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Windies risk red faces at World Cup, says Rousseau Wisden CricInfo staff - October 20, 2001
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) Rousseau said the team was in danger of being underprepared for the tournament -- to be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya -- because of inaction by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The former president, who resigned in June after a power struggle within the WICB, said: "We are 15 months from the World Cup in February 2003." Quoted by Caribbean news agency CANA, he added: "We are opening the tournament with a match against South Africa. At the present rate, we will be underprepared and will embarrass ourselves. "We urgently have to appoint a committee to work with the coach and the selectors to deliver a proposal on how to get the team ready." Rousseau had suggested before his resignation that the WICB should appoint a committee of former players -- including Clive Lloyd, Gordon Greenidge, Richie Richardson and either Desmond Haynes or Michael Holding -- to plan a strategy for the 2003 World Cup. "(But) nothing has been done ... The names suggested include 20 years of World Cup experience," he said. Rousseau, a Jamaican lawyer and businessman, and former vice-president Clarvis Joseph resigned when the WICB chose to overturn a decision to sack team manager Ricky Skerritt. Rousseau appealed to current board president Wes Hall, saying: "We may be a bit late, but we can still be effective."
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