Mark Nicholas apologises to Windies

04 Apr 2016

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Mumbai - English commentator and columnist Mark Nicholas apologised on Monday for suggesting that ICC World Twenty20 champions West Indies lacked cricketing intelligence.

Following the Caribbean side's stunning four-wicket win over England in Sunday's final in Kolkata, a victory sealed when Carlos Brathwaite hit four successive sixes in the last over, victorious West Indies captain Darren Sammy said Nicholas's remarks had riled his side.

"Mark Nicholas described us as a team with no brains," said Sammy in an emotional post-match interview.

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