Cricket

“No pressure on our team, the pressure is on their team. They haven’t won anything in a while and the pressure is there with them.” Trinbago Knight Riders captain Dwayne Bravo threw down the gauntlet to his countryman and new St Lucia Stars captain Kieron Pollard on the eve of …

The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) announced today that it will remain in the Trinbago Knight Riders’ camp, as the local cricket franchise chase history in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T/20 competition. TKR are the defending CPL champions and the joint most successful team in the history of …

Crackers about the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket competition? Dixee Crackers were unveiled today as the official biscuit sponsor of the 2018 Hero CPL tournament, as the region gets ready for the sixth edition of the annual six week tournament. The 2018 CPL season bowls off at the Queen’s Park …

“It must be noted that since his appointment as Chairman in May 2017, Dinanath Ramnarine has declared, in writing, his relationship with the TTCB. “[…] Further, on all matters concerning the TTCB, he recuses himself completely from the Board meetings, which is duly recorded in the minutes.” The following media …

The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) feels it is being “singularly targeted” by the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT), where the Chairman of the Board, Dinanath Ramnarine, is an official who is at loggerheads with the Executive of the governing body for local cricket. The TTCB is …

It is in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that we learn that the evil that men do lives after them but the good is oft interred with their bones. Far be it from me to gainsay the bard but I note without surprise that an “oft” is carefully inserted in his statement …

“One seta friggin tief!” Amen, brother! More than 15 years ago in July 2001, Valentino Singh, former QRC cricket captain and later Guardian sports editor, headlined his regular Thinking Things Out column, “Best ‘cheats’ will continue to rule.” The “cheats” referred to were the Australian Test cricketers who, according to …

The following is the second part of the text of a speech delivered by Charles Wilkin on the occasion of the launch of the latest book by Professor Hilary Beckles towards the end of last year. The book carries the title “Cricket Without a Cause—Fall and Rise of the Mighty …

“As far as I can tell there are not many other people working effectively to [restore the soul of West Indies cricket and point the way forward] as the political directorate is missing in action and the current board charged with responsibility for our cricket is a waste of time …

Trinidad and Tobago will host the next three finals of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket competition after the government agreed to spend TT$20 million (US$3 million) for that right. The 2018 season is scheduled to run from 8 August to 16 September. The government, according to a Ministry of …

“The Physical Education curriculum, based at the Learning Resource Centre in McBean, Couva, has been headed by a woman and staffed heavily by women, generally trained teachers with years of experience teaching in schools. They are largely responsible for making Physical Education an examinable CXC subject and efforts to have …