.

However, he believes it is important to recount his story for public information on racial profiling in predominantly Caucasian environments.

“Yeah, I want people to understand my side of the story, to set record straight,” Rose said adding that he is looking forward to his full recovery, enabling him to once again make a contribution to cricket.

“I want to give back to cricket in some way. I’m just glad to be back,” said the former Windies pacer.

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Bravo's band changing rules of international game

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If the premier West Indies cricketers are to be solely known for their T20 skills, will the regional Test side remain relevant anymore?


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In Oliver Stone's biopic, a bewildered Richard Nixon wonders at the circumstances that brought about his resignation via Watergate. "Things won't be the same after this," he tells Henry Kissinger. "I played by the rules, but the rules changed, right in the middle of the game."

At the World Twenty20, England, India, Australia and New Zealand played by the rules entering the tournament, but teams mixing Test men and T20 experts all fell short of a West Indian collective with only two modestly performing Test players and a majority long finished with the game, if they ever made it there in the first place. A turning tide had been evident for nearly six months.

On December 12 in Hobart, West Indies lost to Australia in three days. An underprepared team shivered through the Tasmanian winds and took only four Australian wickets before lasting less than 107 overs across two woebegone innings. The next two weeks before Boxing Day were duly filled with tale upon tale of Caribbean ineptitude and struggle, with plenty of brickbats directed at Marlon Samuels in particular.

It was in these gloomy days that a jerky dance number first emerged, launched not in Shane Warne's Club 23 at Crown Casino nor any other swanky Southbank locale, but instead at a near deserted Docklands Stadium, as ground staff mowed the pitch in the background. Dwayne Bravo's "Champion" was unveiled with the help of some Bollywood dancers and the Melbourne Renegades PR team.

At the time the scene looked faintly absurd: a West Indian cricketer, his Test team in between hidings, dropping his own name and that of Chris Gayle alongside a galaxy of Caribbean, African and American high achievers. They included the musicians Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Machel Montano and Bunji Garlin, Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela and Serena Williams, the Trinidadian Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam, Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and "9.58 Bolt" - otherwise known as Usain. Brian Lara and Kieron Pollard got a mention too. Hobart, it seemed, did not matter.

For an idea of the mental space from which Bravo pulled "Champion" together, it is worth recalling some of his words a few days before he launched it, speaking on behalf of Gayle, Pollard and others: "We're all committed to West Indies cricket, but sometimes, with the way we've been treated over the years, we second-guess and ask ourselves why should we actually fight with West Indies' cricket when the rest of the world are opening their hands for us?

"Yes, they pay us well, but at the same time we never feel disrespected in any way. When we play for those teams we feel well loved, well respected ... we play our hearts out the same way we do for the West Indies. But do we get that type of treatment back in the region? No, we don't."

With that in mind, Bravo's intent was clear. This was a reminder of how much good has come from the region and the race, worthy of praise, respect and, yes, the champion label. Even as the Test team was being cut to ribbons, Bravo drew a direct line from the breakaway T20 players in the Big Bash League - Lara has been an outspoken supporter of their cause - to greatness, either achieved or foreshadowed. It was almost as though he had one eye on Kolkata on April 3 the following year.





 The brilliance of a West Indies team that has effectively cut ties with Test cricket will leave plenty wondering how it will be possible to beat them in future without changing schedules to allow others to play as much T20 as Bravo, Gayle and Andre Russell have



Bravo had something else to say about the future of the game, too. He did not see Test cricket as the way to speak to the Caribbean's youth. "Whether it's good or bad, the fact of the matter is T20 cricket is what kids gravitate to now," he said. "I think one of our biggest problems back in the region, that we tend to hold on to too much of the past and not focus on the present and the future. I think that is our downfall."

Four months on, and "Champion" is everywhere. So is the team Bravo wrote it for, the T20 group in open war with the WICB. Through a memorable triumph over England they have not only gained enormous notoriety for DJ Bravo, but also a chance to negotiate with the board after their IPL duties are over. Where that can get to is anyone's guess, but the unusually equivocal public words of the WICB president Dave Cameron demonstrated the power of such high-profile cricket performances to change stances previously hardened.

In truth, the WICB will not be the only entity considering its position right now. Bravo, Darren Sammy and their brash band have opened up all manner of questions for opposition players, coaches and administrators, not merely of a tactical nature either. The brilliance of a West Indies team that has effectively cut ties with Test cricket will leave plenty wondering how it will be possible to beat them in future without changing schedules to allow others to play as much T20 as Bravo, Gayle, Andre Russell, Samuel Badree and Lendl Simmons have.

