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Has Brian Lara done enough for west Indies cricket post retirement? Discuss...
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Cameron's Chaos? - the never-ending strife of Cricket West Indies
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To be fair, given where they physically sit on the planet, and the weather conditions that come with that, it's hard for the Carribean islands to run the "home summer" at other times of the year. The "rainy season" lasts pretty much from May to December there. It's less a matter of trying to f**k people over, than geography and circumstance.
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Does he need to? You could ask the same of dozens of former greats. He himself wasn’t always treated brilliantly by the establishment and to be honest, there is next to no correlation between being a good player and a good coach. He’s technically only been fully retired for 7 years (he nominated for the IPL draft as late as 2011 but didn’t attract a bid). He runs a charity and has his fingers in a fair few pies away from cricket. Maybe when he gets a bit older and has had more time out of the game.
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Oh totally. It says more about the BCCI's ambivalence to the Caribbean first class competition. West Indies couldn't compete and had to move it and hope for the best.
Silly insinuation.
As amazing a batsman he was, it was pretty apparent that captaincy and leadership wasn't his go during his playing days. Why would he then turn his hand to management post career?
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All this upheaval genuinely makes me sad. I grew up in the 90s genuinely barracking for the West Indies (I didn’t know at that stage you were just meant to cheer on Australia). Watching guys like Lara, Chanderpaul, Hooper, Walsh, Ambrose and Bishop and even Sarwan a bit later on was just fantastic.
To this day, one of my best memories was doing a tour of Lord’s and being asked to pick a seat and sit down in the visitor’s changing room. The guide went around to each of us and told us which players used to sit in that spot. I was in Brian Lara’s spot. I was stoked.
I don’t know too much about the politics involved, but just based on cricketing knowledge alone, I’m guessing this hasn’t happened on this scale in the past. Do you think this is a lot to do with Dave Cameron or do you think it was inevitable given the unique nature of West Indies as a cricketing nation made up of different countries?
To this day, one of my best memories was doing a tour of Lord’s and being asked to pick a seat and sit down in the visitor’s changing room. The guide went around to each of us and told us which players used to sit in that spot. I was in Brian Lara’s spot. I was stoked.
I don’t know too much about the politics involved, but just based on cricketing knowledge alone, I’m guessing this hasn’t happened on this scale in the past. Do you think this is a lot to do with Dave Cameron or do you think it was inevitable given the unique nature of West Indies as a cricketing nation made up of different countries?
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Dave Cameron and his deputy are gone, just like that.
We don't know exactly who decided not to vote for Cameron after his re-election seemed sure, but Ricky Skerritt is now heading up CWI, and within a matter of days, CWI has reached a settlement with Phil Simmons.
We don't know exactly who decided not to vote for Cameron after his re-election seemed sure, but Ricky Skerritt is now heading up CWI, and within a matter of days, CWI has reached a settlement with Phil Simmons.
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whenever I see this thread getting bumped I think "oh god, what now?!", but this time it seems to be for the better (time will tell).
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I was resigned to accepting at best a 6-6 vote and a re-vote and re-election.
Had a stiffy when I woke up and saw what had happened. Already Skerritt has made a huge impression via his apology to Phil Simmonds
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‘Will tell viewers’: Holding alleges misuse of BCCI’s donation by CWI
Holding displayed the audit report of Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF) on cricket governance in the Caribbean and raised several red flags. He also touched upon the donation CWI received from the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the benefit of its former players.
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