Cricket

“[…] Is this just another day in the office? Do you guys not have standards—pride in yourselves, and pride in West Indies cricket? “As a West Indian, I will NEVER forget that score…” The following Letter to the Editor, in the wake of West Indies being bowled out for 27 …

“[…] Progress is rarely straightforward… We have already seen encouraging signs, particularly with the ball… Now is the time to stand even closer as a people. “As an immediate step, I have advised the chair of the Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee to convene an emergency meeting to review the …

Cricket connoisseurs had little doubt. If, in the last 15 years,  anybody was going to break Brian Lara’s 400 not out highest individual innings record, the hero would be one of five players. Who are the Fab Five? The first two are Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, …

A disciplined bowling attack reaped dividends for the Sangre Grande Hindu Primary School on Monday morning as they cruised past Cunaripo Presbyterian School with 17 balls to spare at the North Oropouche Recreation Ground in the North-Eastern District final of the Republic Bank Five For Fun cricket competition. Sangre Grande …

Boasting the most feared and most formidable bowling foursome in contemporary world cricket, Australia need no assistance to best Roston Chase’s now-struggling-to-find-their-feet West Indies. In the first match of the three-Test series, they won by 159 runs in Barbados last week, and they seemed to get it anyway. From an …

A disciplined bowling attack proved decisive in the St George final of the inaugural Republic Bank-sponsored RBL Five For Fun cricket competition, as Bamboo Settlement Government Primary School defended a batting score of 53 runs from five overs (and a total of 111 inclusive of bonus points) to hold off …

(Part 51.) Lloyd’s crowning glory. West Indies cricket has enjoyed many moments of celebration, but few match lifting the trophy at the first Men’s Cricket World Cup—50 years ago today, 21 June 1975. For the final time and for the final edition of this 51-day series, here’s Tony Cozier’s match …

(Part 50.) Judge by numbers. After exactly seven weeks of counting down, here we are: one day to go to the 50th anniversary of the West Indies victory over Australia in the inaugural Men’s Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s. Ahead of the grand occasion—and it gets grander and more …

(Part 49.) Gary Gilmour’s day. While the West Indies were breezing past New Zealand at The Oval in London in one semi-final, a relative newcomer to the Australian side had a day to remember up at Headingley in Leeds, as Ian Chappell’s men overcame their old rivals, England, to book …

(Part 48.) West Indies too good. With just three days to go to the 50th anniversary of the West Indies triumph in the 1975 Cricket World Cup final, we focus now on the semi-final contest between the tournament favourites from the Caribbean and the perennial overachievers from way Down Under, …

(Part 47.) When Guyana hailed its conquering hero It has taken the imminent occasion of the 50th anniversary of the West Indies victory over Australia in the 1975 World Cup final at Lord’s for the game’s regional administration to finally recognise that historic triumph in a manner deserving of the …

(Part 46.) Getting inside the numbers. At the last men’s 50-overs-per-side Cricket World Cup in 2023, Australia’s vanquishing of previously unbeaten hosts India and their ruining of the anticipated victory party at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad earned them a champions’ purse of US$4 million. Compare that to the …