Guyana-born Sherfane Rutherford stroked two fifties in three matches to lead his newly adopted franchise, the St Kitts Patriots, to the top of the points table at the end of the 2021 CPL’s first four days of competition. St Kitts with an unbeaten record of three wins from as many matches was at the top …
By Tony McWatt From 1929 when the West Indies played its first ever Test Match as international cricket’s fourth test playing “country” until now, cricketers from the Caribbean have garnered global attention as some of the very best the sport has ever known. In the words of one of those very best however, the great …
Michael Anthony Holding made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1973 as a nineteen-year-old teenager and his Test debut just two years later at Brisbane during the 1st test of the WI 1975-76 Tour of Australia. Mikey Holding, as he is now universally and fondly known, eventually went on to capture 249 Test wickets in …
By David Jackson I have always been very passionate about cricket, especially West Indies cricket, from the tender age of about six years old. Both my father and mother were ardent supporters of the West Indies and due to their love and deep interest in the sport, I became drawn to it at a very …
Assessments of several cricket grounds in Guyana’s capital city Georgetown were recently conducted, as Guyana prepares for the possible hosting of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Youth World Cup in 2022. Acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Kwame McCoy, MP, led a team of officials to conduct the assessments of the Demerara Cricket Club, …
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By Tony McWatt As everyone would know by now, the West Indies two-Test Home Series against Pakistan ended 1-1. All things considered, it was a fair result although the Pakistanis may have left the Caribbean feeling slightly aggrieved. They may have left, somewhat justifiably, that they lost the Ist Test rather than it having been …
Several Areas Of Concerns Following West Indies-Pakistan 1-1 Series Tie! Read More »
By Tony McWatt West Indies’ cricket supporters the world over must now be joyously celebrating the team’s magnificent, nail-biting, one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the August 12-15 first Test of the two-match Series. And rightfully so! Chasing the challenging total of 168 for victory they were set by Pakistan, the West Indies scraped home by …
Wonderful Win Worth Celebrating; 2nd Test Team Changes Still Required! Read More »
By Tony McWatt With the West Indies schedule of white-ball matches, in both the T20 and 50 Over ODI formats having been concluded, Caribbean cricket attention will now swing towards Jamaica’s Sabina Park for the forthcoming West Indies-Pakistan two Tests Series. The first of the two Tests will be played at Sabina Park from August …
White Ball Matches Completed. All Eyes Now On The West Indies-Pakistan Tests! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Ten of the fifteen matches the West Indies are scheduled to play in preparation for its participation in this year’s ICC 2021 T20 World Cup, to be held in the UAE this coming October, have now been completed. The West Indies’ recent second slate of five such matches against Australia revealed some …
West Indies’ Australia T20 Series Top Five Takeaways: Read More »
