WICB Media Release.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board gathered for a regularly-scheduled, quarterly meeting of its Directors yesterday and today at the Accra Beach Hotel here.
The following decisions were taken:
Future Tours Programme
The West Indies team will take part in a three-nation series with Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Zimbabwe. This will take place in mid-August/September this year. Further details will be disclosed later.
Franchise Coaching and Physiotherapist Support Staff – Level of Qualifications
The Directors have approved a recommendation for minimum qualification standards for WICB Professional Cricket League franchise coaches and physiotherapists.
Franchise coaches must hold (at a minimum) Level 2 certification to be qualified to Level 3 within three months of appointment. The franchise coaches should be professionally qualified and competent to support the franchise players with the technical, mental and physical skills to improve their games and, by extension, that of the team and West Indies cricket system.
Franchise physiotherapists must be qualified with a Masters in Sports Medicine Physiotherapy, if this not available, then a physiotherapist experienced in cricket, then in sports to ensure the highest quality of medical support for our players
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board gathered for a regularly-scheduled, quarterly meeting of its Directors yesterday and today at the Accra Beach Hotel here.
The following decisions were taken:
Future Tours Programme
The West Indies team will take part in a three-nation series with Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Zimbabwe. This will take place in mid-August/September this year. Further details will be disclosed later.
Franchise Coaching and Physiotherapist Support Staff – Level of Qualifications
The Directors have approved a recommendation for minimum qualification standards for WICB Professional Cricket League franchise coaches and physiotherapists.
Franchise coaches must hold (at a minimum) Level 2 certification to be qualified to Level 3 within three months of appointment. The franchise coaches should be professionally qualified and competent to support the franchise players with the technical, mental and physical skills to improve their games and, by extension, that of the team and West Indies cricket system.
Franchise physiotherapists must be qualified with a Masters in Sports Medicine Physiotherapy, if this not available, then a physiotherapist experienced in cricket, then in sports to ensure the highest quality of medical support for our players