Dr. Cecil Beharry has been elected the new President of the Berbice Cricket Board! Dr. Beharry won 18-14 against Albert Smith at the Port Mourant Community Centre. Dr. Beharry takes over from Hilbert Foster, who did not seek re-election; he previously served as Treasurer under Foster. Qualis Winter, Junior Blair and David Black were elected …
Shamar Joseph Crown him with laurels galore. What more can be said of Shamar Joseph’s inspirational debut Test Series performance against the world champions Australia? Having captured the prize scalp of Australia’s greatest batsman of modern times Steve Smith off his very frst ball in Tests, Joseph went on to record a five-wicket haul in …
By David Jackson The West Indies secured a remarkable victory over Australia, breaking a 27-year drought against Australia in Australia. West Indies did this by achieving a stunning eight-run win over their opponents at the Gabba, led by an unbelievably superb bowling performance by Shamar Joseph. Joseph ended up with figures of 7/68, though suffering …
A Memorable Test Victory For West Indies Against Austrlaia. Can The ODI Squad Emulate? Read More »
Despite the eventual 10wicket margin of the defeat, there was much to be encouraged by from the West Indies performances during the recently concluded Adelaide first Test against their Aussie hosts. Particularly against the reality backdrop of no less than three West Indian players having made their debuts during the Tests. The West Indies’ batting …
West Indies Australia 2024 First Test Takeaways! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Having defeated reigning T20 World Cup champions England in their recent home series, the West Indies will be traveling Down Under to take on the Aussies in an equally important three-match series. A series that should rightfully be used by the West Indies team management as a dress rehearsal for the Caribbean’s …
Australia T20 Series Must Serve As World Cup Dress Rehearsal! Read More »
West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein benefitted from strong performances in the deciding fifth Twenty20 International (T20I) against England at Trinidad’s Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Led by Hosein and his left-arm spinning sidekick Gudaksh Motie, the West Indies claimed the T20I series 3-2 with a four-wicket win in the final match, largely on the back …
Canada will commence its first-ever T20 World Cup campaign with the 2024 competition’s opening fixture, a Saturday, June 1 encounter against archrivals and neighboring tournament co-hosts the United States. One of the Canadian players who should be exciting to watch will be the belligerent opening batter, Jamaicanborn, Aaron Johnson. 51, 84, 109*, 0, 1, 89, …
2024 T20 WC Countdown; The Canadians Are Coming – One To Watch Aaron Johnson! Read More »
Six Caribbean cricket stadiums will serve as match venues for this year’s June 1 – 29, 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. Commencing with this December Issue, and continuing through to this coming May, Wickets will feature each of the six venues in alphabetical order. Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is the first to be featured …
This month’s Issue awards Laurels to the Rt. Hon Desmond Haynes Chaired West Indies Senior Selection Panel, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Haley Matthews, and Berbice Cricket Board outgoing President Hilbert Foster. Darts are deservedly thrown directly at Desmond Haynes himself, and at Cricket West Indies, specifically its Marketing & Commercial Department. This month’s Issue awards …
This month’s December Issue features only two darts as a departure from the customary three. The quantitative reduction is, however, sufficiently compensated by the quality of both darts which justifiably thrown directly at West Indies Selection Panel Chairman Desmond Haynes and CWI’s Commercial Director Dominic Warne can both only be described as mega! Haynes’s dart …
