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The following is a transcript of West Indies captain Darren Sammy’s post-game comments, transcribed by ESPNCricInfo, after he led his team to a four wicket win over England in the 2016 World Twenty20 Cup in India:
I want to thank the Almighty, because without him nothing is possible. We have a pastor in the team in Andre Fletcher, he keeps on praying. We are a praying team.
I’m really happy for this win and it’s something we are going to cherish for a long time.
I’ve said we have 15 match winners. Nobody gave us a chance but every game somebody stepped up and took responsibility. To see Carlos (Brathwaite) play like that in his debut World Cup, it’s just tremendous.
It shows the depth we have in the Caribbean in T20 cricket and hopefully with the right structure and development our cricket will continue to improve in one-day and Test cricket.
We started this journey… We all know we had… People were wondering whether we would play this tournament.
We had a lot of issues, we felt disrespected by our board, Mark Nicholas described our team as a team with no brains. All these things before the tournament just brought this team together.
Carlos Brathwaite sensationally hit four successive sixes off Ben Stokes in the last over as the West Indies stunned England by four wickets to win the World Twenty20 title.
(Copyright AFP2016/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
I really want to thank these 15 men; the ability to just put all those adversities aside and to come out and play this type of cricket in front of such passionate fans. It’s just tremendous.
I personally also want to thank the coaching staff, coach Phil (Simmons). He’s been through a lot. And to come here and the way he’s coached the team. He’s just brilliant.
All the other coaching staff, who have done their part. We had a new manager in this tournament in Rawle Lewis. He had never managed any team before.
He came here, we were at a camp in Dubai, but we had no uniforms, no printed… He left Dubai, went to Kolkata, that’s where he started. The trouble he went to, to get us in this uniform…
I got to give credit to the entire team here. It was us in our own little circle, this win we dedicate it to all our fans in the Caribbean.
Samuels was the man of the match as West Indies won by four wickets.
(Copyright AFP2016/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
Lastly, I really want to thank the heads of CARICOM. Throughout this tournament, they have been supporting the team.
We’ve got emails, we’ve got phone calls. (Grenada) Prime Minister (Keith) Mitchell. He sent a very inspiring email for the team this morning… And I’m yet to hear from our own cricket board. That is very disappointing.
For today, I’m going to celebrate with these 15 men and coaching staff. I don’t know when I’m going to be playing with these guys again because we don’t get selected for one-day cricket.
We don’t know when we’re going to be playing T20. So this win, I want to thank you my team, I want to thank you coaching staff …
Everybody know West Indies are champion!
Carlos Brathwaite sensationally hit four successive sixes off Ben Stokes in the last over as the West Indies stunned England by four wickets to win the World Twenty20 title.
(Copyright AFP2016/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
Editor’s Note: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron tweeted, after the West Indies’ victory at 4 pm on 3 April 2016: “When is the last time a critic paid one of your bills? Always remember that when you start to give them your energy.”
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The point being?
Gerard Emile Zatopek Pinard Good to know you find it excellent – you might get a heart attack If I tell u that Cameron himself accused the writer of this article of bias before publishing this interview smh
Jails full Tony.
A Forensic audit is a necessity not just for the WICB but each national/Territorial board. What we are seeing is the inevitable battle for power between the Board and the Players, one that has left out the politicians as the third force and the fans/stakeholders as the fourth. They are fighting for control and for the spoils and benefits. They need each other but in the end people pay to watch the players not Cameron and company and that is what hurts Dave, Nantan and the others. If Dave had stuck to hospitality he would have been out of a job but getting into cricket he found an easy launching pad for his ambition. It does not really require more than one eye to be king in the country of the blind. Let me ask, who was the Manager, Coach, President of the Board, selectors and territorial board representatives during the days of the Clive Lloyd and Vivian RIchards teams?
Cameron has a degree from the Bahamas in “Hospitality Management”. I would think the word “Mental” should precede it. I was told that he was banned from the financial sector in Jamaica (where he operated for some time) but when he became President of the WICB with lots of money to spend and invest, he was readmitted. He and Gregory Shillingford were instructed by the Board to apologise to me and Bruce Aanensen and that apology is like the invisible yellow donkey.
WICB needs to have a financial audit before it is ever dissolved.
Fantastic read. ?
Typical arrogance of the board’s governance. Ready to shear the wool of the player’s victories but giving token support… Time to clean de dam house
Extreme caution is correct..
