“[…] I always had faith in the West Indies, and we turned up the heat just like the good old days. Say what you want, we drew a series against Australia in Australia! “The team deserves credit, praise them when they get it right… What a player, Shamar Joseph, we’ve …
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“[…] Impatience was our downfall… Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul have got to have a long hard look at themselves in the mirror; they’ve got to get their bodies behind the ball or else leave it…” The following Letter to the Editor on the West Indies’ ongoing Test series against …
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Twenty-year-old Grenadian top order batsman Teddy Bishop and 27-year-old Guyanese wicketkeeper-batsman Tevin Imlach are in line to make their One Day International (ODI) debuts, after both were named in the West Indies squad to face Australia. The duo was among five changes ordered by West Indies selectors, with 29-year-old Barbadian …
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The story about Kieron Pollard’s recently signed consultancy contract has not got a lot of traction in the media. But if Bobby is right, it could make a big difference to the outcome of this year’s World Cup. Twelve years ago in 2011, Pollard was offered a retainer contract by …
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West Indies will be without allrounder Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers for their two-Test series against Australia next month, as both players opted “to explore T20 franchise opportunities in January”. Holder, according to Espn Cricinfo, will compete in the International League T20 (ILT20) tournament in UAE next month instead. The …
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Bitter experience is the best teacher. I know. Ever since Jason Holder’s West Indians unaccountably turned the tables on England at Headingley in 2017, I hate the taste of Brylcreem. And yet, here we go: I will eat my hat if Rovman Powell’s West Indies do not emerge victorious in …
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Thirty-four year-old batsman Johnson Charles has been recalled to the West Indies T20 International team for the last two outings of the ongoing five match series against England, which will be staged in Tarouba, Trinidad on Tuesday 19 and Thursday 21 December. Charles, who averages 22.97 from 44 T20Is with …
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“[…] (West Indies lead selector) Desmond Haynes has silenced the critics with this series victory in emphatic fashion. “Keacy Carty has the potential, I now understand why there is that focus on him, same with Alick Athanaze. Their techniques are ideal for top order batters—in this format that is…” The …
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) today confirmed their list of centrally contracted men’s and women’s players for the 2023-24 season, based on “recommendations from the selection panels and approval by the board of directors”. There are 14 men and 15 women on the list, which is drawn up “based on player …
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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has recalled 35-year-old allrounder Andre Russell to the West Indies squad for this month’s five-match T20 International (T20I) series against England. Russell last represented the West Indies during their disastrous showing at the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and the United Arab …
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“People are like animals,” a long-running promo for the two weekly I-Sports programmes asserts, “and sometimes they need to be treated that way on I-Sports.” The Reckless One, who hosts the bi-weekly sessions, has launched a public campaign for us all to boycott this month’s two West Indies versus England …
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As if West Indies cricket does not already have enough problems, what with our failure to qualify for the last two white ball World Cups (20 and 50 overs), we now have the spectre of insularity rearing its ugly head once more. It takes me back to the late 1960s …
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