Legendary West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding, nicknamed ‘Whispering Death’, talks to the Burdie and Barney Show about his rise as an elite cricketer and then commentator, epic battles on the pitch and good times off it, decolonisation and how to rescue and revive regional cricket. Subscribe for free to …

One brilliant one-handed catch from former captain Jason Holder. Some 60-odd deliveries with the ball, eight of them from lead pacer Kemar Roach that yielded two wickets. Just about 30 deliveries with the bat, 21 of them yielding 20 runs for skipper Kraigg Brathwaite. That was all the West Indies …

Owing to pressures on my time, I was unable last Sunday to join in the commentary on the Prime Minister’s confession that he was the high official present at President’s House in August 2021.   He was not there to meet the President, as he frequently does, but to meet …

God has a sense of humour. In 2017, Reginald Armour SC defended the Government in a Judicial Review case brought by a public servant seeking to establish the bounds of authority that the Prime Minister had on his ambassadorial posting.  By 2019, in the Court of Appeal, he won with …

At the Masters in Georgia, they call Saturday ‘moving day’. At the National Stadium in Grenada today, a masterly maiden Test century by wicketkeeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva first moved Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies into the saddle of the Third Apex Test. Then, with the first innings lead 93, allrounder Kyle …

Legendary West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding, nicknamed ‘Whispering Death’, revisits England captain Tony Greig’s ‘grovel’ quip and shares the reasons why batsman Brian Close was as tough as they came. Look out for our full interview with Holding on the Burdie and Barney Show this Sunday, as we discuss …

Dynamic attacker Levi Garcia scored three international goals in his first five years as a Trinidad and Tobago footballer. Last night, he scored as many within the first 40 minutes against Barbados at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain before head coach Angus Eve pulled him out of the action …

Joshua Da Silva had a steely glint in his eye as he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd on Day Two of the Third Apex Test at the National Stadium in Grenada today. The wicketkeeper scored a critical, unbeaten, rear-guard 54 to push Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies past the 204 …

Removing Queen Elizabeth II as your head of state is one thing, but iconic former West Indies fast bowler and cricket analyst Michael Holding believes a surer path to true emancipation will come when we address our colonial education. Look out for our full interview with Holding on the Burdie …

“Order!” shouted the Speaker of the House Bridgid Annisette-George. “Order!” “Prime Minister,” the Speaker had already said three times while on her feet. Ignoring her, the Prime Minister continued his rant in response to what seemed to me to be a reasonable question from Naparima MP Rodney Charles. The Speaker …

For a session and a half on the opening day of the Third Apex Test at the National Stadium in Grenada today, Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies were firmly in the driver’s seat. But by the end of the day, with numbers 10 and 11 their top scorers, Joe Root’s side …

Legendary West Indies cricket fast bowler and inimitable analyst Michael Holding suggests how regional administrators can breathe new life into youth sport—by marrying it to crime prevention measures. Look out for our full interview with Holding on the Burdie and Barney Show this Sunday, as we discuss cricket and the …