Jemima Rodrigues featured in two 70-run partnerships while Renuka Singh ran through the Barbados top-order to send India to the semi-final of the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. India defeated Barbados by 100 runs to hand the Caribbean team their second consecutive defeat after pulling off a historic victory on international debut. Earlier in the...Read More
A WELCOME RETURN CWI’s Rising Stars Women’s U19 tournament marked a welcome return to the playing fields inTrinidad and Tobago. All six Regional teams, together with a team from the USA, assembled inour twin-island Republic for a T20 showdown. Part of the CWI’s “Summer of Cricket”, thetournament took place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy...Read More
Australia Women continued their winning ways as they whipped Barbados by 9 wickets in their second T20 international at the Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston on Sunday. The day began with Barbados and Australia at the top of Group A. However, with India’s mammoth win over Pakistan in the morning game catapulting them to top position,...Read More
PRELUDE – HIGH-FLYING HOSTS With a 2-0 Test series victory in the bag, the hosts could be excused for feeling confident and full of hype. Their efforts throughout the Test matches included good performances from numerous members of the squad. Now, however, as the series swapped red balls for white, the personnel changes would be...Read More
The Caribbean Premier League today announced that the rosters for all the franchise teams in this year’s CPL are now confirmed. The following is a press release sent. Following the completion of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League draft the teams for this year’s tournament have been confirmed. The biggest move of the draft saw Shai...Read More
It was an anti-climactic end to an exciting North Zone T20 competition at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex on Monday evening. The final between Savannah Boys and Santa Cruz was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to inclement weather. Both teams were declared joint winners of the inaugural tournament. However, the chairman of the...Read More
Invincible did not let the rain get in the way as they defeated Paragon Sports and Cultural Club on Duckworth/Lewis in the North Zone T20 competition on Thursday afternoon at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. In the first match of the doubleheader, Invincible won the toss and opted to bat first but lost wickets consistently...Read More
Half-centuries from Mario Belcon and Adrian Ali led Savannah Boys to a convincing 34-run win over Glenora Sports Club at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex in the North Zone T20 competition on Wednesday evening. Put in to bat first, the opening pair posted a mammoth 133-run first-wicket stand for Savannah Boys. Belcon powered 59 runs...Read More
RINGING THE CHANGES With the hosts already holding a 2-0 series lead, both camps used the final match to swap out personnel. For Pakistan, Hasan Ali returned in place of Rauf and Shahnawaz Dahani got his ODI debut replacing Afridi. The WI traded in Seales for Phillip while Carty and Paul got their first action...Read More
CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET. I love Test cricket. As in absolutely LOVE it. Don’t get me wrong; I have come to accept that the shorter formats have their place and benefits. In my humble opinion, those benefits are not primarily geared towards the actual game itself, but that’s another conversation entirely. For now, I am focused...Read More
