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The National League Representatives (NLR) group, which is acting on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricket star Sunil Narine, has set a Wednesday March 9 deadline for a meeting with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) before it recommends legal action. NLR, in a letter to …

The following is the full response from the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), published on its website, after accusations from cricket star Sunil Narine that the local board is trying to destroy his career. The TTCB response does not address the call by the National League Representatives (NLR) for …

The National League Representatives (NLR) has requested an “urgent” meeting with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, over an email sent from TTCB president Azim Bassarath’s account, which, according to the NLR, appeared to be a personal attack on West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricket star, Sunil Narine. The …

The following is a statement by West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricket star Sunil Narine, which is in response to an unflattering email—allegedly sent by Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath—about his bowling action and shared with Wired868 by I95.5FM journalist, Andre Baptiste: I am Sunil …

Trinidad and Tobago cricket stars Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard have both officially pulled out of the West Indies T20 squad and will not participate in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, which runs from March to April in India. Pollard, a gifted all-rounder, withdrew, according to a West Indies Cricket …

As Jason Holder and Kemar Roach battled manfully to stave off defeat on Friday evening, a friend of mine sent me a sarcastic text. “No chance of West Indies winning,” it read, “but not a soul has left the stadium. My, my! The excitement of playing for a draw.” Almost …

New Zealand cricket team coach Mike Hesson has revealed his team’s alternative viewpoint on cricketers arriving late from the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the “Kiwis” start their Test series against the West Indies today. The West Indies is without star spinner Sunil Narine after the Trinidadian was excluded by …

India yesterday breathed new life into the Celkon Mobile Tri-series with a convincing 102-run Duckworth/Lewis victory over the West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval. Asked to get a challenging revised total of 274 in 39 overs in response to India’s imposing 311 for 7 off 50, Dwayne Bravo’s side …

Not for nothing were West Indian teams prior to Kerry Packer’s crucial intervention in the late 1970’s ritually called “Calypso Cricketers.” Sparrow’s “Slave” contains a line that perhaps epitomizes the regional attitude to the game. In that classic tune, the Calypso King of the World as first person narrator describes …

Two characteristics noticeable in the legendary cricket teams of the post-World War II era were depth and the predominance of one territory in each nation, which usually became the core of their first XI. The first great West Indies team from 1963-68 had a strong Barbadian influence and was captained …

In Charlie’s Angels, an American television series later adapted into a movie, three attractive private investigators work for a boss that they never met and who gives instructions through speaker phone. It is tempting to believe that the West Indies cricket team shares a similar relationship with its selection committee, …