All I’d say here is people read this with extreme caution – if you even want to
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http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/995363.html
i stopped halfway….couldnt put myself through the torture of reading how he likes to pat himself on the pack
is there a bio on Dave Cameron? i need to understand his managerial style.
Actually, if Cameron is being truthful, I can understand and even agree. His method/s of doing may be another matter.
Correct Nicholas Lochan his issue has never been intentions – like most observant fans and media for example definitely agree with the idea of professionalizing the PCL and CPL idea.
His problems is method and lack of understanding of international cricket dynamics, alongside his consistent lying tendencies on numerous issues and arrogance
this man clearly needs to be medicated he is dellusional
Part 2 – once again read with caution if you even want to..
Some football people here on wired might like this Q & A ha..
Do you think you are the Sepp Blatter of West Indies cricket?
No, I am the opposite of Sepp, because everybody loved Sepp. When Sepp came to our country, he was worshipped.
Our governance systems in the West Indies have been the best they have ever been. We have four independent directors and I have used them to chair some of the important committees. We have an audit, risk and compliance committee, chaired by an independent director. We had a surplus of $3.5 million last year – first time we had such a surplus outside of 2007. All our financial statements are on our website. Two-thousand eighteen is going to be a very difficult year for us because we don’t have inbound tours. We only make [money] when we have inbound tours. The only inbound tours that make money are England and India, and to a lesser extent, Australia.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/995293.html#comments
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Steups
Pretty much the exact same thing CARICOM said in the call to disband WICB – about what needs to be done for Women’s cricket that Stephanie Taylor is now saying
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/sports/04/05/taylor-calls-new-recruitment-drive-womens-cricket-caribbean/
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You asked this very poignant question before & thinking back again – all of what you mentioned there is part of the reason. Globally except for maybe AUS & ENG women – their boards don’t do enough for them.
However women’s cricket development in caribbean can’t be compared to the men’s because of how the teams have developed historically. Women first played in 1976, then after 1979 they were inactive for 24 years until resumption in 2003.
So the last 13 years has been the era of Stephanie Taylor, Merissa Aguiellera and Deadra Dottin, where they were trying to re-establish the product.
At the same as we all know the men waging battles with the board as far back as 1998 tour to S Africa when Lara them had to be influenced by Nelson Mandela to tour S Africa after a board dispute.
This Taylor’s statement in a way is the first time the women kind of complaining out loud
that man is a compete idiot
http://cananewsonline.com/main/cricket-windies-wicb-vice-president-blasts-sammys-comments-as-demeaning-insulting/
ROSEAU, Dominica, Apr 5, CMC-The vice president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Emmanuel Nanthan, on Tuesday launched a major broadside against Darren Sammy, 48 hours after he led West Indies into the history books by becoming the first team to capture the T20 World Cup twice.
Nanton has blasted as “irrelevant, demeaning, insulting and unfortunate” comments made by Sammy, minutes after West Indies pulled off a stunning four wicket victory over England to seal the title.
Sammy courted controversy when he hit out at the WICB for its lack of support and praised Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell and CARICOM for messages of support which inspired his team.
“So to try to make it look like the board was inefficient in any way is rather unfortunate,” declared Nanton in a radio interview in Dominica.
“To spoil what was a tremendous achievements for the Caribbean civilization with comments that are totally irrelevant and demeaning and insulting to the Caribbean people. I believe was rather unfortunate”.
Sammy’s comments were also made against the backdrop of the players’ contracts dispute with the WICB prior to the start of the tournament back in February, which threatened the side’s participation.
Sammy acted as the players’ representative during the brief impasse and while he assured the Caribbean then that West Indies would commit to playing the tournament, he also hinted that the issues were far from settled.
The WICB vice president also took issue with the players for complaining about a reduction in their fee structure for the World Cup while not disclosing increases in fees for the regional competition.
“So the players complained that for the world Cup their fees went down maybe by 20 thousand or there about. But they did not say that the week before they got the world cup contract all of them signed contracts for the regional competition where their fees went up by 80,000, 140,000, 145,000, and 75,000. They did not say that,” said Nanthan.
“But they are saying that they had a loss of 20,000 each on the World Cup. The World Cup is every other year. Our regional competition is every year. So really and truly they were making noise for losing 20,000 on one side but gaining 150,000 or 280,000 in some instances on the other hand and never ever said that to anybody”.
