By David Jackson West Indies ended the year 2023 rather well with a solid and satisfying 3-2 T201 series win over England. This followed an ODI series win also against England, just prior to the T201 series, and a T201 series win against India, in August. In Tests the series win by West Indies in …
West Indies Cricket 2023: the Good, Bad And Soetimes Ugly! Read More »
Based on the ICC’s recently announced match fixtures, the eventual winner of this year’s Caribbean and USA jointly hosted T20 World Cup tournament will be required to play a total of nine matches and be victorious in at least seven. Four Group Round matches, three more in the Super8 stage, one of the two scheduled …
Happy New Year Everyone. Here’s wishing you and yours all the very best of health, happiness, and prosperity in 2024! To get 2024 started in, hopefully, a most positive manner I’ve decided to follow Colin Murray’s recent Trinidad Guardian example, by penning a 2024 Wish List. Whereas Colin’s list encompassed all sports for both his …
One step forward but four backward, that would now seem to be the lament of West Indies cricket fans following the recent T20I choices made by the Selection channel both before and during the current home series against the touring England. Just six months before the Caribbean is scheduled to joint host the ICC 2024 …
Two Steps Forward; Four Backward, West Indies Cricket Epitomized! Read More »
The West Indies – England December 3-9, 2023 One Day International Series (ODI) ended with the hosts winning by a margin of 2-1. The West Indies won the first and third matches of the series, while their English visitors claimed the second. The series victory against England was the first for the West Indies in …
West Indies – England 2023 ODI Series Takeaways. Read More »
By Tony McWatt West Indies cricket’s November 2023 news headlines were dominated by the Selectors’ controversial decision to exclude Darren Bravo from its announced fifteen-member squad to face the touring English team in a December month three-match ODI series. Bravo’s emergence as the leading scorer in the recently concluded 2023 Caribbean Regional Super50 tournament proved …
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Having qualified for the West Indies-USA jointly hosted ICC 2024 T20 World Cup, for the very first time in its illustrious history, Canada’s Men’s cricket team will be intending to be competitive in each of their tournament appearances. One of the key players likely to influence their success will be the captain Saad Bin Zafar. …
ICC 2024 WC Countdown: The Canadians Are Coming! One To Watch Saad Bin Zafar! Read More »
Born September 23, 2004 and now still only in his nineteenth year, Isai Thorne has already been raising eyebrows and creating hopes for his emergence as the next genuinely quick West Indies fast bowler. Having made his first-class debut most recently against the touring Emerging Ireland, Thorne has already started to evoke similar age comparisons …
Isai Thorne: Already Raising Eyebrows With Potential For A Very Bright Future! Read More »
West Indies cricket’s iconic batting maestro Rohan “Baboolal” Kanhai has been awarded an honorary Doctorates from the University of Guyana (UG). Kanhai, the 87-year-old former world batting star and West Indies captain is among several announced awardees to be presented with their honorary Doctorates from UG at its Berbice County located Tain Campus on November …
History was created on Thursday when the Berbice Cricket Board joined hands with the University of Guyana to launch the Berbice cricket Wall of Fame. The unveiling of the historic wall was done at the Tain campus of the university and the ceremony was attended by senior officials of the university, Berbice Cricket Board, cricketers …
