Seventeen regional cricketers will line up in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition this season—although almost one-third of them are not in the current West Indies squad. Jamaican bowling allrounder Odean Smith was today drafted by the Punjab Kings, coach Anil Kumble suggesting that he was suitably impressed …
Read More »Khan, Furlonge grumble as T&T Red Force stumble past Jamaica; Guyana and Barbados eke out wins
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force became the first team to win a fixture in the 2022 West Indies Championship, seeing off the Jamaica Scorpions today at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. But, as the Red Force stumbled clumsily over the finishing line, it is anyone’s guess which …
Read More »Ellis, Keshwar and Serrant among seven new call-ups to T&T squad for WCQ opener against Nicaragua
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Kenwyne Jones named seven newcomers in his 22-member squad today as he prepares for the Women Soca Warriors’ opening W Championship qualifier against Nicaragua next Thursday from 3pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. Former national youth defenders Shaunalee Govia and …
Read More »Best: Niggling doubts about Pollard’s future as captain; is he considering calling it a day?
It’s beginning to look a lot like, not Christmas, but ciao for West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard. I have a niggling suspicion that the 34-year-old globetrotting allrounder has had it with the sniping and the pot-shot-taking that never ends in the Caribbean. And with having to repeat, you …
Read More »Phillip peppers Jamaica to leave Red Force just 59 runs shy of opening regional 4-day victory
It is not for nothing that, on Day 3 of their four-day West Indies Championship contest against the Jamaica Scorpions, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force head coach Dave Furlonge and his match analyst, Amit Jadoo, were already peeking at what the next opponents, the Windward Islands Volcanoes, were up to. …
Read More »India hold off Holder in final ODI to complete maiden series sweep over West Indies
Jason Holder’s third multiple-wicket haul in his last eight white ball matches should have earned the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies some World Cup Super League points in the third and final game of the three-match day/night ODI series. But India’s challenging 265 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad again …
Read More »Rajah gets finger out to buoy Red Force, McSween upstages ‘Hetty’, and Springer lashes Leewards
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batsman Isaiah Rajah made light of a finger injury and, arguably some ghosts, remaining unbeaten on 58 (168b, 7 x 4) this evening as the hosts closed Day 2 of the 2022 West Indies Championship on 234 for 6 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy …
Read More »Bryan Charles shines for Red Force at BCL Academy, while Barbados and Windwards start well
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, named after iconic West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago batsman Brian Charles Lara, belonged to 26-year-old off-spinner Bryan Charles today. Confused? So were the Jamaica Scorpions, as Charles finished with 6/48 with the visitors skittled out for 141. Scorpions stars Jermaine Blackwood and …
Read More »Eve on what King brings to Soca Warriors, his new U-20 staff and the return of inter-zone football
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve is excited about the new addition to his technical staff, Derek King, and hopes the pair can rekindle their relative success at National Under-23 level. In 2012, Eve and King got their first international coaching jobs on the same …
Read More »India clinch ODI series as West Indies top-order batsmen collapse around Brooks
With India unsteady on 43 for 3 in the 11th over, the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies looked to have a sniff in the second ODI in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today. But after that, the visitors smelled only leather as Rohit Sharma’s batsmen powered their way to 237 …
Read More »King rejoins Soca Warriors as Eve’s assistant, for fourth job with senior football team
Former Soca Warriors coach Derek King is back with the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team, after he agreed to join head coach Angus Eve’s support staff as an assistant coach and data/match analyst. The TTFA revealed his appointment via a social media post tonight but did not offer …
Read More »Red Force revival: Lawrence sees positive signs in T&T roster for West Indies Championship
“[…] This isn’t just another regional season about to begin for the Red Force, it’s the beginning of a new era. The squad selected is a good one with core players that one can describe as youthfully experienced—young players with enough first-class experience, led by the veteran leg-spinner Imran Khan. …
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