Lloyd questions timing of Narine"s suspension

Saturday, October 04, 2014 | 1:39 PM    

MUMBAI, India, Oct 3, CMC- Chief West Indies cricket selector Clive Lloyd has suggested the possibility of a sinister motive behind the decision to suspend spinner Sunil Narine from the Champions League T20 final.

Narine was suspended from bowling in Saturday’s finals for Kolkata Knight Riders against Chennai Super Kings because of a suspect bowling action.

However Lloyd has disclosed that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies team management had been told that Narine would be under the scanner in India by a source whose identity he did not disclose.

“Before we came here we were told that they were going to call Narine, so it’s quite obvious that something must have been said somewhere,” Lloyd said.

“I really can’t tell you that [who it was] but I can tell you it’s a highly reliable source, because we have to make contingency plans for things like that just in case it happens”.

The former West Indies captain has questioned the timing of Narine’s suspension, saying the decision could be “destroying” to him as well as affects the team’s chances in the forthcoming tour of India and in the World Cup”.

From October 8, West Indies will play five ODIs and a T20 against India, before three Tests.

Narine’s bowling ban is restricted only to the Champions League and other BCCI-run tournaments like the IPL.

Narine has been advised to remain in Hyderabad while the Kolkata Knight Riders team moved to Bangalore for the Champions League T20 final.

He is said to be awaiting further instructions from the WICB, on whether to join his West Indies team-mates in Mumbai or Kochi or to return home.

“We will have to take that decision in a day or so. I am very disappointed because he is an exciting cricketer,” Lloyd said on Friday, at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, where West Indies played a warm-up game.

“The point is, just like [Muttiah] Muralitharan, because your action is different, doesn’t mean that you are throwing”.

Reports suggest that a decision will be arrived at before Monday when the West Indies squad leaves Mumbai for Kochi, which will host the first ODI.

“We have to take a look at things and assess the situation. We don’t want to make any rash decision as such. We will discuss it,’ said Lloyd.

“The board [WICB] will probably take it from there. We will have to inform the board. We can’t take decisions just like that. They have to be informed.”

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Police Commissioner promises to answer questions raised about his departure

Word has come that Commissioner of  Police, Owen Ellington, will address questions swirling in the public domain about his impending departure from the post and related issues surrounding his tenure. He has made this known through his spokesman, Howard Mitchell. 

Mr Ellington triggered a wave of  questions this week following the surprise announcement on Monday that he was retiring. The reasons offered by the National Security Ministry has not been accepted in some quarters, and speculation has increased significantly about the matter. 

There have been claims that he was forced out, and questions have arisen about his United States visa.
Mr Mitchell told RJR News that all will be revealed at the appropriate time.

“At this time, Mr. Ellington is not at liberty speak to any of these issues that have been raised. In due course, he will,” Mr. Mitchell, an attorney at law, said in response to our query.

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JLP Councillor Smith questions Shaws credibility

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor, Duane Smith, has said that the failure of deputy leader Audley Shaw to register his North East Manchester constituency until late July, should make it very difficult for the party to believe in his credibility as a leader.

Smith, the 31-year-old Councillor for the Chancery Hall division in North West St Andrew, which is represented by his father, the veteran JLP MP Derrick Smith, said that it will be extremely difficult for Shaw to explain why he missed both the March 31 constitutional deadline, and the extended deadline of May 15, and only registered his constituency on July 22.“That is about a month before it became known that he was planning to challenge Andrew Holness for the leadership of the party: What does that say?” Smith asked.He said that after the issue involving three of the party’s four deputy leaders, whose election at last year’s conference was opposed by Everald Warmington in a petition to the Supreme Court in November 2012 seeking an injunction, which almost aborted the annual conference, Shaw should have acted more responsibly in having his constituency meet this year’s deadlines for registration.“That is not how someone who wants to lead by example behaves. It is irresponsible and inexcusable, and I would like to hear his explanation as to why that happened,” Smith said.Smith has shown no reluctance in expressing his support for Holness, since the leadership issue arose in August. He said that he supports Holness because he thinks he represents the future of both the party and the country.“For all practical purposes, I believe that investing in the leadership of Andrew will yield long term benefits for the Jamaica Labour Party. Investing in Shaw will inevitably lead to another potentially unsettling and divisive leadership contest in the near future. The truth is that the party would not have an extended future with Shaw,” he suggested.“Holness is not only 20 years younger than Shaw, he is at least of equal competence and travels with much less baggage to the next general elections,” Smith said.He stated that Shaw’s campaign so far, has only sought to bash Holness on the issue of party organisation, but he noted that Holness has not had two years in the position of leader, while Shaw has been in leadership positions for more than 15 years.“Indeed, the very things of which he complains, would be the responsibilities of the deputy leaders, of which he is one. For him to come now and criticise, is hypocritical and disingenuous. I am not surprised to have learnt that his constituency was not registered in time and possible may not be able to vote for him,” he said.“Conversely, the Leader has always been an institution man for the party, never seeking office in a contentious way, and always seeking to unite and reconcile. I like that about the leader,” Smith said.Smith claimed that Shaw poured scorn on the party’s grassroots supporters who fear that a challenge would split the party in two, by calling them aggressors.He said that Holness has been much more “respectful and embracing” of the grassroots and, in his own style, has explained to them that a challenge is good, and that the party will manage it in such a way that at the end of the day, the party wins.“There is no doubt that the party needs reform, but it cannot reform away from its base. The Leader must be able to face and reason with the base of the party to ensure that they are on board. Change takes time and patience. It cannot be bought. It cannot be artificially imposed,” Smith said.HOLNESS … his leadership will lead to long-term benefits, Smith believesSHAW … said to have missed registration deadlineSMITH … investing in Shaw will inevitably lead to another potentially unsettling and divisive leadership contest in the near future

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Tufton tables questions on recent diaspora conference

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

OPPOSITION spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade, Dr Christopher Tufton, has tabled questions in the Senate seeking information on the benefit of the recent Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay.Among the queries is how many overseas-based participants attended the recently concluded conference, which was held in Montego Bay, St James, from June 16 Additionally, the former minister of agriculture, and minister of industry and commerce under the previous Jamaica Labour Party Administration is seeking answers to:* How many of the attendants were prospective investors, delegates, and other categories of special interest stakeholder group?* What was the cost to the government for staging the event?* What were the main conclusions and specific plans agreed to, coming out of the conference?* What timelines were established for targeted plans and programmes coming out of the decisions arrived at the conference? and* How does the government intend to ensure that these timelines for policies and programmes implementation are kept?The Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is the global forum that connects Jamaicans from all over the world with Jamaicans in the home country.The event seeks to strengthen existing linkages and networks and to build alliances for Jamaica’s development and standing in the world.TUFTON… seeking to find out, among other things, how many people participated in the conference

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