The cricket world is wrapping its arms around shattered English star Ben Stokes, whose devastated reaction to conceding four sixes off the last four balls of the game will be the lasting image of the World T20 final.
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Kolkata: West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels is a clever assassin who waits for the correct moment to attack his prey.
“We had a new manager in this tournament in Rawl Lewis”.
West Indies had a tumultuous build-up to the tournament with the players busy sorting out a contractual dispute with their board just weeks ahead of the start and they did not play a single worldwide T20 in 2016 before arriving in India. The trouble he went to, to get us in this uniform …
“(Grenada’s) Prime Minister (Keith) Mitchell sent a very inspiring email for the team this morning… and I’m yet to hear from our own cricket board.
“We had problems with our contracts”, Bravo added.
The West Indies won their first World T20 title in 2012 with Samuels scoring 78 against Sri Lanka in the final.
They danced the “champion” dance as Dwayne Bravo’s song boomed, while the Windies women’s team joined in as they continued their own celebrations having beaten Australia in the curtain-raiser.
Cameron tweeted: “When is the last time a critic paid one your bills?” “I really want to thank him”. He’s someone who is very immature. We had a lot of issues, we felt disrespected by our board, Mark Nicholas described our team as a team with no brains. “Cricket is a way that unites people in the Caribbean”, concluded Bravo.
“I don’t appreciate the way he continues to talk to about me”, the 35-year-old said.
“All we want is some respect and equal treatment”. “The President would like to however apologise for what could be deemed inappropriate, comments made by the West Indies’ male captain, Darren Sammy in a post-match interview and would like to apologise on behalf of the WICB, to the millions of fans who witnessed (sic), “The President has pledged to enquire the reason and will have the matter addressed”, the statement said”.
“I can only see it getting worse as the board only retaliate with hate and anger and they don’t think of us as mature adults with common sense”.
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The venue will now be known as the Darren Sammy National Cricket Ground, while one of the stands has been named after Windies opener Johnson Charles.
