Jamaica violence may force rescheduling of matches-WICB

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (Reuters) – The final one-day  international and the first test between West Indies and South  Africa next month could be moved from Kingston to another  Caribbean island due to violence in the Jamaican capital.

“The WICB (West Indies Cricket Board) is monitoring the  situation in Jamaica and is discussing it with the major  stakeholders and will take a decision (on whether to move the  matches) in the coming days,” a spokesman for the board told  reporters in Antigua yesterday.

The ODI is scheduled to be played on June 3 and the test  from June 10-14.

Jamaica declared a state of emergency in two parishes of  Kingston on Sunday after shooting and firebomb attacks on police  stations by suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who  faces extradition to the United States. Gunmen fired on two police stations and set fire to another.  At least one policemen was injured.