On Sunday, Sammy also praised newly installed manager Rawl Lewis, who he said went to extraordinary lengths to solve a uniform problem during the pre-tournament camp in Dubai.
But Nanthan has dismissed Sammy’s comments on this issue as misleading, blaming the impasse for the delay in printing numbers on the uniforms.
“The date was coming, the players had not consented to go to play so the company delivered the uniforms without the numbers of them because we were not sure which players we going to play,” he said.
“So when the logistic officer left the Caribbean for Dubai he had a ticket in his hands to go to pick up the uniforms in Calcutta, put the numbers on them and carry them himself to the team well in advance of the world cup”.
Earlier, the WICB in a release had described Sammy’s comments as ‘inappropriate’ and promised an investigation with a view to taking necessary action.
There is widespread euphoria across the Caribbean as a result of the sensational exploits of the West Indies men’s and women’s team in winning their respective T20 World Cup titles.
Nanthan’s comments are likely to fuel more tension between the champion West Indies side which has garnered massive support in the region and an embattled Dave Cameron led WICB which is coming under mounting public pressure to step-down.
Can’t someone buy the west indies team and fuc& away with the WICB!?
Shows their mentality
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/apr/04/darren-sammy-west-indies-world-twenty20?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Very true regarding Samuels – well known fact that Marlon and a few of the seniors don’t get along off the field
He Bravo & Pollard were beefing for a while after the India pull out
So credit to Sammy for balancing those egos for sure
I am a Trinidadian and I am fed of this west Indian crap
I stand with the team and their statements…look ah promise god I wouldn’t cuss today ah gone.
Colin, like you didn’t see this article too…thought provoking
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/self-praise-and-nifty-footwork-alone-do-not-a-champion-make/206764
Rubbish piece.. obviously done by someone who has it in for the WI. Just take the piece on Samuels…he obviously didnt listen or doesnt care about what Samuels said during the presser. It was obvious, according to Samuels and not refuted by anyone, Stones was talking to/taunting Samuels during the match. It’s perfectly natural for Samuels to return the favour at that appropriate time. If this was a serious writer he would have at least acknowledged what Samuels said after the game. They are champions and he has to get with that. He’s just mad Kholi didnt lift the trophy.
And that line, …soft-spoken Samuel Badree went about his work with quiet dignity…” I have a problem with what is being implied there.
*sigh*
I saw it and choose not to post it and realizing I wasted 3 minutes of my life reading it smh
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/wt20-after-wicb-hostility-west-indies-team-fired-up-for-glory/17104185#sthash.noTjhTl2.BWyGGs9d
The big dogs keep talking out now!
Former long serving WICB Corporate Communication Officer Imran Khan breaking some yet to be heard revelation about the inner workings of the WICB & Cameron that has never been heard before publicly
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“What is not widely known and indeed may surprise many is that there are directors of the WICB who are in favour of governance reform, and not mere superficial reform but radical reform. Unsurprisingly however, they are in the minority.”
“One pertinent untold story of West Indies cricket is that the former president, Sir Julian Hunte, contesting for a fourth term in 2013, lost to the current president, Dave Cameron, ostensibly because Hunte was intent on leading governance reform similar to what was had by Cricket Australia. He had already initiated the steps by commissioning the Wilkin Report and had been quietly organising to restructure the governance of the game. It was a route the territorial boards were unprepared to go down and opted instead to install Hunte’s then vice-president to the top post.
That has kept the incumbent afloat. Resistance to governance reform is his raison d’etre, on the authority of those to whom he is beholden: the territorial boards”
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/more-reason-less-emotion-needed-to-drive-wicb-reform/206905
Seems like more potent guns need to be trained on the territorial boards if they created and continue to feed the monster.
That is a key puzzled answered here. It would explain why suddenly TTCB has moved from being the most well respected board in caribbean under Bassrath – to making all these sleazy ass decisions.
And why the very corrupt Guyana cricket board who has not had democratic election since 2011, voted for him instead of Hunte
Chabeth, that’s key there…many have been focussing too much on the Board itself and have overlooked the real culprits…the territories.
Well then men like Colin need to start apologising to Cameron. The man on a steady diet of doughnuts and Colin want him look buff and cut. Lol.
