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India on top after day 1 of test 4

303-4

Real plenty cricket going on
Apart from that match SL and NZ had an ODI thriller last night 371 and 326 were the scores with a man taking 34 off an over. Flow Sports had that match advertised but when I checked they were showing a Women's Big Bash match instead.

And currently SA has bowled out Pakistan for 177 and 65-1

too much to keep up with tbh

[Trinispougla]

India claim the border/gavaskar trophy
...lovely series thus far

Well discounting the behaviour of the players and fans.
Kohli IMO has crossed the boundary of being arrogant to being disrespectful and Tim Paine hasn't exactly been a hoot either.
On the Aussie side fans had to be thrown out for racist behaviour in this match and some of their commentators were fairly condescending to some Indian players.

I disagree with that. Kohli has been talkative but not disrespectful. I think that every series they have played where the teams have been well behaved, like the SA series, has been a well behaved series.....and bloody hell what up with this behavior nonsense. ,Mcgrath was one of the worst behaved players in the history of the game and therefore what brought ppl to the stadiums was a contest between Lara and mcgrath with tests of both mental strength and technique. Nobody was screaming when any roberts send peter tohey to POS general

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The Aussies just getting a taste of their own medicine from Koli...what hurts more is that India putting it on them

[Dizzy28]

India on top after day 1 of test 4

303-4

Real plenty cricket going on
Apart from that match SL and NZ had an ODI thriller last night 371 and 326 were the scores with a man taking 34 off an over. Flow Sports had that match advertised but when I checked they were showing a Women's Big Bash match instead.

And currently SA has bowled out Pakistan for 177 and 65-1

too much to keep up with tbh

I follow what showing and the sports stations I have showing the SL/NZ and Pak/SA matches not the India one.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

India on top after day 1 of test 4

303-4

Real plenty cricket going on
Apart from that match SL and NZ had an ODI thriller last night 371 and 326 were the scores with a man taking 34 off an over. Flow Sports had that match advertised but when I checked they were showing a Women's Big Bash match instead.

And currently SA has bowled out Pakistan for 177 and 65-1

too much to keep up with tbh

I follow what showing and the sports stations I have showing the SL/NZ and Pak/SA matches not the India one.

India series on Sportsmax...I coda swear ESPN woda show it doh

[Dizzy28]

India on top after day 1 of test 4

303-4

Real plenty cricket going on
Apart from that match SL and NZ had an ODI thriller last night 371 and 326 were the scores with a man taking 34 off an over. Flow Sports had that match advertised but when I checked they were showing a Women's Big Bash match instead.

And currently SA has bowled out Pakistan for 177 and 65-1

too much to keep up with tbh

I follow what showing and the sports stations I have showing the SL/NZ and Pak/SA matches not the India one.

India series on Sportsmax...I coda swear ESPN woda show it doh

I haved Flow so no SportsMax for me

[bluefete]

At least somebody is showing they have some cojones.

CWI asked to 'rescind' Pybus appointment

Francois Erasmus, Dave Cameron, David Peever and Chris Nenzani attend the ICC Board Meeting Getty Images



Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been asked to "rescind" the appointment of Richard Pybus as national coach, with the Leewards Islands Cricket Board (LICB) saying he was "handpicked" by Dave Cameron, the CWI president, through an "unacceptable" process.

"It is unfortunate, unacceptable and unethical for the CWI President to single-handedly recruit a person of his choosing, and to proceed with salary negotiations without the prior knowledge of the Board," the LICB email, signed by its directors Enoch Lewis and Denrick Liburd, and accessed by ESPNcricinfo, said.

The LICB asked for a response from CWI by the end of Tuesday. ESPNcricinfo understands CWI did not meet that deadline, but a response will be sent next week.

Pybus was announced as interim head coach of West Indies last week. His tenure is set to start with the home series against England from January 23 and end soon after the home series against India, in September 2019. Pybus takes over from Stuart Law, who opted out of his contract prematurely last year.

According to the LICB, one of many members that make up CWI, Cameron announced Law's resignation at a board meeting on September 22 and said he would leave by the end of 2018. Jimmy Adams, the director of cricket, was then asked to present a list of potential candidates from within the Caribbean who could perform the role of interim head coach while a process to appoint a long-term coach was put in place.

The LICB said Adams submitted *11 names including Nic Pothas, who was appointed stand-in coach for the Bangladesh tour in November 2018. The others were Roddy Estwick, Floyd Reifer, Gus Logie, Desmond Haynes, Toby Radford, Andre Coley, Esuan Crandon, Stuart Williams, Rayon Griffith and Robert Samuels.



Adams shortlisted Pothas based on recommendations from Law and Jason Holder, West Indies' Test and ODI captain, who wanted "continuity" and stability in the coaching staff. The CWI board agreed, putting Pothas in charge while also advertising for long-term candidates. Adams, the LICB pointed out, had already penned a five-step process to hire the new head coach.

According to the LICB, Adams also recommended that Pothas work alongside Law in Bangladesh to get acquainted with the increased workflow. However, on September 26, the 17 directors that comprise the CWI board were told that Law was resigning at the end of the India tour and wouldn't be going to Bangladesh. As a result, Pothas, who was due to take charge only in January 2019, and work through till September, was pressed into the job two months in advance.

