Kingston (Jamaica), Jan 13
West Indies chief cricket selector
Clive Lloyd has said the
omission of Dwayne Bravo
and Kieron Pollard from the
World Cup squad is no act of
victimisation for their roles in
the abandoned tour of India.
Lloyd, the chairman of
selectors, defended the decision
not to select the two
Trinidadian cricketers, insisting
that it was not victimisation
and that it was time to try
something different. “It was
not easy to leave out those
two guys. It is a discussion
that went on and on and in
the end we thought that we
have so many all-rounders.
We were trying to see if we
can introduce some new
faces and as far as I am concerned,
I think we have a
good all-round One-day side.”
Lloyd’s comments follow
similar sentiments from West
Indies Cricket Board (WICB)
president Dave Cameron,
who rejected claims that the
two all-rounders were axed
from the World Cup squad.
“Let people understand that
we have been at the bottom
rung of the ladder for the last
eight years or more with the
same players, recycling people
all the time,” Lloyd said.
St.Vincent and the
Grenadines Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves, who brokered
an agreement between
the players, the WICB and
players union, WIPA, in the
wake of the abandoned tour,
claims that the omission of
Bravo and Pollard “reeks of
village vengeance, discrimination
and victimisation” and
slammed the decision as
“glaringly (lacking) cricketing
merit”.
But according to Lloyd
West Indies chief cricket selector
Clive Lloyd has said the
omission of Dwayne Bravo
and Kieron Pollard from the
World Cup squad is no act of
victimisation for their roles in
the abandoned tour of India.
Lloyd, the chairman of
selectors, defended the decision
not to select the two
Trinidadian cricketers, insisting
that it was not victimisation
and that it was time to try
something different. “It was
not easy to leave out those
two guys. It is a discussion
that went on and on and in
the end we thought that we
have so many all-rounders.
We were trying to see if we
can introduce some new
faces and as far as I am concerned,
I think we have a
good all-round One-day side.”
Lloyd’s comments follow
similar sentiments from West
Indies Cricket Board (WICB)
president Dave Cameron,
who rejected claims that the
two all-rounders were axed
from the World Cup squad.
“Let people understand that
we have been at the bottom
rung of the ladder for the last
eight years or more with the
same players, recycling people
all the time,” Lloyd said.
St.Vincent and the
Grenadines Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves, who brokered
an agreement between
the players, the WICB and
players union, WIPA, in the
wake of the abandoned tour,
claims that the omission of
Bravo and Pollard “reeks of
village vengeance, discrimination
and victimisation” and
slammed the decision as
“glaringly (lacking) cricketing
merit”.
But according to Lloyd
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