What a week of roller-coaster emotions this past one has been. The joy of an unexpected West Indies Women’s World Cup opening match victory, bookended by the sudden and untimely passing of two Australian cricket legends within hours of each other and just days after that of our own West Indian legend Sonny Ramadhin. On …
A Tale Of Two Coaches And A Test Series With So Much At Stake! Read More »
By Tony McWatt One thing that can certainly be said about West Indies cricket is that it now invariably provides much fodder for discussion and debate among its 2 million-plus estimated fans, wherever in the world they may be. The latest example of which would be the individual and collective performances of both the players …
Some India T20 Series Takeaways And A First Test Squad Selection! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The first two completed rounds of the 2022 Caribbean Regional Four Day Championships would have presented the Desmond Haynes led Selection Panel with much food for thought to chew on in terms of their choices for the West Indies thirteen-member squad to face England in the forthcoming three-Test Series. The Series gets …
Food For Thought For West Indies’ England Test Series Squad Selections! Read More »
By Tony McWatt So India has yet again comprehensively defeated the West Indies in an ODI Series. This shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to anyone as that has now been the trend for almost a decade and a half. What would have been distasteful to all West Indies cricket fans and followers, …
Batting Woes Continue As India Humiliates West Indies 3-0! Read More »
By Tony McWatt There was much that we were intending to cover in this our sixth article for 2022. The West Indies exciting T20 Series win against England, the scheduled return of Regional four-day cricket, the forthcoming white ball Tour to India with its ODI and T20 matches, as well as the Selection Chairman Desmond …
CWI Insulting Caribbean Cricket Fans & Followers’ Intelligence! Read More »
As the first exercise of its associated duties since having been appointed, the Desmond Haynes-led Selection Panel recently announced its chosen 15 member squad for the West Indies limited-overs tour to India. The West Indies will play three ODIs and an equal number of T20I matches against their Indian hosts, during the two-week tour which …
Selection Panel Gambles On Darren Bravo & Kemar Roach For India Tour Squad! Read More »
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 …
GCB’s Schools Cricket Initiative Sets A Shining Example For Others To Follow! Read More »
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 »
