NEW YORK (February 16, 2005) ? The 2007 World Cricket Cup could make the Caribbean's reputation or it could break it, if it is not managed sensibly, warns former Australian Cabinet Minister, The Honorable Tom Roper.

Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo are amongst the players who have been left out of the West Indies squad due to visit Australia in January.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has not paid match fees and sponsorship money to players from as far back as the England tour of the Caribbean, according to information reaching CaribbeanCricket.com.

Brian Lara has warned that the new West Indies coach, Bennett King, will only succeed in revitalising the team if he gets the full backing of the whole Caribbean.

Sir Gary Sobers, widely regarded as cricket?s finest all-rounder, has been named technical consultant to the West Indies team, while Australian Bennett King will become the team?s head coach.

An undefeated 78-run partnership for the seventh wicket between Imran Jan and Richard Kelly saved the day for Trinidad and Tobago as they clinched the regional one-day competition with a six-wicket win over Guyana. In a tense, low-scoring final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, Trinidad needed only 161 for victory, but slumped to 83 for 6 before Jan (54 not out) and Kelly (42 not out) bailed them out.

As widely predicted in the aftermath of victory in the Champions Trophy, Gus Logie's tenure as coach of the West Indies is over. The official announcement said that his contract was terminated early by mutual consent.

A report published yesterday in the Trinidad Guardian states that members of the West Indies cricket team could cash in on a US$630 000 (approximately TT$4 million) bonus.

London: West Indies came back from the dead to scamper home to their first title triumph in more than two decades with a nerve-wracking two-wicket win over England in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy here today.

West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has been cleared of serious injury after being struck in the neck by the ball during his side's seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Champions Trophy semifinal today.