Cricket

Wicketkeeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva will lead the West Indies ‘A’ Team into two four-day and three 50 over matches against the Bangladesh ‘A’ Team at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia from 4 to 20 August.  The squads, which will be coached by Andre Coley, include a combination …

Twenty-six centuries and 30 half-centuries.  That, according to the official record, is what the legendary left-handed batsman Garfield St Aubrun Sobers has produced for West Indies. But in Sobers’ mind, his record of achievement with the bat is seven 100s and nine 50s, less than half of what the record …

“Did I entertain?” Garry St Aubrun Sobers never asked his fans that question. The answer would indisputably have been an emphatic, unanimous, unqualified yes. Those three words actually came out of the mouth of Brian Charles Lara at the end of a stellar 18-year career.  Sobers, a West Indian sporting …

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel, led by Desmond Haynes, has recalled top order batsman Shimron Hetmyer to the West Indies team for the five match Goldmedal T20I Cup against India, which bowls off at 10.30am tomorrow at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. Hetmyer was one of …

Born 86 years ago today on 28 July 1936, Garfield St Aubrun Sobers became simply, as Sparrow sang, “the greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars”. Hyperbole? Calypsonians, we know, are so prone. Still, it isn’t easy to dismiss the claim made by the Calypso King of the World on behalf …

On the plus side, there will only be 20 overs to navigate—with the bat and ball respectively—when West Indies face India again at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Friday. Talented top order batsman Shimron Hetmyer is available for selection too, after passing a fitness test yesterday. West …

For the second successive One Day International (ODI) at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, the West Indies cricketers were pretty good. Unfortunately for the host team, India were better. Set a target of 312 runs to win—40 more than the Port of Spain venue’s record chase of …

“It feels like a win—bittersweet,” said West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran. India, the third best ranked team in One Day International cricket at present, set West Indies a target of 306 runs in the first ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain yesterday. The record run chase …

“[…] I had zero issue with the pitch in Guyana. My main problem is when we choose to play there.  “We can’t put sub-continent teams to play on pitches that are slow, low, and spin-friendly, as that is playing right into their hands. They play on those pitches every day …

Experienced allrounder Jason Holder returns to the West Indies team this week as the Maroon Men prepare to face India in the three-match CG United ODI Series in Trinidad. West Indies and India will compete for the CG United trophy at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday 22 July, Sunday 24 …

Spinner Gudakesh Motie produced his best ever One Day International showing today in front of his home ground in Guyana, but it did not disguise another miserable showing by the West Indies in the 50 overs format—as they lost by four wickets to Bangladesh. Inserted to bat, the Maroon Men …

Guyanese allrounder Romario Shepherd will replace compatriot Keemo Paul in the West Indies squad for the three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series against Bangladesh, which bowls off tomorrow from 9.30am at the Guyana National Stadium. Paul missed out due to a positive Covid-19 test result that also ruled him out of …