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By George Alleyne
“We used to walk like Seymour
bat like him and try to talk
like him,” are the words of legendary
West Indies batsman Desmond
Haynes as he delivered the
news of the Caribbean great who
led the way, Seymour Nurse.
Described as a stylish righthanded
batsman with an artistic
and wristy action, Seymour
MacDonald Nurse, passed away
Monday evening at 85.
His contribution to the rich
archives of West Indies and world
cricket from 29 Tests between
1960 1nd 1969 was 2,523 runs
at an average of 47.60, including
six hundreds and 10 six halfcenturies.
“My coach my mentor, we all
from the Holders Hill area love
this man,” Haynes said of his fellow
Barbadian and former mentor
.“
Thanks for everything you
have done for me,” was Haynes’
tribute from one masterful batsman
to another in words that
fittingly represented emotions of
the Caribbean.
In his passing Nurse left
behind twin daughters Roseanne
and Cherylanne, to cherish along
with cricket lovers across the
world the legacy of an extraordinary
man.
The powerfully-built short
batsman quit international cricket
at age 35 pounding a New Zealand
attack for 258 in his final
salvo to register what remains
today as the highest score by
an international batsman in his
farewell game.
Three years earlier on a West
Indies tour of England he put
together a total of 501 runs at an
average of 62 with an innings top
score of 137 at Headingley and 93
at Trent Bridge.
Following retirement, he
served as a Barbados selector and
coach and is credited with helping
shape the career of Haynes
and other WI players such as the
late fast bowling terror, Malcolm
Marshall.
Nurse also guided WI players
Roland Holder, Ashley Nurse,
Carlisle Best, Sherwin Campbell,
Dwayne Smith and Pedro Collins.
By Azad Ali
Three West Indies selectors
who were fired by the new
Cricket West Indies (CWI)
board plans to challenge the
manner of their dismissal in
court.
This was revealed by the
legal counsel Tony Astaphan
for chief selector, Courtney
Browne, along with Lockhart
Sebastien and Eldine Baptiste.
Astaphan slammed comments
made by CWI president
Ricky Skerrit regarding
the removal of all the selectors
from their posts and also
plans to challenge the manner
of their dismissal.
In announcing the changes
at a media conference Skerrit
said, “we have terminated the
old embedded selection policy
which secretly, but actively,
victimized some players and
banished them from selection.”
Astaphan said his clients
are very troubled by their
dismissal and the manner of
their dismissal, particularly
the statements made about
the “old embedded selection
policy which secretly
but actively victimized players
and banished them from
selection consideration”.
“This is a serious charge
and it affects the manner of
dismissal of Mr Browne, Mr
Baptiste and Mr Sebastien,”
he said.
Astaphan contends that
the selection policy at the
center of discussion, which
allegedly marginalized certain
players, had not been set
by Browne or his panel.
Browne was replaced by
interim chairman, Robert
Haynes, while Adams and
interim head coach Floyd
Reifer, were also appointed to
the panel.
Vasbert Drakes, who
served as an assistant coach,
recently indicated through
his lawyer, Barbadian QC
Ralph Thorne, that he would
be taking legal action against
CWI.
Cricket
great ends
innings
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