Broadcasters and sponsors will tire quickly of matches played as Hobart was. This week saw the Nine Network take a decidedly dim view of what was served up in the prime Test matches of the summer, holding cricket responsible for a drop in advertising revenue. "Nine's summer of cricket was adversely impacted," its quarterly market report stated, "by both the weather and the standard of competition." It suits Nine to talk down the value of Test cricket at a time when rights negotiations are starting up, but undoubtedly a full-strength West Indies would have helped.

However this West Indian group has developed a strong sense of identification with T20, to the point that it feels this, not Tests, is its cricket. For one thing it is the only format in which the WICB has deigned to let them play for the region, leaving a somewhat understandable sense that Tests now loom as "the board's cricket", played poorly and in front of no one - much as it was in Hobart. Bravo, Gayle and others still harbour some affection for Test cricket, but not for what it has come to represent in practice: an emasculated West Indian XI competing unevenly against better paid and drilled opposition.

They also see the way others, those who have towed the WICB line, are scarcely better off for doing so. Jason Holder has carried an enormous burden in Australia each of the past two seasons, first as leader of a fractured World Cup squad then as helmsman of a Test squad that was hopelessly overmatched throughout. His thanks from the board? Refusal to grant Holder a no-objection certificate to play in the Pakistan Super League leading into the World T20. Understandably drained by the captaincy, Holder wore a drinks bib in Kolkata.

By contrast, Samuels seemed to time his run. A distant and meandering figure in Australia, he was suddenly engaged, energised and focused upon the task of taking down the world's best players at a global tournament. His emotional outburst following the last over in Kolkata had clearly been pent up for some months, but he conveniently omitted the fact that Warne's criticisms in Australia had been more than merited on a performance basis. If we saw the real Samuels in India, then who on earth turned up in Hobart?

As Peter Siddle has said of Samuels' words: "I think I enjoy it at times from blokes that probably perform a little bit more frequently than he does. If you look at a Chris Gayle doing it, or an Andre Russell, they probably have the performances to back it up."

One man who Siddle could also have referred to was Carlos Brathwaite. The power he used to dismember Ben Stokes' final over was very evident in a series of lower-order batting joyrides in Australia, while a sense of passion and fun for the game overflowed whenever he spoke. Ian Bishop exclaimed "remember the name" when the final six sailed over wide long-on, but he did not clarify where we would be seeing it in lights. Thanks to the international schedule, Test duty would bar Brathwaite from playing in this year's Caribbean Premier League.

This is where Kolkata, Bravo's anthem and the parlous state of West Indian cricket cross over into a most unsettling scenario. If this Caribbean team really are "Champion", then they do not want or need the validation of Test performance to confirm it. If that is so, then others beyond West Indies - players, broadcasters and administrators - will soon be thinking along similar lines. Apart from reasons of finance, schedule and self-preservation, there is now a strong desire to knock West Indies off their Kolkata perch. The rules are changing, right in the middle of the game.



Daniel Brettig is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @danbrettig

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Cricket Anyone / Reaction to Sammy´s comments post 2016 WC
« on: April 06, 2016, 05:01:16 PM »
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/79155/wicb-vice-president-hits-out-at-darren-sammy

WICB vice president hits out at Darren Sammy

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Emmanuel Nathan, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) vice-president, lashed out at Darren Sammy for his scathing comments against the cricket board following West Indies' win in the ICC World Twenty20 2016, terming it "irrelevant, demeaning, insulting and unfortunate".


"To spoil what was a tremendous achievement for the Caribbean civilization with comments that are totally irrelevant and demeaning and insulting to the Caribbean people, I believe was rather unfortunate," Nathan told Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Wednesday (April 6). "So to try to make it look like the board was inefficient in any way is rather unfortunate."


Sammy had criticised the board for meting out unfair treatment with respect to the pay dispute that the players are fighting against for several years. He also took a dig at the selection panel by stating that he didn't know when he would get a chance to play with the same set of players again.


"So the players complained that for the World Cup their fees went down maybe by 20,000 or thereabouts. But they did not say that the week before they got the World Cup contract all of them signed contracts for the regional competition where their fees went up by 80,000, 140,000, 145,000, and 75,000. They did not say that," Nathan said.


Soon after beating England by four wickets in a thrilling final encounter at the Eden Gardens, Sammy recounted how the team manager had to run around to arrange for the players' jerseys on time. Nathan, however, said that the West Indies' T20I captain didn't narrate the complete story when he chose to criticise the board publicly.


"The date was coming, the players had not consented to go to play so the company delivered the uniforms without the numbers of them because we were not sure which players we going to play.


"So when the logistic officer left the Caribbean for Dubai he had a ticket in his hands to go to pick up the uniforms in Calcutta, put the numbers on them and carry them himself to the team well in advance of the World Cup," he concluded.

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General Discussion / Western Union to TT
« on: April 04, 2016, 11:34:19 AM »
Thinking of sending some money to TT via WU.

Was wondering if those of you that have done it have had any issues.

VB

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