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Sir Vivian Richards Stadium set for March return

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium set for March return

The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua is expected to be fit again for international cricket in March 2010

18-Jan-2010•Cricinfo staff

Bureaucracy to blame for Antigua fiasco - Lewis

Bureaucracy to blame for Antigua fiasco - Lewis

The president of the local cricket board pointing a finger at government officials who he claims kept "the people with the institutional knowledge of cricket" out of the operations at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

22-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

ICC to probe Antigua fiasco

ICC to probe Antigua fiasco

The ICC will address the fiasco of last week's abandoned Test at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium when its chief executives meet in South Africa next week

20-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

Crucial inspections never took place

Crucial inspections never took place

A crucial inspection of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium prior to West Indies' Test against Australia in June 2008, and again before the abandoned Test on Friday against England, never took place according to an anonymous WICB source

14-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

No more cricket at sandy stadium - WICB

No more cricket at sandy stadium - WICB

Donald Peters, the chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has said that his board are not prepared to "take the risk" of ever playing at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium again, 24 hours after the second Test between West Indies and Engla

14-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

'Ashamed' Holding slams lack of responsibility

'Ashamed' Holding slams lack of responsibility

Michael Holding has slammed the lack of responsibility in West Indies cricket as the region comes to terms with yesterday's sensational abandonment of the second Test against England at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua

14-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

All eyes on Recreation Ground after second Test abandonment

All eyes on Recreation Ground after second Test abandonment

After the sensational abandonment of the second Test between West Indies and England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the two teams will meet again on the island for the third Test on Sunday at the old Antigua Recreation Ground

13-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

'The game should never have been allowed to start'

'The game should never have been allowed to start'

An column on caribbeancricket.com by someone closely involved with the building of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium has lifted the lid on the extent of the problems at the ground, as well as suggesting that this was a farce that was waiting to happen

13-Feb-2009•Martin Williamson

Pitch concerns were voiced before match

Pitch concerns were voiced before match

Before the second Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was suspended after just 10 balls, both West Indies and England had voiced major concerns about the state of the outfield

13-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Antigua

England keen to play at ARG

England keen to play at ARG

England have expressed a willingness to relocate the second Test to Antigua's old venue, the Recreation Ground in St John's, after the first day of the match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound was abandoned

13-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

Test abandoned after sandpit farce

Test abandoned after sandpit farce

Play has sensationally been abandoned for the day after only ten deliveries of the second Test between England and West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in Antigua

13-Feb-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Gayle seeks continuation of momentum

Gayle seeks continuation of momentum

One side is trying to build on an unexpected surge of momentum and the other is trying to recover from humiliating defeat. The West Indies and England camps contain vastly different emotions at the moment

12-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Antigua

Beach of a pitch adds to England's worries

Beach of a pitch adds to England's worries

Andrew McGlashan on the sandy outfield that has England worried ahead of the second Test in Antigua

12-Feb-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Antigua

Regrouping after the rout

Regrouping after the rout

Andrew Miller previews the second Test between West Indies and England in Antigua

12-Feb-2009•Andrew Miller

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