Pressure mounts on CWI ... Regional leaders to engage International Cricket Council
Man City outclass Arsenal again
CARICOM leaders will meet with the International Cricket Council (ICC) next month in London to discuss their recently adopted position on the future of West Indies cricket, as they step up pressure on embattled Cricket West Indies to restructure its governance.
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, chairman of CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial subcommittee on cricket, will lead a small delegation of regional leaders who will sit down with cricket’s world governing body in an attempt to convey the “desperate urgency” of the changes required.
According to Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, CARICOM leaders had adopted legal advice at the two-day Intersessional in Haiti earlier this week, concerning CWI’s right to manage the “public good” of West Indies cricket.
LEGAL ADVICE
“The heads have now taken a decision that we will now, on the basis of our legal advice – which we have adopted at this meeting – we will approach the ICC and indicate to them the position of the Heads of Government of the region, with respect to our adoption of this position of this public good,” Rowley said here.
“And we trust that in approaching the ICC – to the extent that they will talk with us – we will be able to indicate to them ... the desperate urgency that is required for West Indies cricket to be saved by this legislative approach to bring best practise to this public good of West Indies cricket.”
The CARICOM delegation, which will include Rowley, will use the occasion of the Commonwealth Meeting in London from April 16-20 to engage the ICC.
Rowley added that regional leaders had no interest in managing the
Manchester City outclassed Arsenal 3-0 for the second time in less than a week, this time humiliating the Gunners in front of their home fans in the English Premier League yesterday.
City had three goals well before halftime, as Bernardo Silva, David Silva, and Leroy Sane capitalised on Arsenal’s ever-present defensive frailties.
“Mentally, we were strong,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “We were clinical. We scored three outstanding goals.”
Arsenal squandered an early chance to get back into the match in the second half when PierreEmerick Aubameyang’s penalty was easily saved.
The result gave City a 16-point lead at the league summit ahead of Manchester United, and it left Arsenal in sixth place and 10 points off the Champions League places, and manager Arsene Wenger facing further scorn from the team’s fans and more questions about his future.
The embarrassment was a double dose of disgrace for Arsenal, who lost to City 3-0 in the League Cup final on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
“They took advantage of defence weaknesses,” Wenger said. “At the end of the day, we lost against a top-quality team. It’s a combination of their quality and they’re high in confidence.”