West Indies ‘B’ team to replace Guyana in Caribbean T20 tourney

-gov’t hints at legal action

The national cricket team is out and the West Indies ‘B’ team is in after the government and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) failed to see eye to eye resulting in the regional entity moving ahead last evening with arrangements to replace Guyana’s Amazon Conquerors in the regional T20 competition.

Government ministers here hinted at legal action should the Guyana team not be allowed to participate in the popular tournament and did not respond to conditions set out by the WICB to allow for the inclusion of the national team. Amidst a heated row over the management of local cricket, the WICB in a press release last evening said it