“Yuh tink is so de ting does work?” Calypso History Month has just begun and the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the biggest party in sport, has just ended. How are they connected? Well, if you know where to look, you can find several through-lines. There’s no Lying …
Read More »Wickham shines on debut but Sri Lanka get past fighting West Indies U19s to stay in the hunt
Down to the wire it went, today’s ICC World Cup Group D decider between Sri Lanka Under-19 and West Indies Under-19 at Conaree Sports Ground in St Kitts. And at the end of it, Dunith Wellalage’s side got to their 251 target with three wickets in hand and ten balls …
Read More »U19 W/C: Auguste cracks 57, but Australia down WI Rising Stars by six wickets
The West Indies Rising Stars began their 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign with a defeat today, going under by six wickets to Australia by six wickets in the tournament opener at Providence in Guyana. West Indies won the toss and chose to bat. But by the sixth over, the …
Read More »CWI coos over ‘balanced’ squad, as West Indies team announced for U-19 Cricket World Cup
Seventeen-year-old left-handed middle-order batsman Ackeem Auguste will lead the West Indies Rising Stars team into the 2022 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup tournament, which will be co-hosted by Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. Auguste was given the distinction on Friday by the …
Read More »Chanderpaul appointed batting consultant for WI U-19s, as junior W/Cup preparations continue
Former West Indies cricket stand-out Shivnarine Chanderpaul will work with the West Indies Under-19 squad as a batting consultant, as the ‘Rising Stars’ continue preparation for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will be hosted in the Caribbean from 4 January. Chanderpaul, who is the most capped player …
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