Seriously though… What are the limitations regarding regional governments getting involved with their territorial boards? And if the limitations prevent government intervention, can Trinidad and Tobago for example, say we’re forming another board and go to the ICC with this new board as our recognised board and play international cricket as Trinidad and Tobago?
That’s the dilemma. For football it was just about changing one body, the TTFA. But for cricket it’s multiple Boards to change, at least the bigger ones..a much tougher fight.
For me its a basic answer based on ICC trends. Unlike football where FIFA would ban T&T if lets say the government tried to intervene in the TTFA – ICC doesn’t have a consistent policy with government intervention.
Sri Lankaboard was run by their government for the whole of last year & ICC aint do nothing & have steady IMCs since 2000. Similarly too in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
So there has always been a clear path & example for CARICOM to just take over board & reform it – they just have to hurry up and act.
Well that’s the spot to hit, Caricom.
Urmm… the rot is a lot deeper than the territorial boards. it extends deep into the zonal boards. at least in Trinidad. Ask Dinnas and Daren Ganga.
Birdman you remember this one Lasana Liburd
Thinking back Imran’s article answers a lot of the suspicions I asked here
http://wired868.com/2015/05/11/wicb-members-cameron-did-nothing-wrong-public-did-not-get-all-the-facts/
Hmmm more questions than answers boi
One of the more sensible articles I have read on the subject.
Early part of Cameron Cricinfo interview and he done start lie and expose his poor cricket logic. But will wait until it’s fully out to blast
http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/995327.html
Less public posturing and more private negotiating would be a good start.
Wow, how arrogant can one man be? We’re seeing the reason why they named Holder he captain. Classic divide and conquer. There are people he refers to as ‘snr players’, but a 23 yr old who had not played 10 Tests was named as captain. We all know Holder is not an automatic choice for the team without the captaincy, so how on earth would he rock any boat against the Board? Would he ever stick his neck out for the team? That style of management doesn’t work anymore; too bad the WICB and Cameron can’t adapt.
Btw, if you’re in at the tournament and you are uncomfortable interacting with your players during the tournament or even walking ‘next door’ to wish them ‘good luck’ the before their finals , YOU have a problem.
ahh sir Viv echoes what i’ve been saying for almost 2 years now
“http://wicricnews.com/blog/viv-richards-best-phase-in-west-indies-cricket-after-our-era”
http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/788779.html
“The current set-up is not the ’70s and ’80s team reincarnated, but it’s clearly the most talented group of West Indies players to have emerged since the mid-1990s.”
I agree…hmm, where exactly did they emerge from, though? Did they arrive jes so?
A new public holiday coming soon…West Indian Arrival Day!
One question though, why is it that a small (but perhaps significant) part of Darren Sammy’s speech has been excised from most of the reports (including the above transcript) that have been posted since? I’m referring to the part where he said “Prime Minister Mitchell, I know what he’s trying to do”. I know that many might consider this to be insignificant, but I for one do not. Hopefully, things will not have to get worse before they get better.
But that is public record, that PM Mitchell is leading the charge to place pressure on WICB to adopt the recommended chamges to the governance and structure of WI cricket
Mark Pouchet, then why omit it?
I dont know why they omitted it…..i will take cue from you….ask the reporter…lol
Maybe our pardna Colin can tell us.
A hear my name call wa gwan
Colin Benjamin, perhaps you can answer my query…and don’t tell me to ask the reporter eh, Mark already did that.
I’m not sure why Cricinfo left it out – will ask them and get back to you
Much appreciated, nephew. Lol
As i stated before the start of the tournament
Ye bravo told me direct – was told to keep it quiet along with equipment story until after tournament
It’s all coming out now
#warr
Bravo was the first to donate his match fee to charity also
Oh my
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDz26LsoeQC/
Big up double #WT20 #Champion captain @darrensammy88 – I support and backed him a 100% with his speech, well said about WICB, WIPA needs to be shaken up as well! The struggle is real. Sammy retired from Test cricket but I haven’t. However, I’m not eligible for selection for Test and ODI, think we played our last game for West Indies 2016-Hopefully 2017 the W.I fans can see us again. Thank god for the prize money because the match fee is a joke what WIPA agreed to…so I’m donating my match fees to Charity!
The Board is now besieged and looking for friends. There are people who see this as an opportunity to be exploited for personal and financial gain. These things happen. The key to it is to focus not on the hangers on but the issues.
