West Indies player Shannon Gabriel bowls during a practice session ahead of their second cricket test match
against India in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Associated Press / Mahesh Kumar A.
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concluded ICC World T20 tournament
in the Caribbean, failed to get a
spot on the ICC T20 team of the year.
No other West Indian player featured
on any of the other teams that
were chosen by a panel of international
journalists.
India opener Smriti Mandhana was
adjudged the ICC Women’s Cricketer
of the Year for 2018.
She was the leading run-getter in
women’s ODI with 669 runs at an
average of 66.90 and the third’s highest
scorer in T20s with 622 runs at a
strike rate of 130.67.
Mandhana was also been named
the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the
year.
to take up a four-year contract at
Middlesex County Cricket Club, England.
Before his stint with Cricket West
Indies (CWI), Pybus coached Pakistan
— taking them to the final of
the l999 World Cup. He also coached
Bangladesh and a few domestic
teams around the world, working
extensively in South Africa at the
franchise level.
His last job with an international
team, Bangladesh, ended up lasting
only five months after a disagreement
over the terms of his contract
in 2012.
Last year, he was also short-listed
and interviewed for the role of India’s
coach.
Pybus’ first assignment with the
West Indies is at the end of this
month for the tour of England to the
Caribbean.
The West Indies will play three
Tests, five ODIs and thee Twenty20s
starting on Jan. 23.
from six Tests at an amazing average
if 11.87 — the best by any bowler in
any calendar year for the last hundred
years.
Holder, 27, fast bowler picked up 12
wickets during Sri Lanka’s three-Test
tour of the Caribbean and followed up
with 16 wickets in a two-Test homes
series against Bangladesh.
However, Holder was forced out of
the return Bangladesh series with a
shoulder injury.
He is one of two West Indies players
in the top 20 of the bowlers rankings,
with fast bowler Shannon Gabriel
unmoved at 13th.
Medium fast bowler Kemar Roach is
the next best ranked Caribbean bowler
at 24th with leg-spinner Devendra
Bishoo at 35th.
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Coach Richard Pybus.
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WEST INDIES’ ELITE BOWLER
Windies coach
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies Test off-spinner
Shane Shillingford has been suspended
by Cricket West Indies (CWI) for an illegal
action, ruling him out of the third
round of the Regional Four-Day Championship,
which started last week.
According to Dominica Broadcasting
Service (DBS), Shillingford was bowling
for the Windward Islands Volcanoes
first round match against Guyana Jaguars
in St. Lucia when he was detected
for the illegal action.
Video footage was subsequently sent
to England for analysis, confirming the
suspicion of match officials.
Shillingford was not named in the
Volcanoes 13-man squad to face Jamaica
Scorpions at Sabina Park last week.
DBS radio said that the 35-year-old
Dominican could appeal the decision
or now undergo rehabilitation work on
his action.
It is not the first time Shillingford
has found himself in trouble with officials
over his action.
He only returned to bowling in 2014
after being slapped with an International
Cricket Council (ICC) ban for an
illegal action.
Shillingford had been reported in
2013 during the second Test against
India in Mumbai and was suspended
later that year, after tests revealed his
arm breached the 15 degree limit while
bowling off-breaks and doosras.
He was also banned from bowling in
2010 and cleared to return the following
year.
Shillingford is the region’s leading
spinner with 572 wickets from 128 first
class matches and 106 wickets from 69
List A class matches.
He has taken 70 wickets from 16
Tests, but played his last Test five years
ago against New Zealand.
West Indies’ Shane Shillingford bowls during
the opening day of their fi rst cricket Test
match against New Zealand in Kingston, Jamaica.
Associated Press / Arnulfo Franco