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Hunte hails pivotal year

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President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Julian Hunte has described 2012 as “a watershed year in West Indies cricket”.
Hunte said that West Indies cricket was better positioned for the rest of the decade on many fronts and pointed to what he termed as number of historic events in the year
“Most significant is that the West Indies team won the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament and are world champions again after a period of drought,” he said.
“We must recognise and hail the efforts of Darren Sammy and Ottis Gibson, along with team manager Richie Richardson and the senior players in particular.”
Hunte noted as accomplishments the partnerships and agreements the WICB was able to secure and finalise during the year.
He also touched on the launch of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), due to come on stream this year, and the securing of a major television rights deal with Dubai-based TAJ TV.
The WICB has also managed to increase the number of central retainer contracts from 15 to 20, while a large pool of regional players are set to start receiving regional retainer contracts from next year as part of the licensing agreement with sponsors Verus International for the CPL.
“Our women’s team continues to build from strength to strength and are now ready to move into the upper echelons of the women’s international rankings,” he continued.
“Stafanie Taylor was confirmed as the leading player in women’s cricket after she won the ICC Women’s Player-of-the-Year award and now stands alongside Anisa Mohammed, Shanel Daley, Merissa Aguileira and Deandra Dottin as some of the finest female cricketers in the world.”
The WICB president also boasted that the developmental programmes, ranging from the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket to the Sagicor High Performance Centre, were also stronger.
“We have completed the full circle of the foundations of development, it is now for us to remain on course, put in the hard work and reap the rewards and benefits which will follow,” he said.
“We have seen players graduate to the international stage and proven themselves, and we continue to see a host of talent who are successful on the regional scene and who we are confident will step up when the opportunities are provided to them.” (CMC)

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