Pollard 'truly honoured' with Windies captaincy

Wed, 26 Feb 2020

Pollard 'truly honoured' with Windies captaincy

News24
11 Sep 2019, 22:13 GMT+10

Cape Town - Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that Kieron Pollard has been appointed captain of the ODI and T20I sides.

Pollard, who has not played in the 50-over format for the Windies in three years, will take over the ODI leadership role from Jason Holder while Carlos Brathwaite previously held the T20I captaincy.

Holder will continue to be the Caribbean team's skipper in Test cricket but West Indies' poor showing at this year's World Cup, where they only won two matches, contributed to the changes made by the board.

"The election task force also recommended the immediate introduction of 'red ball' and 'white ball' captains to support a long-term strategy to focus on the different formats of international cricket," said CWI in a statement.

"Kieron Pollard is being appointed 'white ball' captain for both the ODI and T20I teams with Jason Holder continuing as 'red ball' captain for the Test team as CWI seeks to see an improvement in performances and therefore ICC World Rankings as part of the long-term development strategy."

"I'm truly honoured to be appointed captain of the West Indies and I would like to thank Cricket West Indies' board of directors for placing their faith and confidence in me," said Pollard.

"I can't wait to work with the coaching staff and players as we start building towards future World Cups and give the fans more reasons to get behind the team."

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Haiti Sun.

More Information

27 ℃

Mostly Cloudy / Windy in Honolulu

International

Section

Wall Street in panic-mode, Dow loses 1,910 points in two days

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks plunged again on Tuesday as fears the coronavirus could become a pandemic. The ...

Staging of Tokyo Olympics threatened by coronavirus

A senior International Olympic Committee member said this summer's Tokyo Olympics could be canceled if the coronavirus is not under ...

Iran slow to hold security forces to account over protests

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iranian authorities have failed to hold security forces accountable for excessive and unlawful use of lethal force ...

More than half virus cases in South Korea linked to religious group

WASHINGTON, DC - The number of coronavirus cases in South Korea skyrocketed to 833 on Monday, a roughly 27-fold increase ...

Turmoil in Malaysia as PM Mahathir resigns

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned on Monday in a shock move after his political allies sought to bring down ...

WHO warns world to prepare for pandemic

GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak does not yet fit the criterion for a pandemic ...

Business

Section

Wall Street in panic-mode, Dow loses 1,910 points in two days

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks plunged again on Tuesday as fears the coronavirus could become a pandemic. The ...

Electronic sports, a billion-dollar industry

Global esports revenue is set to exceed $1 billion in 2020, according to a report Tuesday from Newzoo."The esports market ...

Japanese markets re-open after Monday's holiday, stocks sink

SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia nose-dived on Tuesday, following on from a sharp sell-off on global markets overnight, during ...

Wife of Kobe Bryant hits helicopter firm with lawsuit

Los Angeles - Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa filed a lawsuit on Monday against the operators of the helicopter that crashed ...

Board diversity goes beyond recuiting women

Several European countries - including Norway, Germany, Finland, France ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Down; Bob Chapek Named New Head

NEW YORK - The Walt Disney Co. has named Bob Chapek CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective immediately.The surprise announcement Tuesday ...

Movie Review

Hxan

Haxan