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The good news is that there will definitely be a Caribbean team at the 2026 Fifa World Cup. And Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke could feasibly book his team’s place there without having to defeat a single team from outside the region. The bad …

(Part 42.) “West Indies surely now cannot win!” Television commentator and former Australian captain and leg-spinner Richie Benaud’s crisp, precise tone had pronounced on the West Indies’ fate against Pakistan at the 1975 World Cup. Keith Boyce had just dragged a delivery from seamer Naseer Malik onto his stumps to …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke has added Defence Force defender Justin ‘Shiggy’ Garcia to his 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup squad. Garcia, 29, replaces 28-year-old Montego Bay United defender Josiah Trimmingham who sustained a knee injury during the warm-up before Tuesday night’s World Cup qualifier …

(Part 41.) Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts save the day. With 10 days to go to the 50th anniversary of the West Indies victory over Australia in the 1975 World Cup final at Lord’s, Tony Cozier reports on the Caribbean side’s second Group B match against Pakistan in Birmingham, which was carried …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team are through to the third and final Concacaf World Cup qualifying round, despite falling 2-1 to Costa Rica last night in a tense affair at the Estadio Nacional in San José. The month of June was always going to reveal much about …

West Indies One-Day International (ODI) vice-captain Brandon King is in line for his Test debut against Australia, after the 30-year-old Jamaican batsman was named in a 16-man squad to face Australia in a three match Test series in the Caribbean. King is one of eight changes to the West Indies …

(Part 40.) Competing views “This one-day cricket is crap!” That was the view of Stephen Hearst. Who was (he passed away in 2010) Stephen Hearst, you ask? Well, at the time of the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England, he held the title of Controller on Radio 3 of the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach, Dwight Yorke, was asked to talk about two players at yesterday’s pre-game press conference in San José, Costa Rica, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup qualifier between the two nations. The first was iconic Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor …

Trinidad and Tobago cricket star Nicholas Pooran has retired from the international game at the relatively tender age of 29. Pooran, who recently declined an invitation to represent the West Indies in a T20 series against England and Ireland, said he thought “long and hard” about his decision, but did …

(Part 39.) Winning starts for Aussies and Kiwis. They may be neighbours and both former British colonies in the Southern Hemisphere, but there is a world of difference between Australia and New Zealand; on and off the field of play. Brash and confrontational to the point of being obnoxious at …

On the day the 1975 Cricket World Cup got underway in England, the West Indies’ demolition of Sri Lanka by nine wickets with almost 40 overs to spare in Manchester was not the only no-contest of the four matches being played simultaneously. At Lord’s, in front of a near full-house, …

(Part 37.) West Indies too professional. With 14 days to go to the 50th anniversary of the West Indies victory over Australia in the 1975 World Cup final, Tony Cozier reports on the Caribbean side’s opening match of the tournament against Sri Lanka, which was carried originally in his celebratory …