West Indies’ captain, Jason Holder fi elds a shot from England’s captain Eoin Morgan 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
Revised India tour can disrupt CPL tournament
Caribbean L 54 ife, March 22–28, 2019 BQ
County cricket
Continued from Page 53
as well as the first six games in the
Royal London One-Day Cup, in the
domestic season, which gets underway
from April 5, 2019.
Holder’s county stint precedes
the 50-overs World Cup in England,
which bowls off on May 30.
“England is somewhere I’ve wanted
to play for a long time and I’m
looking forward to the experience
of county cricket and testing myself
in the different conditions,” Holder
said.
The move comes in the wake of
Holder’s rise to the pinnacle of the
Test all-rounder rankings, being the
first West Indian player to do so in
nearly half a century.
for Guyana in terms of the country
being given exposure through the
television broadcast. The total media
exposure for Guyana has been calculated
at US$8.2 million more than
double that of 2017.”
The Hero CPL spent US$1,290,000
in Guyana during the 2018 event with
more than 43 percent of that figure
going to local staff and suppliers.
This was a significant increase from
2010 where CPL spent US$978,000.
whitewash.
West Indies who were written off by
cricket pundits before the tour, stunned
England 2-1 in the three-Tests series to
regain the Wisden Trophy and coming
from behind in the one-day series to
earn a 2-2 draw in the five-match series
against the World number one side,
Holder said there was little reason for
his side to be ashamed.
Holder, who is proud of the team’s
development despite the Twenty200 —
whitewash, said the Test series was
equally as good, he told reporters following
the final Twenty20 recently.
“We just weren’t good enough in the
Twenty20 series. We didn’t adjust to
the wicket. I felt it was a bit two-paced
and I felt England bowled a really good
length and asked us to hit them off
their lengths and we just didn’t adjust
and play well,” he said.
West Indies lost the opening Twenty20
in St. Lucia by four wickets but the
batting ensured the series was a virtual
no-contest.
In the last two matches they were
dismissed for 45 — the second lowest
total in Twenty20s — to lose by 137
runs.
And in the final game, they were
rolled over for 71 — their third lowest
total as England strolled to a comfortable
eight-wicket win. In this handout image provided by
CPL T20, fans of Guyana Amazon
Warriors cheer during the Hero
Caribbean Premier League Final
between Trinbago Knight Riders
and Guyana Amazon Warriors at
Brian Lara Stadium on September
16, 2018 in Tarouba, Trinidad and
Tobago.
Ashley Allen - CPL T20 / Getty Images
Continued from Page 53
MASSIVE STRIDES
Hero CPL
By Azad Ali
The Caribbean Premier League (CPL)
domestic Twenty20 tournament will
face some disruption due to a revised
itinerary for the upcoming India tour.
India had been scheduled to tour the
Caribbean in July and August for a full
series of Tests, One-Day Internationals,
and Twenty20s but Cricket West Indies
President, Dave Cameron said the India
Cricket Board had asked for the tournament
to begin in August instead.
CPL announced last month it had
reached an agreement with CWI for the
tournament to be played from Aug. 21
and Sept. 27.
Cameron said the Indian tour will
now clash with CPL and it is hoped
that “our loyal fans will understand
and appreciate and our players will also
understand.”
“We can’t give up an India tour, you
simply can’t give up a match in India.
It’s way more than the money we can
get from the CPL,” the CWI president
said.
Cameron explained that the dates
that were originally proposed would
have seen them starting a few days
after the World Cup — the finals of the
World Cup.
He said India has asked to push that
back on the basis that they will be in
the finals and potentially win so that
is really the biggest hurdle that CWI is
having.
India is one of the favorites to win the
showpiece in England, which runs from
May 30 to July 14.
Cameron said the Supreme Court in
India had ruled that India must have a
15-day hiatus between tournaments.
He said, however, CWI was hoping to
minimize the disruption to CPL.
Cricket West Indies President, Dave
Cameron.
Continued from Page 53