Trinidad and Tobago international cricket star Dwayne “DJ” Bravo has called time on his West Indies career, after 14 years with the regional team. Bravo announced his retirement from all formats of the international game tonight, via a press statement. One of the world’s most sought after T20 all-rounders, the …
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One of the new darlings of Trinidad and Tobago cricket, left-arm spinner Khary Pierre, is hoping to leave an indelible mark on West Indies cricket, a mark far greater than his exploits in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) competition to date. In the last two Hero CPL seasons, 27 year-old …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review (Pt 2); TKR skipper Bravo shoots from the hip
Imagine this… Trinbago Knight Riders captain Dwayne Bravo concludes an imaginary press conference, as columnist Earl Best wraps up the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with the second and final part of a fictional exchange: Wired868: I watched the replay of the all-important game against the Warriors on the last …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review; DJB locks horns with the cricketing media
Who loves the spotlight more than internationally renowned cricketer-cum-entertainer with a growing reputation, Trinbago Knight Riders skipper Dwayne Bravo? And, after his team secured a historic second successive CPL title at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy last Sunday, DJB was in his element, the toast of Tarouba. However, the media …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): DJ Bravo on TKR family, GAW rivalry, and the West Indies
Trinbago Knight Riders captain and international T20 star Dwayne “DJ” Bravo talks to Wired868 about leadership, the TKR family, turning the tables on the Guyana Amazon Warriors and his target of a West Indies’ 2019 World Cup team spot: More from Wired868 Six-hitting Pooran likened to Universe Boss; will CWI …
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West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara declares what went wrong for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL final, the Trinbago Knight Riders’ best assets and how the repeat Caribbean T20 champions can get even stronger: More from Wired868 Six-hitting Pooran likened to Universe Boss; will CWI take chain-up? Former …
Read More »CPL 18: Don’t diss the flag! DJ Bravo has last laugh, as TKR beat GAW for historic title
Don’t diss the Trinidad and Tobago flag! Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) captain Dwayne “DJ” Bravo suggested that a video of two female Guyanese fans trampling on a T&T flag was extra motivation for his troops last night, as they defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) by eight wickets to storm …
Read More »CPL 18: Trinis to throng Tarouba to see triumphant TKR trounce Warriors
The biggest party in sport came back to the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba on Friday and the Trinis were in their glee. Chris Gayle’s STKNP were bidding to become the St Kitts and Nevis Party Poopers, thus confirming recent whispers by a little voice to the effect that, for …
Read More »CPL 18: TKR Kingdom come?! Knight Riders book place in Sunday’s final after downing SKNP
Trinbago Knight Riders will be back in Tarouba on Sunday to defend their CPL title after Fawad Ahmed’s spin heroics of three for 13 sent the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots out of the tournament last night at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. Once again, TKR did it …
Read More »Media Monitor: Twelve hard questions for TKR captain DJ Bravo—with Best answers
The Wired868 management felt that, in the run-up to Trinbago Knight Riders’ second qualifier against Chris Gayle’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, it would be a good idea to actually get inside the head of TKR captain Dwayne Bravo. But old habits die hard. I was busy, time was short …
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The time to be in front, every athlete knows, is at the end. And if, come Sunday evening, Trinbago Knight Riders are not at the front of the race for the 2018 CPL title, their fans will probably feel justified in pointing fingers at their skipper, Dwayne Bravo. “Bravo the …
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One day fuh police, the old people tell us, and one day fuh tief. With Trinbago Knight Riders now carded to take on—for the third time in the space of a week—the Guyana Amazon Warriors in tomorrow’s first qualifier in Providence, what I think interests the fans is whose way …
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