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 …

Thoughtful captaincy, disciplined bowling, excellent out-cricket and steady, level-headed batting. With those four elements, the Giovonte Depeiza-led West Indies bounced back from defeat with a much-needed second round 7–wicket win over Scotland in the ICC Under-19 World Cup yesterday. Playing in Group D at the Conaree Sports Club, in Basseterre, …

A third batting collapse in as many games saw Kieron Pollard’s West Indies go under to stand-in skipper Paul Stirling’s Ireland by two wickets at a sun-drenched Sabina Park in Jamaica yesterday. The historic 2-1 win in the three-match ODI series catapulted the busy Irish, who have now played 18 …

Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has been appointed as the third member of the Men’s Senior Selection Panel. In an announcement today, Cricket West Indies revealed that the 41-year-old former middle-order batsman will join lead selector Desmond Haynes and head coach Phil Simmons on the Senior Selection Panel and …

Kraigg Brathwaite embarrassed us all in the second innings of the Second Test in Sri Lanka last month but few seemed to notice. The West Indies Test skipper finished with 1/11 in his five overs after ending a troublesome 51-run sixth wicket partnership by having Ramesh Mendis caught by Kemar …

Where, pray, is Monty Desai? And what, pray, does the current West Indies batting coach contribute to regional cricket? I think those are two questions that need urgent answers. But I really don’t know whether—should we decide to direct them to CWI media officer Dario Barthley or through him—they will …

Appointed as lead selector for two years in mid-October 2019, Roger Harper got a two-month extension until the end of the current year. But that’s it! Cricket West Indies today announced that neither the former off-spinner nor Miles Bascombe, the second member of the three-member panel, will have his contract …

Covid-19 has forced the postponement of the ODI half of the West Indies’ 2021 six-match Pakistan tour, six players and three team officials being required to withdraw into quarantine. We know eight names: Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Justin Greaves, assistant coach Roddy Estwick and …

The results of Wired868’s Write Start National Essay Contest are available on schedule today. And the records show that, both in quantity and quality, girls dominated their male counterparts, South entries outstripped entries from North, East and Tobago and the young 11-15 writers were much more prolific than the not-so-young …

Current West Indies coach Phil Simmons is a lucky man. Replying to Sri Lanka’s 386 all out in the First Test in Galle last month, Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies reached a precarious 100 for 6 in their first innings. And then, chasing 348 for victory, they found themselves at a …

Asked to name a West Indies all-time best squad, Lloyd Best, a serious and respected commentator on all things West Indian, selected him first. The role played by the doyen of West Indian cricket writers in the promotion of regional cricket, Best was making the point, was more important than …

There was a time when I would have laughed it off. But the moment the story of Chris Gayle’s latest ‘I ain’t leaving’ tweet came up in my feed, I went to YouTube to listen to Andre Tanker. Smokey Joe play a big-time mas./Purple velvet and shining brass./He went to …