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  • Muddled thinking

    By Tony Cozier | Monday, November 17, 2008 | 0 Comments

    There are any number of instances of the muddled thinking that presently pervades West Indies cricket.
    The latest - not counting the bloated, sub-standard, expensive, unsponsored regional one-day tournament in Guyana, last week’s meeting of the CARICOM sub-committee on cricket that did not involve a single …

  • Panicking under pressure

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 0 Comments

    A picture, as the maxim goes, is worth a thousand words.
    One image on the tv screen on Friday summed up the exasperation over events in Abu Dhabi even more expressively than all the choice expletives that repeatedly echoed across the Caribbean during the week as …

  • COZIER ON SUNDAY

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Preparation was the key
    IT was a cushy way to pocket a million bucks – or two, or six, or 200, depending on the location of your bank account.
    A few hours engaged in the shortest format so far devised for international cricket and, at the end …

  • Wes Hall saddened by WICB tirade

    By Tony Cozier | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Wes Hall saddened by WICB tirade

    Reverend Wes Hall said yesterday he was “astonished and saddened” by the level of personal invective directed at him by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in a statement on Sunday, especially since it was based on false information.
    Wes Hall
    “In more than 50 years involved …

  • Compromising principles

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 4 Comments

    The  instant Sir Allen Stanford touched down on the hallowed turf at Lord’s in June in that black helicopter with his name emblazoned on the side, revealed his treasure chest filled with US$20 million in bank notes and condemned Test matches as “boring”, the British …

  • Twenty20 strangling test cricket

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 Comments

    As the powerful storm surge of 20/20 cricket continues to threaten all in its path, events in Mohali last week came as a timely intervention for the traditional game.
    India’s annihilation of Australia by 320 runs, embellished by Sachin Tendulkar’s march past Brian Lara’s run-scoring record, …

  • Out with the Old!

    By Tony Cozier | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Out with the Old!

    - WICB sets new standards for team selection
    Selection to the West Indies team will be based in future primarily on stringent statistical standards presently well beyond the capacity of all but a couple of players.
    The new initiative was announced by West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) …

  • WICB continuing to make a fool of itself

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Just  what is it with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)?
    Its presidents, its directors and its functionaries have, for the most part, been West Indians successful in a myriad of different endeavours and from every territory covered by its footprint.
    Inevitably, a few charlatans, imposters and …

  • Green light given

    By Tony Cozier | Friday, October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

    -20/20 for US$20M to go ahead
    Sir Allen Stanford’s massive financial involvement in 20/20 cricket, seemingly in doubt only a day earlier, became entrenched yesterday.
    The American billionaire confirmed that the 20/20 for US$20 million match between his Stanford Superstars and England at his ground in Antigua …

  • Still on

    By Tony Cozier | Thursday, October 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Still on

    - A trans-Atlantic telephone conversation between Sir Allen Stanford and  Denis O’Brien has paved the way for the 20/20 for US20m to go ahead
    A “COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT”, reportedly finalised after a trans-Atlantic telephone conversation between Sir Allen Stanford and Denis O’Brien, head of Irish mobile phone …

  • Stanford 20/20 match in doubt as LICA rules in favour of Digicel

    By Tony Cozier | Wednesday, October 8, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Stanford 20/20 match in doubt as LICA rules in favour of Digicel

    Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are this morning considering the ramifiactions of yesterday’s judgement of the London Court of International Arbitration (LICA) in favour of its main sponsor, Digicel, that has thrown into doubt its officially approved, US$20 million match between the …

  • Deyal fires back!

    By Tony Cozier | Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Deyal fires back!

    - Former WICB corporate secretary Tony Deyal gives evidence before London International Court of Arbitration on behalf of DIgicel
    In an ironic twist to the latest row afflicting West Indies cricket, Tony Deyal has given evidence before the London International Court of Arbitration (LICA) on behalf …

  • Signs of progress amidst the doom and gloom

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0 Comments

    At last a few snippets of encouraging news for West Indies cricket to counter, at least partially, the ever present gloom and doom.
    The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) has given an overdue indication that the Sir Everton Weekes Centre of Excellence at Kensington Oval, opened by …

  • Caught in the middle

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, September 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

    - Tony Cozier says the WICB often seen to be promoting one scrap or another, now finds itself like legendary boxing promoter Don King, smack in the middle of a heavyweight clash between
    Digicel and the Stanford 20/20 organisation
    Unconsciously, but consistently and under whatever dispensation, the …

  • A problem no one wants

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

    West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Donald Peters got himself into something of a twist over the widely reported secret last week that Xavier Marshall and Tonito Willett had failed a drugs test at a Stanford 20/20 camp.
    Peters declared that the WICB has a …

  • WICB moving to professionalise WI cricket

    By Tony Cozier | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

    After the unedifying distractions of who stumped up the cash to spruce up the president’s office and the latest, inevitably costly row over sponsorship, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) shocked us all last week with a lengthy statement that, for a welcome change, dealt …

  • Cozier on Sunday

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

    Cozier on Sunday

    Windies cricket too needs a Bolt
    Ever since the first West Indies team toured England in 1900, cricket has been acknowledged as the one endeavour, above all others, that binds together and inspires the people of these tiny, largely inconsequential former British colonies.
    Usain Bolt
    In the course …

  • Reality check

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

    As  Dr. Julian Hunte and Dr. Donald Peters were at their kiss-and-makeup lunch in Antigua last week, settling an issue that had absolutely nothing to do with the depressed state of West Indies cricket, 30 players were nearby going through the rigours of training and …