Donald Peters

WICB not bankrupt - Peters

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Donald Peters, yesterday refuted

Resolving the crisis --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008

... ends today at the National Stadium in Guyana, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Donald Peters announced that the long-awaited academy is to be launched on December 15, that 29 players will be placed on retainer contracts and that the first-class Carib Beer Cup is to be expanded to a home-and-away format with at least ten matches a season for each team. These are all...

Tony Cozier on Sunday

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008

... ends today at the National Stadium in Guyana, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Dr Donald Peters announced that the long awaited academy is to be launched on December 15, that 29 players will be placed on retainer contracts and that the first-class Carib Beer Cup is to be expanded to a home-and-away format with at least 10 matches a season for each team. These are all...

Otago clarifies 'racy' cricket slogan

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (CMC): OPTAGO CRICKET chief executive Ross Dykes has contacted officials of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to explain a racy slogan being used to promote the first Test between New Zealand and West Indies in the city next month. Dykes has emailed West Indies team manager, Omar Khan, and Donald Peters, chief executive officer of the WICB, to make clear that no...

• Otago cricket bosses sorry for offensive slogan - New Zealand Herald

Selection mission impossible --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008

... but they are also patently unrealistic and unworkable, if not laughable. Here is the WICB man Donald Peters's take on the issue, as delivered at the opening of the Trinidad and Tobago's High Performance Centre last month: "If you decide that you are an opening batsman, we will expect you to occupy the crease for at least 75 per cent of the time you go to bat and your batting average...

West Indies fail to secure domestic sponsors

Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

"We have held talks with some prospective sponsors and were not able to tie down one for this series. However, we will continue to have discussions with the sponsors and I am sure that we would have one for the tournament next year," Donald Peters, the WICB chief executive, said. "The WICB will carry the tournament alone and it will cost around US$400,000. Normally, when we had sponsors...

WICB confirms ODIs against Pakistan

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): West Indies' Future Tours Programme continues to take shape. The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced that the team will play three one-day internationals against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi next month, but no Tests. The WICB also confirmed that they are considering an invitation from the England & Wales Cricket Board to tour England next summer. Donald Peters,...

Windies ponder England tour

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008

The England and Wales Cricket Board have invited the Windies to play two Test matches and three one-day internationals after scheduled opponents Sri Lanka pulled out as their players were keen to honour individual contracts with the Indian Premier League.WICB chief executive Dr Donald Peters told West Indies' official website: "The WICB have a request to play two Tests and three ODIs...

Windies ponder England tour

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008

The England and Wales Cricket Board have invited the Windies to play two Test matches and three one-day internationals after scheduled opponents Sri Lanka pulled out as their players were keen to honour individual contracts with the Indian Premier League.WICB chief executive Dr Donald Peters told West Indies' official website: "The WICB have a request to play two Tests and three ODIs...

• Windies ponder England tour - Daily Star
• West Indies in line to tour England in 2009 - Cricinfo

West Indies in line to tour England in 2009

Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008

... & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to tour England in 2009 and the matter is under discussion,” while Dr Donald Peters, Chief Executive Officer of the WICB, confirmed that the proposal is for two Test matches and three one-day internationals. “The WICB has a request to play two Tests and three ODIs in England. We are examining all possibilities,” Dr Peters said. “At this stage it...

WICB wants toughers election standards

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) wants to introduce tougher selection standards as it seeks to restore the region's status in international cricket. Delivering the feature address at the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board's distribution of certificate and awards function for graduates of its High Performance Centre on Sunday, the WICB's CEO, Donald Peters,...