I keep telling Colin Benjamin the same thing
I can’t help it aunt Savitri Maharaj haha – must get him worked up at least once a week for entertainment purposes
Hhmm Colin..Kirwin look Colin calling me aunty :(.
Steups you too..stop encouraging him
I talk to him already on the inbox
Thanks eh
Np 🙂
No disrespect meant ha – just my way of showing respect to my elders I.e I grow up knowing jamaal shabazz and I call him uncle J all the time
So sry…
Whenever anyone resorts to calling other people fools it is because that person cannot deal with the intellectual challenge or cannot deal rationally with the issues. My advice Colin is that you are really wasting your time expecting reason – once someone calls you a fool, there is absolutely nothing you can do to change their minds. Leave it alone – don’t get distracted from the main issue. It does not matter who gets credit or claims credit for the victories, what matters is the future of West Indies Cricket, not just this present generation, but all the future ones. The key is into whose hands we place that future and what checks and balances (not cheques and Palances) are in place.
Cameron you are an Ahole!!
Lasana Liburd I going and cause trouble…
Uncle Gerard Emile Zatopek Pinard Do you think this ESPN Cricinfo article accurately reflects/summarizes the press statement that WICB sent out yesterday about wanting to meet players after IPL ?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/995045.html
Why not ask Philip Spooner – WICB Corporate Communications Officer?
Haha aww r u scared y can’t u answer me direct ?
And Spooner is not the WICB CCO – sloppy error
Colin Benjamin, that was from the WICB website.
This is my new motto, hence my unwillingness to get into any foolish banter tonight. Life is just too short!
Have a good night, bro.
http://www.windiescricket.com/wicb/staff
Ha hmm you lucky, the WICB probably just have given their communications staff new title responsibilities of late – since I haven’t had need to check that section of their website of late.
Imran Khan held the title of corporate communications officer for close to a decade before his resigned last year and Spooner and fellow Bajan Adriel Richards rotated between Windies team media manager/senior communication officer.
Cameron’s former re election campaign manager Miss Carole Beckford just has a new title. Its she is the one that sends out media emails from Cameron and Muirhead and other senior board officials & who this potential question would have to be addressed to in any case.
So quit trying to go round and round in circles and answer the simple question
Lasana Liburd Mark Pouchet Stephon Nicholas Kirwin Weston Bruce Aanensen Anthony Deyal – look how Uncle Gerard running from light bullets haha
Sloppy error, my friend, sloppy error! But apparently not mine eh. So, now you know to whom you should direct your question, right?
That media release was sent by Carole Beckford
Then, Mark, tell yuh pardna to ask Carole. ?Hello, Carole, I’m depending on you?
He is your pardner too
Talk it out, use some of your industrial relations skills….you can do it….
I’m on the media blacklist dear uncle Gerard Emile Zatopek Pinard – so they won’t talk to me, so I’m eager to hear the view of someone who generally supports the boards positions.
Come on don’t leave me hanging! ha
Poor fella…why would anyone blacklist you? So, you hoping to do an end run around the WICB media people who put out the release by asking me, when as you know I am not in the employ of the WICB, to answer your question? Seriously?
Much better, Gerard Emile Zatopek Pinard….really prouda ya!
I bet Vinode could answer you. Why not give him a call?
Well it was good while it lasted , all one minute of it……goodnight , folks!
Haha – well I didn’t get to cause the trouble I wanted Lasana Liburd – I’m out
G’night, Mark, G’night Colin, G’night John Boy.
Why this man don’t go an manage a hotel some where u have a Bsc in hotel management you obviously don’t know anything about motivating these cricketers smh why are you still there??
Wta
As I see it, Sammy was like a dementor and he almost sucked the joy out of the victory, for me.
Perhaps he is trying to get his name in Bravo’s remix but all he did was talk a pack of nonsense in my view. Jumping up and doing the Bravo with the women’s cricketers whilst plotting, selfishly, to take money out of their hands by demanding more and more money from the Board.
You obviously need glasses! Steups
Possibly but not your rose tinted glasses, though.
