WI coach a MCC life member

Former West Indies dashing middle order batsman and current coach Augustine Logie will be formally made a lifetime member of the prestigious Marelybone Cricket Club (MCC).

This was revealed by the new regional Test coach at the 47th prize giving ceremony of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) at the Bureau of Standards at Macoya on Saturday night. “Only today I received an e-mail from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) informing me that I have been offered a lifetime membership by the famed MCC,” the pint-size Logie said. “The release further stated that I must reply if I agree to certain conditions. They wanted me to inform as to whether I am prepared to stop playing any First-Class cricket. This is one of the criteria for the post. I immediately replied and told them that I have no interest in playing any  First-Class cricket and will be honoured to be a full-time life member of the MCC,” he said. Logie joked that after witnessing the likes of Keith Arthurton playing in the domestic league he wanted to reply to the MCC and let them know that he would be playing cricket for a while longer.

Logie was appointed coach of the WI team last week after guiding the team to a series win over Sri Lanka. At the beginning of the home series Logie was made assistant coach when the regional Cricket Board (WICB) informed the public that Australian Bennet King was going to assume the role of head coach. When King declined, Logie assumed the position in an acting post for the twin series against the world champions Australia and Sri Lanka. He started off badly against the Australians, losing the first three Tests but was compensated with a world record win in the final Test in Antigua. The West Indies were also able to win three consecutive One-Day Internation-als against the visitors and this propelled them to fourth in the ICC world rankings. The West Indies then lost to Sri Lanka 2-1 in the One-Day Internationals before taking the Test series 1-0.