As part of their efforts to provide young cricketers with more opportunity to develop their skills, the North Zone of the PowerGen SSCL organized age-group knockout tournaments yearly at the end of the conventional league competitions. The very nature of these games led to many exciting and competitive battles, but there were occasions that individual...Read More

Stafanie Taylor will lead the Cricket West Indies Women’s Senior team in the three T20I and five ODIs series against Pakistan starting June 30. Taylor will have veteran spinner Anisa Mohammed as her deputy. A West Indies Women “A” team was also selected to play in a historic series against a Pakistan “A” team commencing...Read More

Daren Sammy, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed to the post of independent non-member director of Cricket West Indies (CWI). The appointment took place at a meeting of the CWI Board held last Thursday 17 June 2021. CWI stated that Sammy’s appointment is in keeping with two of the fundamental principles which have guided the cricket organisation’s improvement strategy over the...Read More

In this episode, we feature a young treasure – Joshua Da Silva, as we continue to recognize and acknowledge some of our outstanding cricketers through a video series called “North Zone Treasures”. This series is sponsored by: National Lotteries Control Board On his first full tours in which he played against New Zealand and Bangladesh,...Read More

In this edition of “How’s That” we will be looking at the wicket. When looking at the wicket the umpires should always check that : The wickets are aligned end to end and parallel to each other.The stumps are of the correct shape and are correctly placed , with the back edge of the marking...Read More

Trinidad and Tobago’s LaDonna Williams, CWI’s Digital Manager along with Amanda Reifer, a senior sports administrator from Barbados, have been named among 40 women from 29 ICC Member countries to be mentored as part of the ICC 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme. The Programme is designed to support emerging female talent in cricket and forms part...Read More

As the country celebrates the 176 years since the arrival of Indians to T&T, it is fitting to look at their engagement and contribution to sports. A cursory scan of the historical sporting landscape provides a picture of limited competitive participation across sporting disciplines. It can be adduced that their (male and female) participation numbers...Read More

In this episode, we feature Bryan Davis as we continue recognizing and acknowledgeing some of our outstanding cricketers through a video series called “North Zone Treasures”. This series is sponsored by: National Lotteries Control Board Bryan Davis played for St Mary’s College, North Zone, Queen’s Park Cricket Club, Trinidad and Tobago, and the West Indies....Read More

The region will play host to three international tours Starting June 10. The rescheduled 2020 South African tour will bowl off the much-anticipated action. The Proteas will play two Test matches, June 10 – 14 and June 18 – 22, at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St. Lucia, followed by five T20Is at the Grenada...Read More

In this edition of “How’s That” we will be looking at the various creases around a cricket pitch. The umpires should always check the crease markings before a match. As with the pitch itself and the wickets, umpires will, with experience, become better able to judge visually if the creases are not correct. Creases and...Read More