Wanderers Juniors ensured that there will be new champions of the Community Cricket League Under-16 40-over competition when they upstaged defending champions Franklyn Stephenson Academy Aces in one semifinal yesterday at Haynesville, St James.
The Dayrells Road-based club will face Wildey Juniors, who defeated Pickwick Juniors in the other semifinal played at the Courtney Browne/Luther King facility at Hoytes Village, also
Batting legend Desmond Haynes was today appointed the new men’s chairman of selectors on a two-and-a-half year contract, as Cricket West Indies’ overhaul of its selection system continued in the wake of last October’s Twenty20 World Cup fiasco.The 65-year-old, who featured in 116 Tests and 238 One-Day Internationals between 1978 and 1994 and who in the past served as a batting consultant to the men’s squad, replaces Roger Harper who was sacked last month.Only last November, Haynes was awarded the Order of Freedom – Barbados’ highest national honour – during the country’s Republic Day celebrations.While CWI did not name the other members of the panel, president Ricky Skerritt hailed the appointment of Haynes as the “right man for the right job”.“I am delighted to confirm that the Most Honourable Dr. Desmond Haynes has agreed to re-join the CWI cricket system as the Lead Selector,” Skerritt said.
With question marks continuously surrounding the techniques of several of the West Indies top-order batsmen, one former outstanding first class cricketer has offered himself and his academy to assist the struggling batting unit.In fact, former Barbados allrounder Franklyn Stephenson is now the second highly qualified cricketer over the past months to have signalled a desire to assist West Indies batsmen with their faulty techniques. Former Barbados and West Indies opening great Desmond Haynes who formed arguably the best opening pair in Test cricket history with Sir Gordon Greenidge, has previously been snubbed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) as the team’s batting coach.Nonetheless, Stephenson, who has been a coach for many years, put forth himself and at the same time criticised CWI’s decision last December to hire Indian Monty Desai as the batting coach for the team. Desai, who has never played international cricket, is currently with the West Indies squad in Jamaica and together