Nicholas Pooran’s white ball West Indies side will go Down Under for this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to be played from 16 October to 13 November. But they will not be the only regional squad in action in Australia in the last quarter of the year. Skipper Kraigg …
Read More »Brathwaite’s ton sees Barbados finish WI Championship in style; Permaul misses 500 wkt landmark
A typically solid, unspectacular century by skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, his third of the season, saw the Barbados Pride to a first innings victory over the bottom-of-the-table Windward Islands Volcanoes at the Diego Martin Sports Complex today. Today, the rain, which effectively ended any major threat from second-placed Leeward Islands Hurricanes …
Read More »Brooks, Mayers help WI top up S/League account; allrounder wants to become permanent opener
A boundary-filled 106-ball Kyle Mayers century followed by a less belligerent, more patient 115-ball Shamarh Brooks effort put Nicholas Pooran’s West Indies in the driver’s seat in the third and final ODI at the VRA Stadium in Amstelveen today. But somebody forgot to send Netherlands openers Vickramjit Singh and Max …
Read More »Carrington: ‘Our intention was not to concede’; game management and outage contributed to loss in Nicaragua
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach Reynold Carrington and captain Marvin Phillip confirmed that the Soca Warriors set out for a draw last night in Managua, as they picked over their 2-1 defeat to Nicaragua in their opening Concacaf Nations League assignment. The Warriors conceded from a …
Read More »Rain permits just 24 combined overs at three venues, as WI Championship nears conclusion
Guyana Harpy Eagles’ prolific opening batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul faced just over 30% of the 140 legal balls delivered on Day Three of the West Indies Four-day Championship today. And is not out on three! As is his custom, Chanderpaul—scorer of 140 (off 434 balls) and 184 (off 425 balls) in …
Read More »Rovman, Shepherd miss Netherlands series due to ‘visa delays’, ready for Pakistan ODIs
Middle-order batsman Rovman Powell and allrounder Romario Shepherd will miss the West Indies’ entire One-day International (ODI) series away to the Netherlands ‘due to visa delays’, according to a press statement from Cricket West Indies (CWI). West Indies lead the three-match series 2-0 and the two teams play their final …
Read More »Pride nearer to successful defence as rain ruins Eagles’ and Hurricanes’ title chances
If the Trinidad and Tobago weather co-operates, current West Indies Regional Four-day Championship champions Barbados Pride should have an easy task to seal their 2022 defence. If, however, the weather does not co-operate, as was the case today, Kraigg Brathwaite’s Pride will walk away as 2022 champions without another ball …
Read More »Haiti announces withdrawal from Concacaf U-20 Championship; T&T get unexpected boost
Trinidad and Tobago’s bid to progress from the group stage of the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship got an unexpected boost yesterday as the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) announced it has withdrawn from the competition. Trinidad and Tobago are scheduled to face Haiti in their opening match on 19 June at …
Read More »India, N/Zealand, Bangladesh in busy Caribbean summer; Imran Khan alters WI’s plans
Thirty days of classy cricket in all three formats from June to August! Two Tests, nine One-day Internationals and 11 T20Is! The Caribbean region is in for a long, hot summer of cricket in 2022 in what CWI CEO Johnny Grave called ‘the busiest year of cricket ever in the …
Read More »‘Bubba’, ‘J-Boy’, Shaheim and Lee earn All-star picks, as NLCL U-19 announces top performers
Cantaro United maestro Nathaniel ‘Bubba’ Perouse, Gasparillo Youths goalkeeper Raheem Lee, Malabar Young Stars forward Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant and free-scoring Soccer Made Simple defender Shaheim O’Brian are among the players whose individual performances will be recognised on Sunday 5 June in the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup All-Star Game. The event …
Read More »Hope hits 11th ODI century as Pooran’s WI beat Netherlands to snap five-match losing streak
Today, under new full-time white ball captain Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies Cricket Team snapped a five-match One-day International losing streak, defeating the Netherlands by seven wickets at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen with 11 balls to spare. The man who produced that extra bit of quality to secure the …
Read More »Joevin, Bateau, Paul named in 28-man T&T squad for Nations League, but no Molino, no Moore
Versatile flanker Joevin Jones, central defender Sheldon Bateau, midfielders Leston Paul and Daniel Phillips and right-back Shannon Gomez are set to make their first national senior team appearances under current Trinidad and Tobago coach Angus Eve. The quintet have all been named in a 28-man squad to start the 2022/23 …
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