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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 01:03 |
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 James Clive Adams, better known as Jimmy Adams, was what you call a complete cricketer in the true sense of the term. The Jamaica-born southpaw, who triggered off great expectations at the beginning of his international career (1132 runs at a whopping average of 85-plus after a dozen Tests), went on to lead the West Indies and subsequently manage its junior team.
Unfortunately, the latter half of his West Indies career proved anti-climactic, especially after being appointed captain, as was found increasingly wanting in most departments of the game by his own high standards. He had probably lost his once-famous confidence after being hit hard on the face by a bouncer on the 1995 tour of England.
The West Indies were still a force to reckon with when Adams appeared on the international scene. The rot had already set in by the time he called it a day. Between 1992 and 2001, he scored 3012 runs, at 41.26 in 54 Tests and 90 innings, as a gutsy, reliable left-handed batsman. They were inclusive of six centuries (highest 208 not out) and 14 fifties. |
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 00:16 |
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 International Cricket Council (ICC) Elite Panel umpire, Dominican Billy Doctrove, has been recognised with a Personality Of The Year honour at home for his outstanding performance in the field of cricket umpiring.
Doctrove, currently standing in the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Australia, has been named by the Chronicle newspaper as its 2009 Sports Personality Of The Year. In 2009, Doctrove had the honour of standing in the first One Day International played on Dominican soil at Windsor Park. The contest was between a repalcement West Indies squad and Bangladesh. Both matches played at Windsor Park were won by the visitors who won the three match series 3-0 after prevailing in the Test series 2-0. (CMC) |
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 00:03 |
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 West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo believes the recent Test series against Australia has led to his good form in the Twenty20 Big Bash and says he is intent on dominating the glitzy domestic tournament.
The exciting right-hander smashed a cameo, unbeaten 18 from eight balls on Saturday to energise the Victoria Bushrangers’ run chase and fire them to a six-wicket win over the New South Wales Blues. “Coming off the Test series, I’ve been batting well, I’ve been bowling well and I’m used to the Twenty20 version having played a couple of seasons in the IPL for Trinidad and Tobago,” he said. “This is the next tournament that I’m trying to dominate and leave a name for myself in the eyes of Australia.”
He continued: “(The competition) brings the best out of me and I really challenged myself to see where I’m at as far as my cricket is concerned. I love competition and I always like to be on top.” |
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:55 |
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 By Romain Pitt
Criticism that is not constructive is destructive and therefore ought to be discouraged.During the last West Indies tour of South Africa, several top players could not participate fully because of injury. Ramnaresh Sarwan did not even make the tour. At different times and sometimes at the same time Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jerome Taylor, Fidel Edwards and Dwayne Bravo were injured. Michael Holding, one of those commentators who obviously reflects on the issues, noted that the WI had a core of high-quality cricketers capable of competing with any team but that our “bench strength” was lacking. In an article published in April 2008, Tony Cozier alluded to the same thing in a less direct manner. The West Indies has a relatively small population, so statistically we are likely to have fewer high-quality cricketers. We should, therefore, be more solicitous of our players’ health and welfare than countries that can select from a larger pool. |
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 00:09 |
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 It might have taken them almost three days to get here, but the junior Calypso Kings are backing themselves to quickly work any rust out of the system and give the ICC under-19 World Cup in New Zealand a decent shake.
The West Indies arrived in Tauranga on Sunday, where they will play and train for a week before the start of the tournament in 10 days.
After winning the plate final in Malaysia two years ago and making the championship final two years before that, coach Andre Coley and manager Omar Khan are tipping the West Indies to do well.
"We've got the team to win, but cricket is all about assessing situations and applying certain levels of intelligence, and sometimes cricketers of any age aren't known for their intelligence," said Khan, who is also manager of the West Indies senior team and says he's "seen it all". |
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 01:43 |
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 The Caribbean has an abundance of cricketing talent but the WICB will have to work more intensely at the grassroot level if it is to produce more internationally competitive cricketers. So says Jimmy Adams, the former West Indies captain captain, current Technical Director of the Jamaica Cricket Association and President of the Federation of International Cricket Associations.
Adams, who is in India to coach players from United Arab Emirates and some locals as part of a cricket camp being organised by G Force Cricket Academy, said that the country has enough raw material and it depends on how well such talents could be developed. "We have enough raw material but it all depends how well we develop them."
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 01:14 |
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 Great moments in West Indies cricket by Reza Abasali
“I came across other examples of the devastation he could wreak. Early in my career, he took seven wickets for one run in an incredible spell at Perth in the 1992-93 series. And these were good wickets including tough guys such as Allan Border and David Boon. I played another 137 test matches after that but never encountered an instance of a bowler doing so much damage in such a short space of time.” Australia’s spin legend Shane Warne in his 2008 book Shane Warne’s Century – My Top 100 Test Cricketers in which he ranked Curtly Ambrose number three on his list. “Miserly accurate, as unforgiving and as devastating as a hurricane.” England’s greatest all-rounder, Ian Botham in his 2002 book Botham’s Century - My 100 Great Cricketing Characters. |
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