{"id":7624,"date":"2012-02-04T01:40:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/cricket-dominica-replaces-guyana-for-west-indies-australia-test\/"},"modified":"2012-02-04T01:40:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:40:04","slug":"cricket-dominica-replaces-guyana-for-west-indies-australia-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-dominica-replaces-guyana-for-west-indies-australia-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Dominica replaces Guyana for West Indies-Australia test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feb 3 (Reuters) – Guyana has been replaced by Dominica
\nas the host venue for the third and final test between West
\nIndies and Australia in April, the West Indies Cricket Board
\n(WICB) announced on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The WICB said it had moved the April 23-27 test from the
\nNational Stadium in Guyana to Dominica’s Windsor Park because of
\na dispute between the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Guyana
\ngovernment.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The change in venue is as a result of the situation in
\nGuyana owing to the Government of Guyana’s push to take over the
\nmanagement and governance of cricket in the country,” the WICB
\nsaid in a statement.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Guyana Cricket Board which is the agent of the WICB and
\nthe legitimate cricketing authority has been prevented from
\nundertaking the necessary tasks needed to ensure the successful
\nhosting of the match.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision to move the test came just days after the
\nInternational Cricket Council (ICC) issued a statement
\nexpressing its concern that the Guyana government had dissolved
\nthe GCB and replaced it with an interim management committee.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“In condemning this government intervention in the strongest
\npossible terms, the ICC Board reaffirmed the principle of
\nnon-interference and that the only legitimate cricketing
\nauthority is that recognized by the West Indies Cricket Board,”
\nthe ICC said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Guyana government dissolved the GCB
\nand appointed its own administrators, headed by former West
\nIndies captain Clive Lloyd.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The WICB refused to recognise the interim committee and held
\nan executive board meeting last week, where they voted to move
\nGuyana’s home matches to Dominica and discuss the possibility of
\nalso moving the test.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Australians are due to arrive in the Caribbean in March
\nfor a two-month visit featuring three tests, five one-day
\ninternationals and two twenty20 matches.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Julian Linden in Indianapolis; Editing by Alison
\nWildey; To query or comment on this story email
\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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