Windies tour in hands of pollies
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POLITICAL heavyweights have intervened in a bid to end the West Indies contracts dispute which threatens the one-day series in Australia.
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ST GEORGE&#39;S, Grenada, CMC - Grenada&#39;s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, acting as mediator in the impasse between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), says he is committed to preserving the West Indies tour
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It might be a One Day International tournament but the West Indies found themselves trailing after their first innings yesterday at the Southampton Rose Bowl, England.
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WEST Indies beat Pakistan by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl yesterday to reach the final of cricketâs Championâs Trophy and set up a showdown with hosts England at the Oval on Saturday.
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Prior to the tour of the Caribbean at the start of 2004, England had only played West Indies three times in six years at one-day level.
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West Indies&#39; Australian coach Bennett King is relishing the prospect of facing the world&#39;s best side Australia in his first tournament in charge.
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Birmingham (England), Sep 20 (PTI) Australian captain Ricky Ponting had a few posers for England team, sharp enough to make them squirm in their seats ahead of the first semi-finals of the Champions Trophy here on Monday.
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[Sports India, Cricket]: Sydney, Dec.21 : The West Indies&#39; tour of Australia next month is in jeopardy following a demand by the players that they be paid 500,000 dollars in appearance fees.
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Brian Lara refused to get carried away by the tidal wave of emotion that followed the West Indies&#39; remarkable triumph in the ICC Champions Trophy final, but hoped that the success would act as a spur for a new generation of Caribbean cricketers.
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THE IMPASSE between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and a number of its players could have serious repercussions for West Indies cricket.
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The West Indies has won the Champions Trophy one-day cricket tournament in London by two wickets over England. The visitors scored 218 for eight in 48.
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THE latest British airline offering scheduled service to Barbados has received a rousing welcome from a group of local travel agents.
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A contractual dispute between West Indies players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is unlikely to halt next year&#39;s tour of Australia, a WICB spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Rugby fans across the Tasman will have to enter a ballot to obtain tickets for next year&#39;s Lions tour. Fifteen thousand visitors are also expected to follow their team from Britain.
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SOUTHHAMPTON - West Indies want to redeem a disappointing summer with a place in the Champions Trophy final while Pakistan are equally as eager to continue its resurgence under new coach Bob Woolmer.
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The West Indies Cricket Board may omit leading players from a tour of Australia starting next month because of a dispute about sponsorship obligations in player contracts.
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West Indies have been on the wrong end of some serious vitriol this summer, not least in the British media, where they have been accused of fecklessness, indiscipline and general lack of backbone.