High participation costs and a lack of adequate sponsorship has forced majority of countries within the Leeward Islands to opt out of taking part in a number of competitions put on by Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA).

The president of West Indies Players Association (WIPA), Dinanath Ramnarine, has denied claims that his association had given approval for the third Test in the pending Digicel Home Series between West Indies and Australia to be moved to Dominica.

Former West Indies Under-19 cricketer, Zorol Barthley, has suggested that the president of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA), Gregory Shillingford, does not have the organisation’s best interest at heart.

President of Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) Gregory Shillingford has blamed a lack of experience for the poor showings of the sub-regional squad in the WICB Four Day Cricket Competition.

President of Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICA) Gregory Shillingford said the regional body will withhold passing judgment on Nevisian and regional cricketer, Tonito Willett, who is facing drug related charges in the Trinidad courts.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), in conjunction with telecommunications giants Digicel, launched the Antigua leg of their Grassroots Cricket Programme here at the historic Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG) on Thursday.