Unlike his departed predecessor, I’ll bet my hat that Desmond Leo Haynes won’t be announcing that he has to see Nicholas Pooran—or anyone else—play red ball cricket before he considers him for a place on the Test team. Already, he has announced he’ll be doing things his way; his panel …
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Concacaf explains Nations League draw delay, offers clues to T&T’s potential opponents
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 »Dear Editor: ‘Easy for some to judge those for whom suicide seemed like the only way out’
“[…] After my sister, who was a year older, died at age 8, I thought it might have been better to take my life. I may have. If only I knew of a way to do it. Thankfully, the Internet wasn’t a thing back then or I might have googled …
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 »Dear Editor: Doesn’t NIB chairman’s appointment violate NIS Act? Whose side is Govt really on?
“Patrick Ferreira has been appointed chairman of the National Insurance Board [despite being] chairman of Furness Chemicals Ltd, Furness Shipping & Marketing Ltd and Furness Personnel Services Ltd [and] CEO of Furness Rentals Ltd, Furness Properties Ltd and Furness Investments Ltd. “[…] Do you think that this business tycoon is …
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 »Daly Bread: Governance by manoeuvres and leaks; what next for Griffith and the Stanley John report?
The current Government, having voted in Parliament for the appointment of Gary Griffith as commissioner of police (CoP) on the occasion of his first appointment, clearly no longer wished to have him returned to that office. This should not have been a problem. Griffith had been appointed on a fixed-term …
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