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In the lead-up to the First Test which ended at Lord’s last week, Brian Lara, a master of timing, reaffirmed his long-held position on the possibilities for West Indies cricket. “I still believe we have some of the best talents in the world,” the Guardian reports him as saying, “but …

West Indies allrounder Kyle Mayers was the first pick of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) player draft, as teams completed their business and confirmed their T20 squads for the upcoming season. Mayers, who represented the Barbados Royals last season, will suit up for the Saint Kitts and …

“[…] Mikyle Louis, you must bat deep into the innings; always go back to square one after a restart. Alick Athanaze, Kirk McKenzie and Kavem Hodge, get to the pitch of the ball, play the ball under the eyes, keep it on the ground. “[…] The bowling unit never disappoints …

Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) club owner Michael De Four passed away at the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital, where he was warded for the past few days. Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards confirmed De Four’s death via a press …

There can be no doubt that eventual winners India deserved to have the lion’s share of the places on the T20WC24 Team of the Year. With a twelfth man included, India’s six picks represent exactly half of the places. But if we take away the capital letters and reference the …

Versatile 18-year-old flanker Rio Cardines will aim to end Trinidad and Tobago’s decade-long absence from the England Premier League in the not-so-distant future, after the teenager agreed professional teams with Crystal Palace today. The Premier Division club confirmed that Cardines, who joined the Palace Under-16 team in 2022, is now …

They choked! Again! At the last hurdle, just the wrong time! At just the right time, struggling star batsman Virat Kohli found his form to help 2007 Champions India sneak past South Africa by seven runs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. The former skipper’s carefully constructed 76 (59 …

Both of the semi-final matches in this T20 World Cup were demolitions. The match between Afghanistan and South Africa was actually painful to watch. Even if you supported the SA team, from a sporting perspective, it is unpleasant to look at that kind of devastation—like schoolchildren being trounced by adults. …

A measured third-wicket partnership of 73 between skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav put India in the driver’s seat in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Providence, Guyana today. On a track where the bounce remained low throughout, the pair got India to a just-above-par score of 171—a sub-par England …

Riding high after qualifying for their first ever World Cup semi-final, Afghanistan were yesterday brought very low—56 all out—by South Africa. At the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba, Aiden Markram’s men reached their target for the loss of just one wicket to book a place in a World Cup final …

Bobby did not know that Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka would fall at the first hurdle. But he knew that WI would not go beyond the Super Eight—“if they get that far”. He’s been saying it for weeks. And he knew Nicholas Pooran would not deliver when it mattered; …

West Indies are out of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. On a night interrupted by showers in Antigua, it was the self-titled Rainbow Nation that shone in the end as South Africa emerged with a three-wicket win—with five balls to spare. Allrounder Roston Chase starred with bat and ball …