West Indies are "not in the same level-playing field as other playing countries", a conclusion which came out of a two-day emergency meeting in Trinidad of Cricket West Indies (CWI) members along with legends like Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes, Shivnarine Chanderpaul
The West Indies proved too strong in the second ODI of the series in Trinidad, with Roston Chase and Justin Greaves combining for an unbeaten partnership of 77 to help the Caribbean side chase down the adjusted victory target of 181 in a rain-affected contest at Brian Lara Stadium.
The video for the same was posted on the X handle of the 'Stick to Cricket', a podcast Lara was recently a part of along with former England cricketers Phil Tuffnell, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan and David Llyod.
Speaking on the Stick to Cricket podcast, he said, "The big three (England, Australia and India), that can't be right that they take all the money, they get the big broadcast deals. You've got to have a more even distribution to allow West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka to compete."
Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Kishore Shallow has advised the Chair of the Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee to convene an emergency meeting to review the recent Test series against Australia, especially the final game.
After toppling a handful of records, Mulder stood on the cusp of surpassing Lara's milestone of smashing 400 in a Test innings. He returned unbeaten on 367(334), 33 runs short of levelling Lara's record after lunch was called
South Africa stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder explained the reason behind his decision not to pursue West Indies legend Brian Lara's elusive 400 record on Day 2 of the second Test against Zimbabwe on Monday.
South Africa's surprising declaration left Wiaan Mulder 34 runs short of breaking legendary Brian Lara's elusive 400-run feat in his captaincy debut during the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe away from home in Bulawayo on Monday.
After a brilliant 269 in 387 balls in the first innings, Gill ended the second session of day four unbeaten at 100* in 130 balls, with nine fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 76.92.