HERE WE GO It has been three long years since the dust last settled upon the cricket uniforms of the Nation’s secondary school students. Covid-19 and its after-effects put paid to many efforts to have sporting activities in that time. Now, however, excitement is rife as the 2023 season of the Secondary Schools’ Cricket League...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
Nicholas Pooran’s resignation as West Indies white ball captain did not surprise me, mainly because the pressure and responsibility placed upon his inexperienced shoulders turned out to be too much for the youngster. But, having gone past the Pooran captaincy era, let’s talk about his replacement. Cricket West Indies needs to ponder long and hard...Read More
West Indies cricket needs a coach not in the traditional mould, qualified in technical aspects of cricket; rather we require someone to be an inspirational force. He must understand the desperation of the moment; a leader in thought and action and one who can journey with the team to take them into a realm 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
A three-member group of independent professionals has been named by Cricket West Indies (CWI) to conduct a comprehensive review of the early exit by the West Indies Men’s team from the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. CWI today announced that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Review Group will undertake a holistic assessment of...Read More
Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced today that Phil Simmons will be stepping down from his role as Head Coach of the West Indies Men’s team following the team’s exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup being played in Australia. His last assignment will be the upcoming two-Test series against Australia from 30 November to...Read More
The commentary team of the Hero Caribbean Premier League, Ian Bishop, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Simon Doull, and Samuel Badree has selected the “Team of the Tournament” for this year’s edition. The team selected is: Johnson Charles (Saint Lucia Kings) Kyle Mayers (Barbados Royals) Faf Du Plessis (Saint Lucia Kings) Rovman Powell (Jamaica Tallawahs) Raymon Reifer (Jamaica Tallawahs) Imad Wasim (Jamaica...Read More
