Cricket: Help for Windies.THE crisis surrounding the West Indies Test series in South Africa took a new twist last night when it emerged that a sponsor had been found. A deal has been struck by former South African wicketkeeper wick·et·keep·er n. The cricket player positioned immediately behind the wicket in play. wicketkeeper Noun Cricket the fielder positioned directly behind the wicket David Richardson, who was approached by the West Indies Cricket Board The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies). . Richardson, a qualified lawyer, now has the only sports marketing company, ESPM ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing ESPM Extended System Parameters Message ESPM Electrical Standard Practices Manual ESPM End Strength Projection Model , based in Johannesburg. He told South African cricket supremo su·pre·mo n. pl. su·pre·mos Chiefly British One who is highest in authority or command, as of an organization. [Spanish and Italian, supreme, supremo, from Latin Dr Ali Bacher that the deal had been done on Friday. Speaking at the Heathrow Hotel, where negotiations between the WICB WICB West Indies Cricket Board and the striking players were still continuing after four hours, Dr Bacher said: "The players don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about it yet but I expect they will be told during negotiations." In South Africa, Richardson said that his firm had been appointed by the WICB to help raise sponsorship long before the current dispute began. He stressed that the deal had nothing to do with the United Cricket Board of South Africa. He said: "This has nothing to do with them. The sponsors will be a West Indian Board sponsor. The fact that it is a South African company and the money is coming out of South Africa is not really the point." But Richardson strongly hinted that sacked team captain Brian Lara and vice-captain Carl Hooper would be vital to the deal and would have to be reinstated. Dr Bacher is still confident that the tour would start on time tomorrow. |
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