West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite has stepped down as Test captain and is expected to play in the upcoming home series against Australia as a regular team member. Cricket West Indies (CWI) director of cricket Miles Bascombe said a decision will be made on Brathwaite’s replacements “in the coming weeks”. …
Read More »
I support Melbourne Cricket Club president Mark Neita’s view that the best white ball players should play Test cricket for West Indies—but can it happen in reality? When famous England Premier League football club Manchester United lost 3-1 to Brighton on 19 January 2025, their coach Ruben Amorim described his …
Read More »
When the Champions Trophy tournament begins in Pakistan today, West Indies will not be among the eight competing teams. But Cricket West Indies’ director of cricket Miles Bascombe has had precious little to say on that score. With little fanfare, the former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has risen to …
Read More »
Middle-order batter Keacy Carty is set to make his T20 International debut for the West Indies this month, after being announced in a 15-man squad to face Bangladesh in a three-match series staged in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The two teams are scheduled to do battle on 15, 17 …
Read More »
Five overs to go, six wickets intact and 66 runs still needed for victory. Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) are chasing their first-ever Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. Before a partisan crowd at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Sunday evening, the right-handed pair of Roston Chase and …
Read More »
The deed is done. The defending champions have been defeated. By six wickets. And on their third attempt—having repeatedly discussed the distinct possibility of a double Lucian celebration this year after Julien Alfred’s sprint gold in Paris in the summer—the Saint Lucia Kings finally have their first title. On Sunday …
Read More »
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced a slew of changes in its player rosters today as the West Indies teams were named for a white ball tour of Sri Lanka this month. Among the notable absentees from the West Indies T20 International (T20I) squad were the in-form trio of batsmen …
Read More »
The wily Imran Tahir and reigning Republic Bank CPL champions Guyana Amazon Warriors jumped to the top of the 2024 standings with a game to spare, after getting a comfortable 35-run win against the Saint Lucia Kings at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Saturday. It’s a fourth straight …
Read More »
Bobby did not know that Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka would fall at the first hurdle. But he knew that WI would not go beyond the Super Eight—“if they get that far”. He’s been saying it for weeks. And he knew Nicholas Pooran would not deliver when it mattered; …
Read More »
Dashing West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran produced the highest score of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup so far as the hosts whipped Afghanistan by 104 runs to finish the group stage undefeated. Afghanistan still boast the highest run scorer of the current World Cup (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 167, average: 41.75) …
Read More »
The rains have come. The poui blossoms have gone. Burnt browns have given way to verdant green. What is the colour of the rainy season? This time round it is maroon. The mercurial maroon that has been bringing us to the edge—as it has so often done—and now rewarding us …
Read More »
West Indies coach Daren Sammy listed 24-year-old fast bowler Shamar Joseph in his squad today as he announced the 15-man team that will represent the Maroon Men at the 2024 T20 World Cup. Joseph burst into the limelight with a Man of the Series performance in a drawn series against …
Read More »
Wired868 Wired868 for smart sport news and opinion