In the opening 2024 Republic Bank CPL match that seesawed wildly from over to over, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons’ teenager Jewel Andrew and medium-pacer Shamar Springer stole the show. But it was Andre Fletcher’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots who stole a single off the last ball to win by …
Read More »RBCPL24: Will Amazon Warriors do double? Wired868 previews T20 tourney
For years, the Guyana Amazon Warriors were the bridesmaids of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, the 12th edition of which bowls off in Antigua today. But after whipping four-time champions Trinbago Knight Riders in an anti-climactic final at home in 2023, Imran Tahir’s side seem poised to repeat in …
Read More »CPL24: Klaasen ruled out; Kings draft Siefert—plus roster tweaks
South Africa batsman Heinrich Klaasen has been ruled out of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) due to a family emergency, according to a press statement by the CPL today. Klaasen, who helped the Proteas to second place at the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, was due to …
Read More »“He was a free-spirit!” Speyside High mourn murder victim, Lenox Eastman
The Speyside High Secondary football programme was plunged into mourning today as former utility player Lenox Eastman died at the Scarborough General Hospital, after failing to recover from gunshot wounds. The 19-year-old Eastman is Tobago’s 21st murder victim of 2024. Eastman wrote exams in June and got three passes, including …
Read More »T&T U-14s fall just short in 4-3 CFU semifinal loss to French Guiana
Trinidad and Tobago will settle for a place in Sunday’s CFU Boys U-14 Series third place playoff, after a 4-3 loss to French Guiana at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet tonight denied the hosts a chance at the regional trophy. The young Soca Warriors never led and trailed 4-1 …
Read More »Trapped between ICC and deep blue sea; Lloyd lives to see Rudder’s harder tomorrows
“…a divided world that don’t need islands no more…” Can it be that Sir Clive Lloyd does not know fellow OCC awardee David Rudder’s pithy line from his 1988 Rally? Or is it that he simply wishes to ignore it? Or is the problem that Rudder’s 1996 Legacy prediction has …
Read More »CWI announces replacement for Bassarath as VP; and it’s Bassarath!
Cricket West Indies revealed today that it has only one nomination to replace outgoing vice-president Azim Bassarath—and it is none other than Azim Bassarath. The election for the vacant CWI vice-president position is on 20 September 2024. Bassarath’s position was declared vacant by the Guyana High Court on 5 August, …
Read More »“Posh was more than just a supporter; he will be dearly missed…”
“[…] Posh was more than just a supporter; he was a symbol of the passion and pride that unites us all. “His presence at our matches, both at home and abroad, brought inspiration and joy to everyone around him…” The following press statement on the passing of renowned Trinidad and …
Read More »Rowe and Blackman strike as T&T U-14s bounce back with win over SKN
Trinidad and Tobago closed off their group stage campaign tonight with a 2-0 win over Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, as they advanced to the semifinal round of the CFU Boys U-14 Series tournament. The young Soca Warriors, who finished as Group A runners-up, …
Read More »Early Bird: WI last on Test Championship table; is it time for Brathwaite to move on?
After the eminently predictable England whitewash, even the optimists among us expected a miracle turnaround against South Africa. But that Kraigg Brathwaite’s no-hopers contrived to lose the Second Test in Guyana in just nine sessions is hard to take. It is a failure of leadership and raises serious questions about …
Read More »T&T U-14s fall 2-0 to impressive Jamaica in top of the table clash
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 Team tasted defeat for the first time tonight and it would have been a humbling experience. The final score read 2-0 to Jamaica, but that did not tell the whole story. The young Soca Warriors were second best throughout at the Dwight Yorke …
Read More »Bassarath is out as VP; CWI bends to Guyana High Court on flawed election
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) has formally declared its vice-president position as “vacant”, two weeks after the Guyana High Court ruled that Azim Bassarath was elected via a flawed process. Bassarath, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president, was elected unopposed at the CWI’s 24th AGM in Antigua on …
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