WALSH_TAKES_OVER_07MAR1996

Walsh Takes Over From Richardson

BRIDGETOWN - Courtney Walsh will captain the West Indies cricket team when New Zealand tour the Caribbean later this month the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) confirmed here Tuesday.

The announcement followed the decision by Richie Richardson to retire from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. Richardson was urged to resign following the West Indies humiliating World Cup defeat to Kenya last week.

Pace bowler Walsh, 33, captained the West Indies in India in 1994, in New Zealand the following year and in the 1995 `one-day` series against Australia in the Caribbean while Richardson was nursing a shoulder injury.

The WICBC, meeting here Tuesday, also announced that former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd would be team-coach, replacing Andy Roberts, while banker Tony Marshall, a member of the WICBC, has been appointed to replace Wes Hall.

Richardson said of his decision to quit: "I had made up my mind at the end of the UK tour last summer that I would retire at the end of the World Cup. I informed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control several days ago.``

He scored an unbeaten 93 to steer West Indies to victory over favourites Australia on Monday and virtually guarantee West Indies a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

Richardson, 34, made his Test debut in India in 1983 and took over the captaincy when Viv Richards stepped down in 1991.

Source:: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)