Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve and his potential Concacaf rivals will have to wait until 4 April to discover their groups for the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League tournament. By then, there will be no Fifa international match window left for teams to rehearse by …
Read More »Corneal returns to technical director post for third time, replaces La Foucade in TTFA job
Former Trinidad and Tobago national player and coach, Anton Corneal, has returned to the post of TTFA technical director for a third stint. Corneal, 58, was first hired as technical director by interim TTFA president Lennox Watson in 2012 before leaving in 2014 owing to non-payment of salaries under then …
Read More »Best: A selection reflection; if Haynes’ knowledge is ‘second to none’, why does he need a partner?
Recently retired former West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo is not happy with the way CWI does business. “From top level, he explained to SportsMax in a post-World Cup interview, “the politics is so strong. It doesn’t matter who is the president or who is the CEO, they have the …
Read More »Media Monitor: Unamusing musings the morning after Holder’s WI miracle the night before
Although they may not admit it, people do not like to be wrong; certainly, nobody likes to be seen to be wrong. Sometimes, however, you rejoice that you did not get it right. And you are overjoyed that you resisted the temptation to rush into print to share the view …
Read More »Bishop, Wickham get tons as WIU19 beat Zimbabwe to 11th place in World Cup
The West Indies Rising Stars ended their 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign on a winning note today against Zimbabwe—their only win of the competition against a fellow Test-playing nation. However, the triumph was only enough for the host nation to secure 11th place among the 16 participating teams. …
Read More »England ditched in Barbados again as Holder takes four wkts from as many balls in thrilling WI series win
An exhilarating series got a storybook ending tonight as West Indies beat England by 17 runs at the Kensington Oval in Barbados to clinch the Betway T20 International Series 3-2. And it was hometown hero, Jason Holder, the man whose initial sidelining from the 2021 T20 World Cup prompted Barbados …
Read More »McWatt and ‘Reds’: Bravo for India? Roach, 33, before Seales, 20? WI selectors are taking big gambles
“[…] Kemar Roach’s ODI stats are not in any way indicative of his abilities as a consistent and reliable wicket-taker. 124 wickets captured in 92 matches played equates to less than two per match. “There is absolutely no questioning the value that Kemar Roach has provided as the West Indies …
Read More »Best: Regional rumblings rock CWI; mea culpa: me, mischief-makers and my big mouth
It was, I swear, a completely innocent comment. But the cricket coaches at Queen’s Royal College in the 1960s must take some of the blame. They taught us to try to see any cricket match through the eyes of the opposing captains. On 22 January in Wired868, this paragraph appeared …
Read More »Ali and Adil double-act puts brakes on West Indies, as Betway Series still alive for game five
Mooen Ali came to the party today, bringing his fastest half-century in T20Is and a couple of wickets to get England to 193 for 6 and restrict West Indies to 159 for 5. His 63 off 28 balls and 2/28 Man-of-the-Match performance helped his team beat Kieron Pollard’s West Indies …
Read More »Pollard takes unchanged T20I squad to India, as WI selectors show faith in current crop
The West Indies will take an unchanged T20 International team to India, the newly appointed selectors confirming the composition of the 16-man squad today. The Maroon Men will play three T20Is at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16, 18 and 20 February, following their three-match One-day International Series at the …
Read More »‘We’re going in a different direction’; Kenwyne confirms Maylee exit—along with Cordner and asst coach
Women’s National Senior Team head coach Kenwyne Jones suggested today that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) should consider recognising and rewarding former Women Soca Warriors captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star forward Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner for their tremendous service to the local game. Neither player, though, will be rewarded …
Read More »West Indies U19 batsmen fail to show as UAE push home side out of W/Cup Plate final
Led by an outstanding rear-guard 93 from Man-of-the-Match Aayan Afzal Khan, the UAE moved past a disappointingly feckless West Indies U19s by 82 runs in the Plate semifinal of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad today. In reply to the UAE’s 224 for …
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