By Tony McWatt Missing In Action (MIA) is a military term used to describe a soldier’s disappearance, either from within the ranks or worse from the actual field of battle. It’s a term that now readily comes to mind in regards to the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), the representative union body for the Caribbean …
By Tony McWatt The 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the 9th edition of “the biggest party in sports,” reached an exciting conclusion on Wednesday, September 15. After 32 matches had been played for the first time ever at a single venue, St Kitts’ Warner Park, it all came down to the Tournament final. The result …
By Tony McWatt Time To Move On From Selections Fiasco But Policy And Practices Reforms Are Now Urgently Required! The former great, now legendary, West Indies wicket-keeper batsman Deryck Murray recently added his voice to the seemingly unending list of those who have publicly expressed their disagreement with the 2021 T20 Squad choices made by …
Sharpened Knives Now Drawn And Pointed At WI Harper Led Selections Panel! Read More »
By Tony McWatt “Knives for Roger Harper and his hallucinating band of selectors, aren’t yet drawn. But surely, they are being sharpened!” Those were the words of the seasoned Jamaican cricket journalist Ray Ford, in reaction to the storm of controversy that has been created as a result of the choices made by Selections’ Chair …
Clock Now Ticking On Harper’s Remaining Time As West Indies Selections Chair! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The West Indies Squad for the October 17-November 13, 2021 ICC T20 World Cup has finally been announced. The Squad is as follows: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice-Captain), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane …
Serious Concerns Over West Indies’ 2021 T20 World Cup Squad Selections! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The 2021 edition of the Hero CPL, which started on Thursday, August 26, with all matches being played at the Skitts & Nevis Warner Park due to the continuing effects of the ongoing COVID Pandemic, is now well underway. The added significance of this year’s Tournament, now in its eight edition since …
2021 CPL Causing Headaches For West Indies T20 World Cup Squad Selectors! Read More »
By Tony McWatt As everyone would know by now, the West Indies two-Test Home Series against Pakistan ended 1-1. All things considered, it was a fair result although the Pakistanis may have left the Caribbean feeling slightly aggrieved. They may have left, somewhat justifiably, that they lost the Ist Test rather than it having been …
Several Areas Of Concerns Following West Indies-Pakistan 1-1 Series Tie! Read More »
By Tony McWatt West Indies’ cricket supporters the world over must now be joyously celebrating the team’s magnificent, nail-biting, one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the August 12-15 first Test of the two-match Series. And rightfully so! Chasing the challenging total of 168 for victory they were set by Pakistan, the West Indies scraped home by …
Wonderful Win Worth Celebrating; 2nd Test Team Changes Still Required! Read More »
By Tony McWatt With the West Indies schedule of white-ball matches, in both the T20 and 50 Over ODI formats having been concluded, Caribbean cricket attention will now swing towards Jamaica’s Sabina Park for the forthcoming West Indies-Pakistan two Tests Series. The first of the two Tests will be played at Sabina Park from August …
White Ball Matches Completed. All Eyes Now On The West Indies-Pakistan Tests! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Ten of the fifteen matches the West Indies are scheduled to play in preparation for its participation in this year’s ICC 2021 T20 World Cup, to be held in the UAE this coming October, have now been completed. The West Indies’ recent second slate of five such matches against Australia revealed some …
West Indies’ Australia T20 Series Top Five Takeaways: Read More »
