“If we speak to the legends who had a huge impact in making West Indies cricket such a huge brand. We did not too this to make West Indies cricket [an] ATM machine. “[…] I honestly believe the time is right now for someone like Mr [Ricky] Skerritt, who I …
Read More »Cricket elections: Cameron dictates CWI pace, says Skerritt, but he’s no dictator
Cricket West Indies President Whycliffe Dave Cameron is not a dictator. He would arguably like to be a dictator and probably even sees himself as a dictator. But, according to former West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt, Cameron is NOT a dictator. That is what the CWI presidential hopeful told …
Read More »Dr Webster: West Indies cricket will not unleash its potential without new president
“Albert Einstein highlighted the importance of those two factors in human performance when he said: ‘The world that we have created as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level as they were created’. “[…] Taking these …
Read More »Root of the matter: Shannon Gabriel apologises, reveals what he told England captain
“The pressure was on and England’s captain Joe Root was looking at me intensely as I prepared to bowl, which may have been the usual psychological strategy with which all Test cricketers are familiar. “I recognise now that I was attempting to break through my own tension when I said …
Read More »Walk like a champion? DJ Bravo announces retirement from West Indies cricket
Trinidad and Tobago international cricket star Dwayne “DJ” Bravo has called time on his West Indies career, after 14 years with the regional team. Bravo announced his retirement from all formats of the international game tonight, via a press statement. One of the world’s most sought after T20 all-rounders, the …
Read More »Media Monitor: Pitchoil on WI embers (Pt 2); Holder on high horse as Windies walloped again
Unlike his top batsmen, West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder appears to be quite upbeat; he’s feeling pretty good about himself, it seems. Not without reason, it has to be said. Tuesday’s Trinidad Express reports on Page 59 that he is “into bowlers’ top 10, third among all-rounders.” And twinned with …
Read More »Media Monitor: Indian press pours pitchoil on West Indies embers; Express fans the flames
Current West Indies captain Jason Holder was back in the headlines on Monday—not for the first time, for the wrong reasons! “Not Enough” the Express declared on its back page, with a strap saying “Holder blames the obvious as WI succumb in three days again.” Holder, cricket followers will remember, …
Read More »From Chenette Alley to India: Khary Pierre aims to make most of West Indies break
One of the new darlings of Trinidad and Tobago cricket, left-arm spinner Khary Pierre, is hoping to leave an indelible mark on West Indies cricket, a mark far greater than his exploits in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) competition to date. In the last two Hero CPL seasons, 27 year-old …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review (Pt 2); TKR skipper Bravo shoots from the hip
Imagine this… Trinbago Knight Riders captain Dwayne Bravo concludes an imaginary press conference, as columnist Earl Best wraps up the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with the second and final part of a fictional exchange: Wired868: I watched the replay of the all-important game against the Warriors on the last …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review; DJB locks horns with the cricketing media
Who loves the spotlight more than internationally renowned cricketer-cum-entertainer with a growing reputation, Trinbago Knight Riders skipper Dwayne Bravo? And, after his team secured a historic second successive CPL title at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy last Sunday, DJB was in his element, the toast of Tarouba. However, the media …
Read More »Gibbings: Rebirthing cricket and regionalism; how the CPL has superseded West Indies cricket
“Fast forward to the equally radical CWI-sanctioned CPL T20 league and its recalibrating of the traditional model of country representation, through a process of team ‘franchising’. “This is Stanford on steroids—national flags; but this time with juggled regional and international names attached.” Regional columnist Wesley Gibbings shares with Wired868 readers …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): DJ Bravo on TKR family, GAW rivalry, and the West Indies
Trinbago Knight Riders captain and international T20 star Dwayne “DJ” Bravo talks to Wired868 about leadership, the TKR family, turning the tables on the Guyana Amazon Warriors and his target of a West Indies’ 2019 World Cup team spot: More from Wired868 1975 CWC: When WI ruled the world! Lloyd’s …
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