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
CWI Press Release Twenty-two (22) of the best Under-19 women’s players from across the West Indies have been shortlisted as a provisional pool from which the West Indies squad for the ICC Women’s U19 Cricket World Cup, South Africa 2023 will be selected. All six Regional Under-19 teams returned to competition in the West Indies Rising Stars Women’s U19 Championship held in...Read More
The West Indies Under-19 Women exacted revenge on their USA counterparts as they triumphed by a 1-run margin on Tuesday after losing their first encounter of their five-match T20 International Series in Lauderhill, Florida. USA captain Geetika Kodali won the toss and allowed the West Indies to have first strike. Vice-captain Shalini Samaroo persevered through...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
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
