ST. JOHN’S, Antigua:
At a Board of Directors meeting earlier today at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua, Cricket West Indies (CWI) appointed Miles Bascombe as the new Director of Cricket, on a three-year contract. Bascombe will take over from Jimmy Adams, who had been in the role for the past six years.
Bascombe, 37, played one T20 International for the West Indies in 2011 and played first-class cricket between 2007 and 2017, for both the Windward Islands and the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and is a certified coach.
Bascombe, who was a CWI men’s selector between 2019 and 2021, has been the Technical Director at the Windward Islands Cricket Board over the last two years.
CWI High Performance Manager, Graeme West will act as the interim Director of Cricket until Bascombe takes up his new role on August 1.