When torchlight shine, cockroach run
May 10, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a WICB director:
“The kicks were coming left right and centre and I was blocking them. Several kicks were raining in my direction and at the same time he had a Guiness bottle in his hand and I have to watching the bottle and a watch the kick at the same time and he was threatening me how long he want to kill me.”
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Cricket-bust-up#ixzz1LzlUOQgJ
May 10, 2011
More and more important people are noticing our little project:
With the mischievous – but apparently well-informed – http://www.wicbexpose.com wreaking havoc at every available opportunity, the West Indian set-up looks more amateurish by the week.
May 5, 2011
Shivnarine Chanderpaul is just the latest in a long line of great West Indies cricketers to be mistreated by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Listen to this Line and Length interview as Chanderpaul expresses his anger and frustration.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul Interview (audio)
May 5, 2011
We got our hands on the final report from this year’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament and it shows us exactly how much money the WICB made in Antigua and Barbados. The full report (link below) talks about security, sportertainment and the fact that the dancers “may have been a little more risqué than desirable. Could not be shown extensively on TV”.
Download and save your own copy FinalCaribbeanTwenty202011Report.pdf
May 4, 2011
We have seen official WICB documentation showing that the West Indies selectors want to nicely ask Darren Sammy to step aside for the upcoming series against India. Clyde Butts and Robert Haynes told the CEO to approach the board of directors and discuss a new captain but, strangely, that information has not been passed to the WICB directors. Joel Garner for one has not heard about this. Is Dr Hilaire trying to avoid the inevitable? Watch this space 😉
By the way, congratulations to Shiv Chanderpaul for his recall to the Test team to face Pakistan.
May 4, 2011
Andy Bull from the Guardian is officially a WICB Exposé soldier.
For the last fortnight I’ve been turning over that exact question while looking through the pages of a remarkable blog – WICB Exposé. If it is genuine, then this is a site that really could change the game. Unlike most bloggers, the person behind WICB Exposé appears to have inside information. Lots of it. In fact they seem to have the kind of information that a lot of journalists could only dream of, and more tellingly, that the few who could access would feel compelled to sit on for fear of alienating the source that gave it to them in the first place.
If you’re at all interested in the runnings of West Indian cricket, you can kiss goodbye to the couple of hours of your life you’re about to spend going through this site. They claim to have Ottis Gibson’s official report on West Indies’ performance in the World Twenty20 last year. And damning reading it makes too.
There are other soldiers spreading the word about our project here and here. Salute!
April 14, 2011
WICB mouthpiece and propagandist Imran Khan is foaming at the mouth on Facebook and Twitter about this so-called “new” West Indies. The comments from the fans on this WICB Flickr photo is the perfect response.
Ten minutes after we posted this, the propagandist deleted the fan comments. He peeping.
April 14, 2011
Clyde Butts is doing a lot of the WICB’s dirty work. But, does Clyde Butts know that the majority of the WICB board of directors do not want him as chairman of selectors? Does he know that they originally voted against retaining his panel? Does he know he’s on probation?
The minutes of WICB board meetings provide all the answers.
The Chief Executive Officer tabled a document received from the Review Committee as to the background, process and recommendations with respect to the Selection Committee.
The Review Committee’s recommendations as to the persons to serve on the Selection Committee for the period 2010/2012 were as follows:
Selection Committee Alternate Selectors
Clyde Butts (Chairman) Lockhard Sebastien
Robert Haynes Stuart Williams
Courtney Browne Nehemiah PerryDisagreement was evinced at the retention of Messrs Butts and Haynes and there was some support for Lockhart Sebastien as a selector.
Mr. Mahabir stated that the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board would have nominated Mr. Jumadeen if it was known that the incumbent selectors would be retained. The Chief Executive Officer, however, pointed out that the recommendations of the Review Committee were made on the basis and assessment of impartial interviews. It was also his considered view that radical change of personnel in the past had failed to bring results.
He also reminded the meeting that the paper on West Indies Selection Policy has been adopted by the Board at the November meeting in 2009. At this point Mr. Campbell advised the meeting of his Association’s withdrawal of Mr. Perry’s nomination as an alternate selector and his name was consequently withdrawn.
Further discussion realized a considered division on the recommendations of the Review Committee. A motion was then moved to approve the Selection Committee as recommended. This was defeated by nine votes to seven. A second motion to appoint the Committee for the stipulated period of two years, with a review after one year was then put to the vote. This was carried by ten votes to five with one abstention. There was no vote on the recommendation for alternate selectors. In his closing remarks on this item the Chief Executive Officer emphasized the need for agreed targets and guidelines to be communicated to the Selection Committee.
Download and save for youself buttsvotes.pdf
April 13, 2011
The WICB’s inability to attract sponsors has become a running joke. Here’s why the Calypso Cup became the Collapso Cup:
The goal of securing sponsorship for the inaugural Caribbean T20 2010 was not met and as a result the Board covered the full cost of this event. Heineken and RBTT, both candidates for sponsorship of Caribbean T20 2011 and Calypso Cup have declined to get involved at all. WICB became increasingly concerned that whilst there was anticipated sponsorship and TV support from the UK and India for Calypso Cup, overall revenue would not be nearly enough to justify staging two (2) Twenty20 events in the same month that together might cost WICB US$5m.
Here’s an idea for Dr. Money Hilaire, let’s blame it on the senior players. Read the document for yourself heinekenrbtt.pdf
WICB Exposé 