Sidhoni Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Tony Greig said yesterday that Jamaica might exclude itself from WI and make a separate team of its own.I guess all of us know that WI is no nation, its just a group of small island nations playing cricket together, Jamaica is interestingly same as Manipur in terms of population!That might well mean that WI will be dissolved and the islands come up with separate teams of their own or they might carry on with their team and exclude Jamaicans.
1983-2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 was Tony Greig saying this from Ten Cricket studio? if yes, then it's all bull*****
coffee_rules Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Football has separate teams..They can do it for Cricket as well.
Karan114 Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Yep just Greig bull*****ing. Remember the same being said about Trinidad and Tobago couple of years back. Not happening.
Sidhoni Posted June 23, 2011 Author Posted June 23, 2011 was Tony Greig saying this from Ten Cricket studio? if yes, then it's all bull***** Yes,
Javier Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Trinidad and Tobago participated as a separate team in 2006 FIFA World Cup so the possibility of something similar in Cricket cannot be be ruled out
Serani Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Oh yes Trinidad broke away from the great West Indies football team to go it alone, of course something similar will happen in cricket. :facepalm:
Javier Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Old News but can help one f*****g Idiot here http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/21/trinidad-consider-split-from-west-indies.htm Trinidad chief raises prospect of split from Windies West Indies [ Images ] cricket, which has united the islands of the Caribbean for over a century, could be split if the chief of Trinidad and Tobago's cricket body follows through his idea of competing as independent nation. In an interview published on Tuesday, Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) chief executive Forbes Persaud said leading figures in the country's cricket body are considering breaking away from the West Indies regional team. West Indies cricket is in crisis after leading players refused to play in the home series against Bangladesh due to contractual disputes with the regional board, and the tourists took advantage by winning both Tests against a weakened team. "My personal view (is) if the trend continues with the manner in which West Indies cricket is being administered, the board (TTCB) should go on its own and compete as Trinidad and Tobago, just as is in football," he told the Trinidad and Tobago Express. "If something is not done to have cricket administration at the West Indies level properly restructured, I believe we will have no choice but to think about playing as an individual territory on the international scene." Trinidad and Tobago has been one of the traditional powerhouses of West Indian cricket along with Barbados and Jamaica. Cricket is the only sport in which the former British colonies still compete as one unit -- all the Caribbean nations play soccer and compete in the Olympics [ Images ] independently. The West Indies Players' Association, the players union at the centre of the dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), is based in Trinidad and, on Sunday, leading Trinidad and international player Dwayne Bravo [ Images ] hit out at the WICB saying his local club was better organised than the regional body. Persaud said that his view on a split was a personal one and there had not been formal discussions at board level -- but other members shared his view. "There are some board members who believe that we should start thinking about going on our own but, this has not been discussed in any official forum. It's just people expressing their views informally." Asked if such views were growing, Persaud responded: "Yes. Because of the present situation in West Indies cricket, people are becoming very disenchanted and they have been expressing their views along these lines." Persaud said that the process would not happen overnight. "Even if we were to go that way, it would be a very long, drawn out process," he added. "It would have to go through the ICC [ Images ] and we must bear in mind the repercussions it is going to have and the impact it would have on the West Indian community since we know how passionate the Caribbean people are about cricket. "We all know how critical West Indies cricket is as a unifying force, to go that way would be destroying a legacy. It is not going to be an easy decision to make, if at all there is going to be a formal discussion on this."
Params7 Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Jamaica should do it. Gayle should be Board President and Captain.
Pagalpanti Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 This is rubbish news. And yeah I'm sure they haven't done it yet because they know they wont hold onto the Test status. Probably wont even be a regular ODI team, just become an associate. The amount of talent in WI isn't that great either overall. So splitting is probably the worst idea they could have ever thought.
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