John Trim was a powerfully built right-arm fast bowler who played for Berbice, Guyana, and the West Indies between 1942 and 1953. His selection for the Guyana Bourda in the third Test. Trim became the first Bribician to represent the West Indies in Test cricket at the age of 33. Trim made a respectable start, …
Berbice Cricket Board November Quick Pitch: UG Wall Of Fame Honaree: John Trim! Read More »
Guyanese cricket player Tremayne Dequette Smartt was born on September 17, 1985. She bats and bowls rightarm medium. She played for the West Indies in 57 One Day Internationals and 58 Twenty20 Internationals between 2009 and 2018. She and Stacy-Ann King broke the record for the biggest third-wicket partnership in a Twenty20 international in 2010 …
Berbice Cricket Board: November Quick Pitch: Tremayne Dequette Smart! Read More »
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club’s lefthanded batter and crafty off-spinner was born at the Woodlands Hospital in Georgetown on November 6, 2003, and is the only child of Charran and Rohanie Rampersaud. “I went to RHTYSC and watched the bigger guys practicing. I fell in love with the practice and started going …
Berbice Cricket Board November Quick Pitch One To Watch: Johnathan Rampersaud! Read More »
Deserved Laurels have been provided in this month’s Issue to Jason Holder, the former West Indies captain and world-ranked allrounder, the Berbice Cricket Board, University of Guyana, Kevin Sinclair, Jason Holder and Isai Thorne. Darts has been just as deservedly thrown at Cricket West Indies, the West Indies Desmond Haynes headed Selection Panel, and West …
By David Jackson The omission of Darren Bravo by the selectors, from the ODI squad, came in for much criticism throughout the region. Without Darren Bravo the team defeated England in the first ODI, in a remarkable run chase, led by their captain Shai Hope who guided his team to victory, with a blistering century. …
(David) Jackson’s Jury: Selection Controversies & Test Squad Implications! Read More »
Sixteen years ago, MS Dhoni-led India claimed an emphatic 15-run win over Australia in the 2007 T20 World Cup semi-finals to set up a final clash with Pakistan. In the semi-final match with Australia, Yuvraj Singh of India unleashed a brutal assault on the Australian bowlers, powering India to victory in the semi-final of the …
Varun Desai’s 2024 T20 World Cup Countdown: Australia – India A Rivalry For The Ages! Read More »
The West Indies Selection Panel, chaired by the Rt, Honorable Desmond Haynes, and comprised of fellow Selectors Roland Butcher and Head Coach Daren Sammy, has finally announced the chosen 15-member squad for the forthcoming ODI Home Series against England. Not surprisingly, the squad announcement has been greeted with a very wide range of reactions, from …
Weighing In On The Announced WI England Tour ODI Squad! Read More »
A cricket selector’s job is never easy at the very best of times. Even more so for the current West Indies selectors, challenged as they are by the onerous task of choosing the very best fourteen or fifteen squad members for any given series from a relatively limited pool of available sufficiently talented players. Add …
WI Selectors’ England ODI Series Quandry: Present Or Future Focus? Read More »
CWI should now be pursuing the creation of a movie-sized, Hayley Matthews landscape poster depicting her astronomical rise as a world-famous, impressively wealthy, Women’s professional cricketer. The poster, to be hung on walls in schools throughout the Caribbean, should chronicle the highlights of Matthews’ evolving cricket career. From the time when as an eleven-year-old she …
Make Hayley Matthews’ West Indies Cricket’s Poster Girl! Read More »
Veteran Caribbean Cricket Commentator Joseph “Reds” Perreira has been included as one of ten Guyanese to be conferred with the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy Degree from the University of Guyana as part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations. Reds along with his fellow recipients Baroness Valerie Amos, actress CCH Pounder, cricketer Rohan Kanhai, Keith Waite, Bernadette …
Dr. Joseph “Reds” Perreira. UG Honorary Doctorate For Reds! Read More »
