Action in the 2024 North Zone Cricket Council League bowls off on Saturday in two divisions with 12 games on tap. The North Zone league competition includes 16 teams in two divisions with seven rounds of matches in each division. Senior Division Battle The Senior Division includes newcomers QPCC and El Socorro Youth Movement, both...Read More
There are occasions when one individual intervenes in history to make a difference to the prevailing tide of events. France’s war general of the 18th Century, Napoleon Bonaparte, T&T’s first prime minister, Eric Williams, Frank Worrell, amongst the greatest of West Indian leaders and the first black man to be made the permanent captain of...Read More
North went under by 36 runs to East in their opening match of the TTCB U15 Youth Tournament at Brian Lara Recreation Ground, Santa Cruz. North bowlers Zahir Khan, Austin Lukur, and Josiah Nicholls had two wickets apiece to bowl out East for 132 in 41.1 overs, despite 21 from Z. Daniel. North bowlers Austin...Read More
Seven female neutral umpires to officiate across ICC Women’s Championship series with match-day pay on par with umpires on the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of UmpiresRead More
On previous editions of “How’s That” we would have looked at setting up the game before play begins. Given that “play” has now started we would be looking at the ways and means in which an innings can be declared or forfeited. Time of declaration The captain of the side batting may declare an innings...Read More
The North Zone Cricket Council continues to feature our Treasures, through this video series. In this episode, we recognize and acknowledge Dwayne Bravo, the prolific All-rounder from Santa Cruz. Dwayne Bravo entered zonal cricket primarily as a batting all-rounder, a young batsman aspiring to greatness such as his hero, Brian Charles Lara, the left-handed player...Read More
Police opening batsman Brandon Ramdial was named North Zone Cricket Council “Cricketer of the Year” at the zone’s 40th annual awards function on Sunday July 9, held at the Auditorium Restaurant and Lounge, Government Campus Plaza, Port-of-Spain. The hard-hitting right-hander smacked 853 runs for the season and took two wickets for the Police team that...Read More
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced the squad for the first match of the Cycle Pure Agarbathi Test Series powered by Yes Bank against India. The Panel named 13 squad members and two traveling reserve players for the match which will be played at Windsor Park in Dominica from 12...Read More
Let’s start from the point of admittance…West Indies are at the absolute bottom of the cricketing nations of the world. It is said that confession relieves the individual of stress and in this instance, if we make such a confession to our pastor or to ourselves, there will then be no expectations when our teams...Read More
A high quality T20 cricket final on an equally top class cricket ground situated in the Diego Martin community was experienced last Sunday (June 4th, 2023) in the North Zone T20 final of the tournament. Pitted against each other in the game were Police versus Glenora. Frankly, what struck me most (accustomed as I have...Read More
