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    "title": "Jimmy Adams new director of West Indies cricket, Pybus steps down",
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    "editor1": "<p>Port of Spain (Trinidad), Dec 14 (CRICKETNMORE): Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams has been named the new director by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), according to regional media reports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Adams, who represented West Indies as a player and captain during his career, replaces Englishman Richard Pybus who did not seek to renew his contract, CMC quoted the Trinidad Guardian as reporting on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Reports also said Australian Stuart Law has been appointed as the new head coach to fill the position left vacant by Phil Simmons who was fired in September.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The decision to fill the two positions were reportedly taken at the weekend at the WICB&#39;s final quarterly meeting which took place in St Maarten.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jamaican Adams resigned as head coach of English county side Kent earlier this year after serving five seasons between 2012 and October 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pybus is expected to remain for a while to ease Adams into the position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Law, 48, is the former coach of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who played one Test and 54 One-Day Internationals for Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>His first assignment will be to lead the regional team in February when England visits the Caribbean for a series of three ODIs.<\/p>\r\n",
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