were freed in former colonies. in his speech, the monarch said he felt personally and intensely affected. a dutch study revealed that the royal family earned the equivalent of nearly $600 million from the colonies, where slavery was widespread. now it s time for a look at today s sport with gavin. to the ashes in a moment. but first, a moment to note perhaps for cricket fans. the west indies will miss the upcoming world cup for the first time in tournament s history. it s after they were beaten by scotland, in today s super six qualifier. scotland won by seven wickets a huge win for them and a first victory over the west indies in one day matches. qualification for the world cup in india is still on for them but they have to beat zimbabwe on tuesday, and the netherlands on thursday. but the west indies, a team so synonymous with the world cup, having won the first two editions, won t be there in october. to test action then and the second ashes test between england and australi
there s the cricket world cup to come in october. but the west indies, for the first time in the tournament s history won t be there. they were playing scotland in a super six qualifying match in harare and needed to win to stay in the running. but were 181 all out from just under 44 overs. the scots reached that total with six overs to spare. matthew cross hit the winning runs as his side completed a seven wicket victory scotland need to beat zimbabwe on tuesday, and netherlands on thursday if they re to reach the world cup. but what now for west indies? cricket podcaster machel hewitt spoke to me earlier. any kind of keen observer of west indies cricket he s been paying attention to the best part of the last 10 15 years should really have seen this coming and if we focus particularly on white ball cricket, this has been a long standing decline in white ball cricket. you can go as far back as the world cup in 2015 when we crashed out in the quarterfinals in a kind of humiliating wei
who ll miss out for the first time. they were playing scotland in a super six qualifying match in harare and needed to win to stay in the running, but were 181 all out from just under 44 overs. the scots reached that total with six overs to spare. matthew cross hit the winning runs as his side completed a seven wicket victory. scotland need to beat zimbabwe on tuesday, and netherlands on thursday if they re to reach the world cup. so let s get more on the significant of that lose for west indian cricket and speak to machel st patrick hewitt is from the caribbean cricket podcast and has been following the tournament. a sense of inevitabability about this, given the headlines around the demise of windies cricket? where has it gone wrong? will not being at the world cup give the board a chance to reset? yes, i think any kind of keen observer of west indies cricket has been paying attention for the best part of the last 10 15 years should really have seen this coming and if