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 …
Commencing with this October 2022 Issue WI Wickets will be publishing an ongoing series of One-On-One conducted interviews with key personalities from within the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). We are, therefore, very pleased to present the following interview with BCA National Youth Selection Panel Chairman, Elvis Howard, as the very first of the now planned …
A week or two before the start of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup I did question the readiness of West Indies for the tournament. Their early exit from the World Cup clearly shows that they were far from ready. What an awful performance by the West Indies in that last match against Ireland! …
Pathetic performance By West Indies In The 2022 T20 World Cup? What’s Next? Read More »
CRICKET WEST INDIES MASTERS ASSOCIATION (CWIMA) has undertaken a mega event tantamount to a mini-world cup on its very first attempt at hosting a masters’ tournament. The 2022 BIG MAN CRICKET O50s CARIBBEAN CUP is scheduled to be held on November 2 to the 11th in Barbados at several First- Class venues- Pickwick, Wanderers, Windward, …
BIG MAN CRICKET O50s CARIBBEAN CUP COMES TO BARBADOS! Read More »
By Ray Ford OF LEADERS Field-Marshal Montgomery once said “they have infectious optimism a determination to persevere in the face of difficulties and the composure to radiate confidence when they themselves are not too certain of the outcome!” One would think that Montgomery had known Clive Lloyd personally but what about Viv Richards? Even prior …
Phil Simmons has thankfully done the right thing by resigning as West Indies Head Coach. In so doing he has heeded the heads must roll call that has emanated from thousands of West Indian cricket fans following the team’s ignominious exit from this year’s 2022 World Cup. The two-time former champions having been booted out …
T20 World Cup Humiliation: Resignations Immediately Required! Read More »
Three strikes and you’re out. That’s the baseball rule that could now very well be in operational effect for Phil Simmons and his West Indies Coaching staff. If so the West Indies’ embarrassing 41 runs shock loss to Scotland in their opening match of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup will surely be seen as …
By Tony McWatt 2-0 in favour of the hosts. That was the scoreline of the recently concluded Australia-hosted T20I Series against the West Indies as a prelude to the Caribbean team’s participation in this year’s 2022 ICC T20 World Cup Final Qualification Tournament. Even more significantly it left West Indies with an entirely unflattering overall …
Aussie T20 Series Loss Takeaways: Few Positives. Many Negatives! Read More »
Heartiest congrats to the Jamaica Tallawahs for capturing the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League Championship title. To the surprise of many the Tallawahs were triumphant over the tournament Preliminary Round leaders Barbados Royals in a somewhat one-sided September 30 Final. Winning by the very comfortable margin of eight wickets with 3.5 overs to spare. What …
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has risen to the top spot among all-rounders in the One-Day International format for the first time in her career. The talismanic right-handed batter and off-spinner scored 88 runs and grabbed five wickets in the recent CG United ODI Series against New Zealand to secure the Number 1 position in …
Hayley Matthews: World’s #1 Women Cricket Allounder! Read More »
