David Murray, the former West Indies wicketkeeper whose life and career was ruined by his fateful decision to join the rebel tours of South Africa in the 1980s, has died in his native Barbados at the age of 72. Murray, son of the legendary Sir Everton Weekes, played a total of 19 Tests and ten …
WI Wickets caught up with the Barbados Cricket Association’s Chairman of Selectors Henderson Broomes. The following were his responses to the interview questions posed to him: WI: For the benefit of our readers kindly provide an outline of your BCA involvement to date and how you came into your current role? HB: My BCA involvement …
Take 8 With BCA’s Chairman Of Selectors Henderson Broomes! Read More »
The two-match Test series between West Indies and Australia began on Wednesday, November 30. West Indies have not won a Test in Australia since 1997, having lost 12 of their 14 games in the country. West Indies did emerge victorious in their most recent Test series against Bangladesh and England so there will be some …
How Competitive Will West Indies Be In The Test Series Against Australia? Read More »
Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) continues to blaze the trail with administering masters’ cricket for West Indies. Hot on the heels of hosting a highly successful BIG MAN CRICKET O50s CARIBBEAN CUP tournament featuring 8 teams from 7 countries in early November, 2022, CWIMA has now turned its sights on hosting a 6 team …
2nd Major BMC Caribbean Cup Tournament To Be Held In Barbados! Read More »
In the American automotive industry there are the Big Three and then the rest. In world cricket, whether in Tests or in One Day Internationals, there are also the Big Three and among them the West Indies are nowhere to be found. The euphoria over the home series against Australia earlier this year is now …
Ray’s (Ford) Retorspectives: A Shake Up Is Neeed! Read More »
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 »
