By Tony McWatt Cricket West Indies (CWI) has presented all Caribbean cricket fans and followers, ourselves included, with a most welcome Christmas present. It has been announced that the Roger Harper-led Selection Panel’s contract will now not be renewed! The decision was likely made in the wake of the widespread public uproar that followed the …
Pakistan T20 Series Pointers For West Indies’ New Selection Panel! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The recent disastrous tour of Sri Lanka having now been relegated to that part of the brain which stores the most unpleasant memories, supporters of West Indies cricket, ourselves included, will now turn their attention to the team’s forthcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan with high hopes for far more pleasantly positive outcomes. …
Opportunities Aplenty For New West Indies Whiteball Cricket Stars to Emerge! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The West Indies’ two-Test Series in Sri Lanka has ended with defeats for the visitors in both matches, and by very large margins. The West Indies lost the first Test by 187 runs and the second by 164 runs. As always there were, for us, some interesting, extractable, takeaways from the West …
West Indies’ Sri Lanka Series Loss Takeaways. Some Curry Crow On Order! Read More »
By Tony McWatt From its first session to the last the eventual outcome of the November 21-25 Sri Lanka-West Indies 1st Test played at the Galle International Stadium, was easily predictable, the hosts winning by the very comfortable margin of 187 runs. Sri Lanka’s victory was a continuation of its record of never having lost …
By Tony McWatt Global cricket’s governing body, the International Cricket Conference (ICC) has recently announced that the West Indies and the USA will host the 2024 T20 World Cup, the tournament’s third successive edition in as many years. The ICC’s 2024 T20 World Cup assignment was also very quickly followed by its announcement of the …
Two Wonderful World Cup Hosting Assignments For Cricket West Indies! Read More »
By Tony McWatt One of the English dictionary’s definitions of the word reform is “to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults!” As a result of its calamitous performance in the ICC 2021 T20 World Cup, the need for a radical and total reform of West Indies’ white-ball cricket has now …
By Tony McWatt “Post mortem doan bring back dead,” is an irrefutably valid old Guyanese saying. Following the unmitigated disaster of the West Indies ICC 2021 T20 World Cup campaign, an official Cricket West Indies (CWI) inquiry into its causes is now, however, fully merited! The roles of the Selectors, Coaches, and Captain should now …
West Indies 2021 T20 World Cup Campaign Ends In Absolute Disaster! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Prior to the start of the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, Cricket West Indies’ Face-book Page had labeled the West Indies’ team’s campaign to regain its title as the tournament’s reigning champions “Mission Maroon!” With two defeats and just one win, a highly squeaky last over three-run win over Bangladesh, the West …
By Tony McWatt Embarrassingly pathetic is perhaps the most appropriate description that should be given to the West Indies’ batting display in their October 23, ICC 2021 T20 World Cup opening match against England. Sent in to bat after losing the toss, the West Indies absolutely crumbled to be 55 all out in 14.2 overs. …
Woeful Start To West Indies T20 World Cup Campaign! Read More »
By Tony McWatt SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. A SWOT analysis is, therefore, a strategy that is often used by businesses for measuring and evaluating their abilities to successfully achieve a specific objective. Over the next few weeks the attention of all Caribbean cricket fans and followers, is likely to …
