Republic Bank Limited, the largest indigenous bank in the English-speaking Caribbean, has been announced as the new Title Sponsor and Official Bank of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The announcement was made by CPL Chief Executive Officer, Pete Russell, in a press conference held today in Port of Spain to launch the 2023 season of...Read More
In this edition of “How’s That” we will look at another important aspect of the game, the Follow On. As we move along this law, we will be seeing the various amounts of runs needed to avoid the follow-on in cricket. Lead on first innings In a two-inning match of 5 days or more, the...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced the squad for the West Indies Rising Stars Under 19s High-Performance camp being hosted at Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG) in Antigua. This is the first activity to bring together the best Under 19s talent in the region and build towards the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup in 2024. The squad of 29 includes two players who...Read More
West Indies kept their slender semi-final hopes alive with a nail-biting three-run win over Pakistan that went down to the last ball. Bidding to build on their win over Ireland, Windies opted to bat and posted a below-par 116-6 at Boland Park in Paarl. Skipper Hayley Matthews took key Pakistan wickets early and late in...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s Selection Panel named two newcomers, Alick Athanaze and Akeem Jordan, in the 15-member squad for the upcoming two-Test Series against South Africa. Athanaze, the left-handed batter is the captain of Windward Islands Volcanoes while Jordan, the right-arm seam bowler plays for Barbados Pride. Both have demonstrated good form in the...Read More
Three Under 19 Rising Stars players were called up to feature in the marquee event in South Africa Zaida James, Rising Stars U19 player. Photo credit: Nathan Stirk-ICC, Fiona Goodall-ICC The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel today announced a 15-member West Indies Women’s squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa starting...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named the 15-member West Indies Women’s Under 19s Rising Stars squad for the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup in South Africa in January 2023. The squad will again be led by batting all-rounder Ashmini Munisar who captained the team on their tours to the USA in August...Read More
Kycia Knight and Shemaine Campbelle return for the first two matches on 4 and 6 December at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named a 14-member squad for the first and second matches in the CG United One Day International (ODI) series against England Women starting on 4...Read More
In this edition of “How’s That” we will look at a different section in theLaws of Cricket. In the last twelve editions of “How’s That” focus was given to “Setting up the Game.” Now that the game has been set up, we would look at another component of the game, “Innings and Results” Number of...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed today that Nicholas Pooran has decided to relinquish the white ball captaincy of the West Indies Men’s team following the team’s exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 tournament just completed in Australia. Pooran said: “I have given the captaincy a great deal of thought since the enormous...Read More
