Having celebrated its 50th Anniversary this past July 4, 2023, Caricom’s leaders have announced their intention to become more directly involved in West Indies cricket. An announcement that has been received as sweet music to the ears of very many West Indies cricket fans. On and off the field of play, West Indies cricket has …
West Indies Cricket Needs Caricom’s Involvement! Read More »
The rain had the final say on the last day of the West Indies-India second Test, completely washing out proceedings and preventing even a single ball from being bowled. The Test thus ended as a draw, leaving India as the most deserving 1-0 victors of the two-match series. A series that demonstrated with crystal-like …
Most of us would have thought that the ODI squad’s first-time-ever failure to qualify for the ICC World Cup later this year, would be the lowest of lows for West Indies cricket. Lo and behold, however, the Test team has now taken us all to an even lower level of despair, despondency, and outright global …
Poor squad selection choices have been, post-mortem, universally identified as one of the fundamental causes of the West Indies’ embarrassing failure to qualify for this year’s ICC 2023 ODI World Cup. For the very first time in the tournament’s now forty-eight-year history. The announced West Indies thirteen-member squad for the first of the two …
WI Selection Chairman Desmond Haynes Under Scrutiny! Read More »
It’s now been just over three months, ninety-plus days, and counting since Dr. Kishore Shallow was elected unopposed as Cricket West Indies (CWI) latest President. In the time that has passed since his election, Dr. Shallow has been boldly skating on the very thin ice of public opinion. Not only through some highly controversial …
Successive losses, first to Zimbabwe followed two days later by the previously unthinkable submission to the Netherlands, have all but scuttled the West Indies hopes of qualifying for the ICC 2023 World Cup to be played in India this coming October-November. The losses left the West Indies with zero carryover points heading into the Zimbabwe …
The Lowest Of Lows: World Cup Qualification Now Highly Unlikely! Read More »
The official schedule for India’s 2023 Caribbean Tour has finally been realized. The tour will be comprised of two Tests, three ODI’s, and five T20Is. The two Tests, to be played in Dominica and Trinidad & Tobago respectively, will mark the commencement of both the West Indies and India’s participation in the International Cricket Council …
Definitive 2Yr Test Plan Needed For West Indies. Read More »
The confusion and controversy that has been affecting West Indies cricket for ever so long can now officially be regarded as plague worthy. Obviously confused, clueless, Selectors sending an opening batsman to replace an injured spinner for a World Cup qualification tournament, as well as highly controversial choices of several general practitioners for highly specialized …
Confusion And Controversy Now Plaguing West Indies Cricket! Read More »
The West Indies A Team concluded its May 17 – June 2, 2023, Bangladesh Tour with a one-win, two draws victorious record. Apart from the most welcome, highly encouraging, overall victory the series has also provided the West Indies Test Selectors with some extremely useful pointers. Such pointers which it is now hoped will be …
Some Very Useful A Team Bangladesh Tour Pointers. Read More »
Just over a year and five months into his appointment as West Indies Lead Selector, the honeymoon period of favourable fan and followers reactions to teams chosen by West Indies Lead Selector the Rt, Honourable Desmond Haynes and his Panel has ended. On January 6, 2022, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named Haynes to take over …
