Kraigg Brathwaite replaces Jason Holder as West Indies Test skipper
JASON Holder has been replaced by Kraigg Brathwaite as West Indies Test captain, Newsday understands.
Brathwaite filled in as captain for Holder on the West Indies tour of Bangladesh where the teams played a two-match Test series in February. The tour included a three-match One Day International series.
Holder was one of several players who chose not to tour Bangladesh because of covid19 related concerns or personal fears, according to Cricket West Indies. Among the other players who chose not to tour were Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and ODI captain Kieron Pollard.
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1st ODI: Hope ton takes Windies to 8-wicket win over SL
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Antigua, March 11 : Opener Shai Hope scored 110 to lead West Indies to an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Hope s 10th ODI century helped West Indies chase down a target of 233 with three overs remaining.
The Sri Lankan innings was marked by the dismissal of opener Danushka Gunathilaka, who was sent back after West Indies captain Kieron Pollard appealed against him for obstructing the field on Wednesday. The on-field umpire referred the decision to the third umpire with a soft signal of out and the latter wasted little time in confirming the call.
With special achievers in mind
This is for the attention of Social Development and Family Services Minister Donna Cox
CALYPSONIANS Funny, Valentino, Trini, Gypsy and I were having a pre-concert chat two weeks ago about things carnivalesque when your name surfaced in the conversation. As a result, on their behalf I thank you for handing out grants in the sum of $5,000 last year to artists who, because of the pandemic, could not work in their field of entertainment to provide themselves with funds for their economic survival.
Let me also thank you, too, for supporting TUCO’s Special Achievers’ Fund aimed at assisting veteran/aged calypsonians who are either ill or in need of financial care. All calypsonians are happy to note that, arising from press reports from your ministry, singers Baron, Black Stalin, Valentino, Bill Trotman, and Surpriser (now 90 years old), as well as musician Roy Cape, have been assisted financially by you and yours, even though your ministerial cheques
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