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By Tony McWatt The subject matter for this article was initially intended to be all about “tapegate” the continuing rather unpleasant saga involving the appearance of West Indies players in globally televised international matches clad in shirts that have the former team sponsor’s logo covered over with masking tape. Having made its first appearance as …

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The Men’s Senior team in danger of losing a three-match ODI series to Ireland and an Executive Board in apparent disarray. These were the rather unsavoury developments that punctuated West Indies cricket’s second week of the 2022 New Year. The start to which had already given us sufficient reason to have described as interesting in …

Wobbly Second Week For West Indies Cricket’s Already Interesting 2022! Read More »

It has been a most interesting first week start to the 2022 New Year for West Indies cricket. The first days of 2022 have produced some exciting appointments to the West Indies Selections Panel, ongoing fitness concerns surrounding at least one key player, as well as a few very enlightening comments from Head Coach Phil …

A Most Interesting Start To West Indies Cricket’s 2022 New Year! Read More »

As it enters 2022, the Ricky Skerritt–led Cricket West Indies (CWI) should be seeking to have a much improved year from the annus horribilis that its 2021 can now only be best described as having been. Towards that end here are our top 15 suggestions for resolutions CWI should now be seeking to fulfill during …

Some Suggested New Year’s Resolutions For Cricket West Indies! Read More »

By Tony McWatt Avid lovers of classic movies will remember the 1966 spaghetti Western, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The film starred Clint Eastwood (Blondie) as the Good, Lee Van Cleef (Evil Eyes) as the Bad, and Eli Wallach (Tuco, The Rat) as the Ugly. For us, our following annual review of West …

West Indies Cricket’s 2021 Annual Review: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly! Read More »

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 …

West Indies – Sri Lanka First Test A Sad Saga Of Debatable Selections; Inept Spinners And Flawed Batting Techniques! Read More »

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 »