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Cricket West Indies are on the verge of bankruptcy, so they've shorn down the four day FC season so much that it doesn't make sense any more.

Jamaica will play three consecutive four day games, all against Barbados, starting on April 12, 19 & 26, all at Sabina Park. The other teams will all play their three matches in Antigua, also against the same opposition. The top three will advance to the semi finals, where they'll be joined by the West Indies Academy.

A sad demise of a once glorious FC competition.

Leewards 138 all out

Hamilton 44

Charles 3-9
Pierre 3-34

Trinidad and Tobago 507-5 declared

Jangoo 203*
Hinds 100*
Da Silva 62
Lewis 49

Oshane 3-98

Leewards 98 all out

Greaves 56*

Pierre 4-37

mikesiva wrote:Cricket West Indies are on the verge of bankruptcy, so they've shorn down the four day FC season so much that it doesn't make sense any more.

The thing that angers me about this is the players benefit from a system that they offer no payback to. As Brian Lara said, players use the national team as a stepping stone to big Franchise deals, and then bugger off. T20 cricket is supposed to be a growth business, but its become parasitic. You train the talent, provide the grassroots, and then we steal them paying nothing in compensation for it and all that investment in talent ends up supplementing foreign leagues.

The Franchise system is a mess too. How can the Carribbean's biggest Island not of had a CPL team for 4 years? The owner gave it back citing the fact the government wouldn't pay his bills, but why damn well should it? You can't operate as a private venture and invest to make money, then expect someone to give you a ground for free. He bemoaned the Jamaican government for not seeing the social benefits of paying to have an IPL franchise...... not a great argument when budgets for schools and government infrastructure are where the money is coming from. Thumbs up to Jamaica for putting the priorities of their public over vanity projects like CPL teams.

I think Jamaica are the only country that don't have significant public funding for CPL teams. If CPL teams requires government investment, then CPL teams should belong to the government. You don't get someone else to cover the costs while you keep the ticket money and pocket all the incomings. How did we get to the stage of parasites owning so much stake in our game?

Sadly, there system is so broken across the globe its hard to see where this ends, but no one will care. The BCCI will have its slap bag crap for 2 months a year, the players will make big dosh, the TV gets its grand competitions, and the big three will just play each other.....

Everyone else can get screwed.

Totally agree with everything you said, sussexpob.

Barbados 348 all out

Wickham 153
Mayers 64
Springer 40

Mindley 4-32
Salmon 4-104

Jamaica 342 all out

Carlos Brown 61
Morris 42
Salmon 45
Odean Smith 49*

Warrican 5-71

Barbados 317-8 declared

Wickham 108*
Moseley 65
Kraigg 44
Springer 54

Mindley 3-48

Jamaica 326-3

Campbell 126
McKenzie 135*

Jamaica won by seven wickets.

Windwards 286 all out

Auguste 95
Ryan John 42

Motie 6-73

Guyana 264 all out

Chanderpaul 70
Savory 77

Tyson 5-69
Dember 3-48

Windwards 209 all out

Ambris 107*
Descartes 39

Motie 4-46

Guyana 233-6

Imlach 82
Nandu 58

John 2-48

Guyana won by four wickets.

Leewards 131 all out

Gore 57

Philip 6-38
Seales 3-33

Trinidad and Tobago 175 all out

Goolie 51*

Pitman 6-52
Oshane 3-52

Leewards 140-7

Mikyle Louis 73
Hamilton 41

Seales 7-34

Match abandoned as a draw due to a dangerous pitch.

Windwards 151 all out

John 37

Niall Smith 5-36

Guyana 491 all out

Permaul 82*
Savory 72
Paul 56
Nandu 54

Dember 4-113

Windwards 199 all out

Auguste 91

Motie 5-51
Permaul 4-20

Guyana won by an innings.

Jamaica 457 all out

McKenzie 114
Campbell 96
Glenn 65
Odean Smith 54

Springer 3-99

Barbados 626-8 declared

Kraigg 176
Wickham 105
Mayers 84
Jonathan Drakes 55
Moseley 53

Salmon 4-147

Jamaica 90-4

Campbell 42*

Layne 2-15

Match drawn

Barbados 439 all out

Jonathan Drakes 94
Chase 84
Kraigg 74
Boucher 50

Mindley 3-62
Odean Smith 3-91

Jamaica 142 all out

Campbell 36

Chase 5-28
Joshua Bishop 4-31

Jamaica 286 all out

Odean Smith 73
King 63

Barbados won by an innings.

Trinidad and Tobago 522-9 declared

Da Silva 220
Jangoo 83
Jason Muhammed 47
Hinds 44

Gore 4-86

Leewards 345 all out

Hamilton 121
Gore 90

Philip 4-92
Hinds 3-49

Leewards 467-7

Carty 147
Greaves 122
Cornwall 66*
Hamilton 50*

Philip 4-89

Match drawn

Guyana 242 all out

Chanderpaul 69
Paul 64

Ryan John 4-78
Cyrus 3-29

Windwards 223 all out

Hodge 74
Athanaze 50*

Motie 4-52

Guyana 299 all out

Chanderpaul 117
Motie 53

Ryan John 3-58
Dember 3-52

Windwards 225 all out

Athanaze 64

Motie 4-82
Permaul 3-41

Guyana won by 93 runs.

ARG

Semi final one

West Indies Academy 485 all out

Rivaldo Clarke 180
Goodridge 123
Mbeki Joseph 60
Dindyal 45

Permaul 3-113
Looknauth 3-86

Guyana 663 all out

Nandu 237
Van Lange 133
Looknauth 77
Chanderpaul 59

Motara 6-202

WI Academy 157 all out

Dindyal 41

Looknauth 6-36

Guyana won by an innings.

Coolidge

Semi final two

Trinidad and Tobago 333 all out

Cooper 93
Da Silva 70
Hinds 51
Jangoo 41

Springer 3-40

Barbados 296 all out

Joshua Bishop 99*
Boucher 80
Springer 51

Philip 4-63
Hinds 3-57

Trinidad and Tobago 280 all out

Cooper 103
Pierre 64

Bishop 6-87
Chase 3-67

Barbados 177 all out

Moseley 39

Pierre 5-54
Charles 4-62

Trinidad and Tobago won by 140 runs.

North Sound

Final

Trinidad and Tobago 260 all out

Seales 70*
Pierre 40

Paul 3-28
Niall Smith 3-51

Guyana 247 all out

Van Lange 51
Paul 49

Seales 4-58
Hinds 3-46

Trinidad and Tobago 267 all out

Lewis 122
Jangoo 48

Permaul 4-14
Paul 3-47

Guyana 139 all out

Anderson 41

Hinds 3-20
Seales 3-39

Trinidad and Tobago won by 141 runs.