The President of the WICB can’t be serious, LOL! . If he is he must be reminded that the 1st April was 4 days’ ago! I think my cat and dog know of the dysfunction of this beleaguered Board. As a matter of fact I lost total interest in cricket since Lara batted his 300+ runs years ago. CONGRATS the the WEST INDIES TEAM!! Captain Darren Sammy was absolutely CORRECT! He needs NO discipline for telling the TRUTH!! Get your act together WICB or get the hell OUTTA WI cricket!
http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstluciadailynews.com%2Fsachin-tendulkar-takes-on-west-indies-cricket-board-stands-with-sammy%2F&h=oAQEhAfv2AQEp8Or5KgU9yzf2NhT-RRe4mD-IY3uXXwlT-A&enc=AZOp3wx1asSZVLOBsdkPeGNSi9XdMrTwzkV8QSTr_D3BN4sR8S_Q0n_FFc1oR0NcwxikQz0krNmHKQ0PqeF3ZFP6ZZIEJxrfU8r2ObTn88wYgFtBmijMdlUfT680qbaGZyjfdR6vXsKh9mgSSjkyOcZSV60dulhp8loFaurZar4RQMmdtvhKMNb4PEHVmvTOxvw&s=1
Expected this
http://stluciadailynews.com/sammy-disciplined-wicb/
He knew what he was getting into when he spoke. I hope he is not surprised.
Everyone should go on Twitter and let Cameron know how much of a jackass he really is … I did already lol
Ye people insulting him hard on twitter right now haha
I wonder if Chris Gayle will be welcomed in australia now?
Dave Cameron speaks
http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/04/04/wicb-sammys-comments-inappropriate/
I was more interested in the lovely fan comments dissing Cameron ha
I should’ve said fans speak eh?
Wow
“Dave Cameron announced that he would meet the players after the IPL at the annual review in June to find a “common ground” where the “best” players can represent the region in all formats.”
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/995045.html
For me, I miss the game of cricket – the most resounding of all games to watch even when, 5-day Tests! I grew up watching every game, ball-by-ball, period-by-period, tea-time-by-tea-time, day-by-day, and test-by-test and I could not get enough. I even went to classes (UWI) and exams during Test cricket matches and where I stayed up on and through the night listening to every ball, run or not. I didn’t complain when the exams results or class participation were not as good as if I got my much-needed sleep because, I had as I still have today, those games in my head to replay those Three Degrees “precious moments” (70’s, “When will I see you again?”). And we have to remember, that was when we listened via radio, the best form of seeing… boy, does it turn on the visionary powers that God has given us. Anyway, congrats WI, U-20’s, Women’s, and Men’s – roar and soar, rejoice and as Sammy pointed, I too thank the Almighty even though I know that we never ask for a victory, just that we honor Him in all that we do – Matthew 5:16 principle.
Unsurprising attitude. He does not understand that if there were no players, there would be no need for rhe WICB. The Board is there to serve the players not the other way around
He is foolish and arrogant…It is high time we got rid of him!!! Even in the face of that miraculous victory he cannot be gracious enough to say congratulations?! He is unworthy of the position he holds!
Mark Nicholas apologises. He said that he never said that they were brainless, just short of brains…..Great apology…smh.
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mark-nicholas-apologises-west-indies-cricket-team-disrespectful-comments-673340
Cameron reminds me of Donald Trump he feels the need to respond to everything in a juvenile sort of way..
Nads
lol fantastic interview …. Australia, England all believe that we should never beat them …. they absolutely hated when clive lloyd and the boys used to murder them repeatedly so I knoooowwww these two victories hurt them bad and I’m lovinggggg it … sharne (no face) Warne ……..
Do you know why Samuels said that about Shane Warne face??? Has he had a face lift or something? Was really curious.
Actually I don’t know but now you peaked my interest and got me scurrying google …. searching for files …I’ll get back to you on that lol
So it seems he’s had facelifts, botux and such but denies it in the media claiming he’s on a diet plan that makes him look youthful lol. Clearly Mr. Samuel has some doubts about this lol
Hahaha. Thanks Malik. I figured as much. His face was always kinda fat and it seems within recent times his appearance has improved.
Excerpt from Telegraph: “The West Indies were motivated by criticism to win this trophy and you cannot begrudge their joy after the final. This is a group of cricket islands that have gone through turmoil with the worst board in the world alienating their own players.
They have talent at all levels and can be strong in all formats if supported and rewarded properly. If that anger and determination to prove people wrong can be channelled the right way then the West Indies can be a force again in Test cricket.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/04/03/reject-england-blame-game-and-revel-in-carlos-brathwaites-bellig0/