Bridgetown: Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding believes the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) represents an excellent opportunity for the development of professional cricket in the region.
The 59-year-old, known for his strident criticism of the shortest form of the game, said the CPL was special as it had the potential to give birth to a new generation of professional cricketers in the Caribbean. He has signed on as the ambassador for the development programme, reports CMC.
"I think cricket has lost a lot of young people in the Caribbean who are thinking 'why bother with cricket because unless you are playing for the West Indies then there is nothing there for you'," said the former pacer who took 249 wickets in 60 Tests.
"The advent of the CPL means West Indian youngsters can now think to themselves 'hey, I can make a reasonably good living from playing cricket.' Now there is something here in the Caribbean they can play in, they can make a reasonable living and they can go on and play cricket again."...
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Kingston: Former Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been confirmed as the sixth and final international franchise player for this year's Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Muralitharan, who has taken more international wickets than any other player in history, with 1347 scalps across Test, ODI and Twenty20 International formats, will line up in the inaugural franchise-based tournament that will take place in six countries in July and August. "I am really...
10:30 PM, May 01, 2013
Kingston: South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs, the first man in history to hit six sixes in a single over in international cricket, has become the latest player to sign up for this year's Caribbean Premier league. Gibbs achieved the feat in the Caribbean, in St Kitts during the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, when he dispatched Netherlands leg-spinner Daan van Bunge over the ropes six times in a row. And...
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04:31 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Wellington: New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has been linked with a move to play in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League in July despite needing to recover from injuries suffered in a late night assault. His manager, Aaron Klee, declined to confirm the media reports, saying the batsman is "still very weak and can't do a lot" and that it would likely be two to three months before Ryder is "ticking...
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05:56 PM, Apr 05, 2013
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12:39 PM, Mar 22, 2013
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01:05 PM, Mar 15, 2013
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11:48 PM, Jan 22, 2013
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02:46 PM, Jan 04, 2013
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04:53 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New York: Frustration grew for superstorm Sandy's victims in the U.S. Northeast on Friday, many of whom were left with no power, no gasoline and little information about when their shattered lives might return to normal. While Manhattan prepared to host the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, acute gasoline shortages in the city's storm-battered outer boroughs and New Jersey led to long lines and short tempers. Tankers finally...
11:20 PM, Nov 02, 2012
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12:55 PM, Nov 02, 2012
London: In a bizarre claim, a Columbian mother has said that her one-month old son is 'the devil' who breathes fire and has already started walking. Ana Feria Santos, 28, gave birth to her son last month in the town of Lorica, near the Caribbean coast, but says her joy quickly turned to fear when she noticed that he had 'several abnormalities' - leading to fears in her community that...
04:42 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering. Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. As the rains stopped and rivers began to recede, authorities were getting a fuller idea of how much damage Sandy brought on Haiti. Bridges collapsed....
01:16 PM, Oct 29, 2012
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10:44 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama said Sunday that the storm taking aim at the East Coast is a "serious and big storm" that will be slow-moving and might take time to clear up. Obama met with federal emergency officials Sunday for an update on the storm's path and the danger it poses to the Mid-Atlantic and New England. The storm is set to hit one week before Election Day. Asked whether...
12:10 AM, Oct 29, 2012
North Carolina: Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. Sandy could have a brutal impact on major cities in the target zone like Boston, New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, one of the most densely populated regions...
10:10 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Duck: A year after being walloped by Hurricane Irene, residents rushed to put away boats, harvest crops and sandbag boardwalks on Friday as the Eastern Seaboard braced for a rare megastorm that experts said would cause much greater havoc. Hurricane Sandy, moving north from the Caribbean, was expected to make landfall on Monday night near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a...
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Nassau: Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas with battering winds and rain on Friday, sweeping over the island chain after killing 21 people across the Caribbean and posing a menacing threat to the US East Coast. Forecasters warned the late-season storm is expected to combine with a polar air mass near the United States next week, potentially producing a highly unusual and potent storm that could wreak havoc along the US...
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