“[…] No matter how poorly the [West Indies] teams play, there are no consequences for the regional boards because they operate under the CWI. The CWI is basically a sponge they created to absorb the repercussions of their own ineptitude and incompetence at the territorial level. “Is it CWI president …
Read More »CWI gives Academy coach, Coley, interim WI post for Zimbabwe, S/Africa tours
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) today appointed CWI Academy head coach Andre Coley as interim head coach of the West Indies men’s team for next year’s trips to Zimbabwe and South Africa. Coley, who assisted outgoing coach Phil Simmons during the 2016 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, spent much of …
Read More »“This is not me giving up…” Pooran quits as WI captain after 9 wins and 21 defeats
West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has stepped down as white ball captain, in the wake of the team’s humiliating group stage exit from the ICC Men’s T20 2022 World Cup tournament. Pooran took up the reins on 3 May 2022, after compatriot Kieron Pollard’s sudden resignation as leader. However, West …
Read More »Lara on three-man CWI committee to conduct “comprehensive review” of WI’s T20 exit
West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara will sit on a three-man committee mandated to “conduct a comprehensive review” of the West Indies’ humiliating group stage exit from the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced today that its: “ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Review Group …
Read More »Dr Rowley: West Indies must find necessary skills within ourselves to halt cricket slide
“[…] What is it about us that after demonstrating our superior playing skills in these colonial and post-colonial islands we cannot now find it within our populations, the business, coaching and management skills to halt the decline of an activity where we dominated the world for a record-breaking almost two …
Read More »CWI announces Simmons’ departure, days after Skerritt vowed “solutions will be found”
West Indies coach Phil Simmons appears set to pay the price for his team’s shambolic exit from the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, as the Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced his impending exit today. Simmons, according to a CWI release, “will be stepping down from his role as head …
Read More »Adams: We won’t compromise team’s ability to prepare! WI drop Hetmyer after two missed flights
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has cut talented batsman Shimron Hetmyer from its ICC T20 World Cup team, after the 25-year-old cricketer’s apparent reluctance to board a flight to Australia. Hetmyer, according to a CWI press release, missed two flights to Australia and wore out the patience of …
Read More »Saluting Sir Garry Sobers—Post-script: Have WI given the legend his just deserts?
“Did I entertain?” Garry St Aubrun Sobers never asked his fans that question. The answer would indisputably have been an emphatic, unanimous, unqualified yes. Those three words actually came out of the mouth of Brian Charles Lara at the end of a stellar 18-year career. Sobers, a West Indian sporting …
Read More »Dear Editor: Is CWI conceding home advantage by selecting pitches to suit visiting cricket teams?
“[…] I had zero issue with the pitch in Guyana. My main problem is when we choose to play there. “We can’t put sub-continent teams to play on pitches that are slow, low, and spin-friendly, as that is playing right into their hands. They play on those pitches every day …
Read More »CWI announces contracted regional cricketers for 2022-23
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced the contracted 15-man squads for the next calendar year, after last Friday’s Professional Cricketers Draft—which took place over two rounds via a video-call with representatives from all six territorial board franchises. The Windward Islands Volcanoes selected the Barbados pair of allrounder Justin Greaves and …
Read More »CWI bids farewell to ‘a quintessential WI cricketer’; Thursday send-off for David Holford
Cricket West Indies and West Indies cricket will this week say their last goodbyes to a former Test player who has served the game in the region for many years in several different capacities. David Holford, the former West Indies allrounder who passed away on Monday in his native Barbados …
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 …
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