England’s Jos Buttler plays a shot against West Indies during the fi fth One-Day International cricket match at the
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, Saturday, March 2, 2019. Associated Press / Ricardo Mazalan, File
Caribbean L 62 ife, March 15–21, 2019 BQ
West Indies fast bowlers Ravi
Rampaul.
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meaning he is not classified as an overseas
player signing.
The Kolpak ruling enables players
from any nation with a trading relationship
with the European Union (EU)
to freely play as a professional.
Holder made the comments in light
of young fast bowler Dwayne Oliver
at the age of 26 going the Koplak way
and leaving the South African national
team set up.
Oliver has taken 48 wickets at
an average of 19.3, only one bowler
Mohammed Abbas has a better average
during that time of 18.5.
Holder said probably the ICC and
FICA needs to get together and institute
a substantial minimum salary so
that players will feel comfortable coming
home to represent their country.
“What they also need to do is make
sure that there is a window for these
domestic leagues, so that players play
for their national team. We don’t want
to continue losing players to these
leagues and also things like Kolpak,”
he said.
Holder noted that when a player
goes Kolpak they enter into the English
County league and is able to play
not as an overseas player but as a local.
This is possible for players from Commonwealth
countries, as well as those
in Europe who had trade arrangements
with Britain.
West Indies fast bowlers Ravi Rampaul
and Fidel Edwards have both gone
Kolpak over the last few years.
brought on board to do and they
should not be micromanaged by a
president.
Skerrit and his running-mate Dr.
Kishore, president of the St. Vincent
and the Grenadines Cricket Association
have remained hopeful of a vote
from the boards of Barbados, Guyana
and the Windward Islands, who
have indicated that they will support
Cameron for another term.
Skerrit is getting the backing of
the TTCB and the Leeward Islands
Cricket board. A former secretary of
the Leeward Islands Cricket Association,
Skerrit said he wants to create
an environment and an organization
that can produce good quality, young
cricketers, and a better relationship
with the stakeholders in the Caribbean
game and provide an ear to
all the stakeholders in West Indies
cricket.
But Cameron has lashed back saying
that Skerritt’s history as West
Indies team manager has disqualified
him as a candidate to lead the
region’s governing body.
He maintained the CWI was not a
one-man show, but was being run by
a set of people who all had specific
responsibilities.
The CWI president said Skerritt’s
past failure as manager of the West
Indies team should not be forgotten.
Back in 2000, Skerritt resigned as
Windies’ manager following a postgame
incident involving members
of his squad after a 10-wicket loss to
England in the First Test at Sabina
Park, Jamaica.
Cameron has brushed aside Skerritt’s
proposed move to change CWI’s
selection panel.
venue England who was put in to bat,
too struggled early on, slipping to 32-4
in the sixth over, but Joe Root and Sam
Billings shared a 72-run partnership to
resurrect the innings. Root struck 55
off 40 balls, while Billings blasted his
way to 87 off 47 balls, with a massive 44
runs coming from the final two overs
to see England post a competitive score
of 182-6.
But it was not all expected as England
blew away the Windies after their
triumph in the Tests and the tied ODI
series earlier in the tour.
Chris Jordan was the star of the
show, taking 4-8 runs in his two overs.
West Indies run chase would depend
on the hard-hitting Chris Gayle, but he
and fellow opener Shai Hope both fell to
David Willey (2-18) in the third over.
In the final match, West Indies batsmen
showed a lack of discipline and
only four players reached double figures,
with opener John Campbell and
Nicholas Pooran all scoring 11, and last
man Obed McCoy getting 10. Gayle did
not play in the match.
The Windies were undermined by
left-arm seamer David Willey who produced
career-best figures of four wickets
for seven runs to claim Man-of-the-
Match honors.
England then wasted little time in
reaching their target off 63 balls, with
opener Jonny Bairstow blasting 37 off
31 balls, striking four fours two sixes.
He put on 28 with fellow openers Alex
Hales (20) before adding a further 32 for
the second wicket with Joe Root, who
was on four at the end.
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