David Furlonge is the new coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force senior men’s cricket team. The 62-year-old former national cricketer who was a member of the T&T team, captained by Rangy Nanan, which won the regional four-day title in 1975 was selected by a panel from a list of ten impressive candidates who...Read More
A news report on the Cricket West Indies website says Chris Gayle, Stafanie Taylor, and Deandra Dottin have been nominated for ICC Awards of the Decade. Read the report below: Three of our finest players who have brought great joy and entertainment to our fans over the past 20 years are in line for major...Read More
Cricket West Indies in a statement has confirmed that some players on the tour to New Zealand have contravened the strict COVID-19 protocols within the team’s Managed Isolation Facility in Christchurch. The statement was dated November 10. Statement: This morning, Cricket West Indies (CWI) was informed that some members of our New Zealand touring party...Read More
In this edition of “How’s That” we will be looking at one of the most important components of the game, the Ball. Before the match, umpires must decide which type, and how many balls are to be used in a match. During play, the umpire must take possession of the ball at the fall of...Read More
I listened to the comments made by the chairman of the selectors of the West Indies cricket team Roger Harper about Nicholas Pooran playing test cricket for the regional team with great interest. What Harper was saying, in a nutshell, is that Pooran has to prove himself at the four-day regional level before he is...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the two squads for the proposed tour of New Zealand which will feature three T20 Internationals and two Test matches from November 27 to December 15. Details of the tour were ratified by CWI’s Board of Directors during a teleconference on Thursday. The Board agreed to the tour in...Read More
In this edition of “How’s That” we will be looking at the scorers. As with umpires, there needs to be two scorers. To ensure there are no discrepancies, they should constantly check with each other that their records (score, overs wickets etc) agree, normally at the end of each over. As mentioned in previous editions...Read More
In a release today Cricket West Indies stated that, The West Indies Women will face England Women in five (5) Vitality International T20s (IT20s) at the Incora County Ground, Derby in September. The decision comes only after cricket operations and medical officials from CWI and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) held detailed discussions...Read More
West Indies (WI) cricket in the 21st century is judged solely on the heights it achieved in the late 20th century. Because of its dominance and the small populations of a group of island nations that, combined together formed one cricket nation so when world-wide acclamation was received, it made us all proud and worthy...Read More
Have you ever been watching a game of cricket and was confused by the signal an umpire made? Your confusion will now be a thing of the past as in this edition of How’s That we will be looking at the many signals and their meanings that umpires make. *For the duties of an Umpire...Read More
