The ongoing FIFA World Cup has certainly captured the attention of most sports fans including those who still loyally maintain their allegiance to the West Indies cricket team. For such fans, the upcoming fortnight may, however, prove to be just as captivating as the World Cup as it will involve the West Indies taking on …
Nicholas Pooran’s unexpected November 21 announcement of his immediate resignation from the West Indies white-ball cricket captaincy would have certainly taken many fans and followers of Caribbean cricket by surprise. Especially after Pooran had previously publicly indicated that he was still very much interested in continuing as captain despite his team’s very poor showing and …
Pooran’s Captaincy Resignation Upstages Super50’s Talking Points! Read More »
It would be fair to say, following the team’s “disgraceful” exit from the Super12 Qualification stage of the recently concluded ICC 2022 T20 World Cup, that West Indies cricket now finds itself at a crossroads. With two clearly available but divergent paths and associated actions to choose from. Path A would be for a status …
West Indies Cricket At A Crossroads. Time To Chose The Right Road Forward! Read More »
Former Cricket West Indies CEO, Chris Dehring has called for the dissolution of the West Indies cricket team and for the individual territories of the Caribbean to go it alone. Dehring’s sentiments were recently expressed in a Jamaica Observer newspaper article as his personal response to the West Indies’ inglorious first-round exit from the 2022 …
Ease Off On The Dissolution Calls Chris Dehring! Read More »
Chief Selector the Rt. Hon Desmond Haynes has begun to develop a bit of a recurring theme to his announced West Indies squads. The 15-member West Indies Squads chosen by Haynes and his Selection Panel now seem invariably to be comprised of twelve fully acceptable, non-disputable, choices, accompanied by three that are somewhat debatable, if …
Some Debatable Choices In Haynes’ Test Squad To Australia! Read More »
West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons has thankfully done the right and honourable thing by submitting his resignation following the West Indies’ inglorious exit from the current 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. In so doing Simmons honourably heeded the heads must roll recurring refrain from thousands of West Indian cricket fans via social media following …
Alzarri Joseph’s progression from former U19 quickie to now becoming the spearhead of the West Indies bowling attack and definitively now deserving of a “world class” description has justified the expectations of many Caribbean cricket fans. Joseph was the most successful bowler in the West Indies’ most failed 2022 T20 World Cup Campaign, capturing 6 …
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has named the Men’s Test squad for the upcoming series in Australia. West Indies will be under the leadership of Kraigg Brathwaite and will face the hosts in two Test matches at the Perth Stadium (30 November to 4 December) and the Adelaide Oval (8 to 12 December). …
Chanderpaul, Chase, Included In West Indies Test Squad To Australia! Read More »
The West Indies Women’s team will be seeking to do much better than their male counterparts did at the ongoing ICC 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup when they head to South Africa in February to participate in the tournament’s distaff version. West Indies will be one of the top 10 teams in the world bidding …
Lady Maroons Preparing For 2023 ICC T20 World Cup! Read More »
On Thursday, October 27, just two days prior to the start of the 2022 edition of the Annual CG United Super50 Cup Cricket West Indies (CWI) finally confirmed the players for all eight participating squads. The 50-over tournament bowled off in Antigua on Saturday 29 October with a match between the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and …
