The Canadian Caribbean cricket community has been saddened by the untimely passing of yet another of its stalwarts. Jainauth ‘Vish’ Jadunauth, a much admired and widely respected cricket administrator and former player passed away on February 19 morning, following a brief illness. The almost 61 years old Jadunauth was from Dundee, Mahaicony, Guyana before migrating …
Deandra Dottin and Rovman Powell are this WI Wickets, February 2022 Issue’s respective Female and Male Personalities of the month. Both have been chosen as a result of their recent outstanding batting exploits. Deandra Dottin dominated a sensational one-over eliminator to hand West Indies Women victory, after their run-chase ended in a dramatic tie in …
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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has named the West Indies Men’s squad for the first Apex Test match against England, as well as the CWI President’s XI squad for the four-day warm-up match. The first Apex Test will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium from March 8-12, following the warm-up match …
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Successive 60+ plus scores in each of the three matches of the most recent West Indies-India T20I Series has signalled a most welcome return to form for Nicholas Pooran. Batting at number three in the order, Pooran registered scores of 61 (43) in the First T20I, 62 (41) in the second and ^1(47) again in …
West Indies Women suffered a 90-run defeat to Australia in their February 27 first warmup match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup played at Lincoln Green. Asked to bat first, Australia posted 259/7 from their 50 overs. Ellyse Perry top-scored with 62 off 85 deliveries followed by Annabel Sutherland with 54 not out. Stafanie …
Derick Kallicharran, who played the first of his 39 First- Class games in 1979 against Barbados, says playing Shell Shield cricket was tougher than what is being played in the Caribbean now and in his opinion, the standard is way lower. The 63-year-old Berbician, averaged 24.72, with a best of 88 against Windwards in St. …
By Ray Ford As his very close friend and confidante the following is from a January 2013 Tribute that was written by Ray Ford on the former Jamaica and West Indies batsman Easton ‘Bull’ McMorris who passed away on February 1, 2022 at age 86. McMorris, a right-hand opening batsman, played 13 Tests for West …
The new selection panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) has selected its 13-man squad for the upcoming Test series against England. The 3-match Test series begins on Tuesday, March 8th, 2022. The Tests are scheduled to be played at three different venues: the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the Kensington Oval in Barbados, and the National …
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The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) has an exciting year planned ahead in preparation for the upcoming three World Cups (O60s, O50s & O40s). The first event is the O60s World Cup that will take place in Queensland, Australia and is scheduled for Sept 2-15th 2022. This event is expected to feature twelve competitive …
Sonny Ramadhin, whose beguiling spin bowling helped West Indies to secure their first Test series victory in England in 1950, died on Sunday February 27, 2022, at the age of 92. Born in Trinidad in 1929, Ramadhin was the first man of Indian heritage to represent the region in cricket and a star of his …