Also, CWI was yet to finalise a compensation package for Pothas. On November 28, Cameron told the CWI board in an emergency teleconference that Adams had left for Bangladesh to conduct negotiations. Eventually, a one-time offer of USD 12,500 per month was made to Pothas, who "countered" by asking for USD 22,000 (the amount CWI paid Law for his services).

According to the LICB, CWI had "blundered" by not entering into "good faith negotiations" with Pothas before he took over as interim head coach. "The president, Dave Cameron, reported that he received an email from Mr. Pothas in which the interim Head Coach sought to justify why the job was worth more than the CWI's offer of $12,500, and made the determination that the matter was at a stalemate. Discussion with Mr. Pothas was then terminated."

Cameron then told the CWI directors that he got in touch with Pybus and "concluded a deal, including a salary of USD 16,000 plus other unspecified benefits to become the next interim head coach."



The LICB cited "grave concerns" that Cameron went to Pybus without seeking inputs from Adams, the cricket committee, the technical cricket committee or the CWI board. It also pointed out that the salary given to Pybus was "significantly" higher than Pothas'.

At the quarterly CWI board meeting, when Pybus' appointment came up for ratification, the LICB directors objected strongly. They said Pybus had not "formally expressed an interest", had "limited" experience considering he hadn't coached an international team in five years, and had not been part of Adams' shortlist of candidates.

While noting that Cameron's decision received "majority" support from the 17 CWI board directors, the LICB called the issue "divisive."

"While the recommendation piloted by the President to hand-pick Mr. Pybus eventually received majority support at the meeting, the records would show that the handling of this matter provoked heated debate and proved a very divisive issue amongst the Directors. This is evidenced by the equal split of votes amongst Directors from the shareholder territories. This is a clear indication that there are concerns."

As a way forward, the LICB suggested negotiating a new compensation package with Pothas, who it said should continue as the interim head coach until September 2019. It also made the "demand" that "the recent decision to hand-pick Richard Pybus as interim Head Coach be rescinded."

*GMT 0645 The article earlier mentioned, erroneously, that Adams had submitted 13 names.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... ppointment

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when Cameron get the axe then I'd show some support

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ODI century #39 for KOLI yes...64 centuries in total...........from only 360 matches

[Dizzy28]

Virat Kohli sweeps the ICC Awards -
- ICC Test Of The Year 2018
- ODI Player Of The Year 2018
- Cricketer Of The Year 2018
- Captain of the Test and ODI teams of the year

Never has a player gotten all three awards in the same year.

Kohli scored 1,322 runs at an average of 55.08 in 13 Tests with five hundreds during the calendar year while in 14 ODIs he amassed 1202 runs at an astonishing average of 133.55 with six centuries. He also scored 211 runs in 10 T20Is.
The man is the Bradman of ODI cricket.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/46956885

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India continue the ODI dominance...they now run through NZ

[racedriverpro]

Any live stream for WI vs Eng?

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nice resistance from windies thus far

[Premchand1976]

nice resistance from windies thus far

Yup, hopefully Hetmyer switches to T20 mode first thing in the morning and gets a hundred .....don't know how long the tail gonna wag for them ....lol

[trent]

That late burst from Jimmy with the new ball really dented WI score.
Maybe Hetmyer should be batting higher up the order?
He does open for Guyana...

[Premchand1976]

Dem boys blazing yes......5 for roach

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Coach spend moarneyyy

[Dizzy28]

Seriously though...who TF is John Campbell?
Never heard of him before and see is opening the batting for the WI.

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Seriously though...who TF is John Campbell?
Never heard of him before and see is opening the batting for the WI.

Well he is performing better thsn the previous opener powell...
Campbell made 44 in 1st innings and seems to be batting well....
So eng all.out for 73!!!!
Hoping 4 a windies victory..

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I woda send back england to that...windies batting 120-5

[trent]

Seriously though...who TF is John Campbell?
Never heard of him before and see is opening the batting for the WI.

But Campbell has been performing for Jamaica awhile now, had a good 2018 season. Many fans had been calling for his inclusion, he failed in the warm up game tho.

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impressive batting by the lower order thus far

[Dizzy28]

Holder is a real soldier. I still not convinced by his ODI bowling but in tests he performing like a lion.

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his game has improved^

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Windies create history yes

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India looking real solid going into the world cup...3-0 against NZ thus far

[Dizzy28]

India looking real solid going into the world cup...3-0 against NZ thus far

India and England have to be early favourites for the WC. No body else has dominated ODIs quite like they have however the Kiwis are also a solid team.

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Imo england could benefit from home advantage and swing bowling...but I backing India full hunjed

[Dizzy28]

Without Kohli and Dhoni in the side India get forked up last night. Barely scrapped their way to 92 and then NZ knocked it off in 15 overs. Probably never even had to switch on the lights even though it was a day night game.

That pitch possibly could be close to what can be expected in England for the WC.

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Without Kohli and Dhoni in the side India get forked up last night. Barely scrapped their way to 92 and then NZ knocked it off in 15 overs. Probably never even had to switch on the lights even though it was a day night game.

That pitch possibly could be close to what can be expected in England for the WC.

Well I was

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