Despite having presented yet another loss of such a match played Down Under, the recently concluded first Test against their Aussie hosts has provided the West Indies team with some extremely useful takeaways. The lessons from which can be of excellent value to both the team and its selectors moving forward. By the time the …
The ongoing FIFA World Cup has certainly captured the attention of most sports fans including those who still loyally maintain their allegiance to the West Indies cricket team. For such fans, the upcoming fortnight may, however, prove to be just as captivating as the World Cup as it will involve the West Indies taking on …
Nicholas Pooran’s unexpected November 21 announcement of his immediate resignation from the West Indies white-ball cricket captaincy would have certainly taken many fans and followers of Caribbean cricket by surprise. Especially after Pooran had previously publicly indicated that he was still very much interested in continuing as captain despite his team’s very poor showing and …
Pooran’s Captaincy Resignation Upstages Super50’s Talking Points! Read More »
It would be fair to say, following the team’s “disgraceful” exit from the Super12 Qualification stage of the recently concluded ICC 2022 T20 World Cup, that West Indies cricket now finds itself at a crossroads. With two clearly available but divergent paths and associated actions to choose from. Path A would be for a status …
West Indies Cricket At A Crossroads. Time To Chose The Right Road Forward! Read More »
Former Cricket West Indies CEO, Chris Dehring has called for the dissolution of the West Indies cricket team and for the individual territories of the Caribbean to go it alone. Dehring’s sentiments were recently expressed in a Jamaica Observer newspaper article as his personal response to the West Indies’ inglorious first-round exit from the 2022 …
Ease Off On The Dissolution Calls Chris Dehring! Read More »
Chief Selector the Rt. Hon Desmond Haynes has begun to develop a bit of a recurring theme to his announced West Indies squads. The 15-member West Indies Squads chosen by Haynes and his Selection Panel now seem invariably to be comprised of twelve fully acceptable, non-disputable, choices, accompanied by three that are somewhat debatable, if …
Some Debatable Choices In Haynes’ Test Squad To Australia! Read More »
Phil Simmons has thankfully done the right thing by resigning as West Indies Head Coach. In so doing he has heeded the heads must roll call that has emanated from thousands of West Indian cricket fans following the team’s ignominious exit from this year’s 2022 World Cup. The two-time former champions having been booted out …
T20 World Cup Humiliation: Resignations Immediately Required! Read More »
Three strikes and you’re out. That’s the baseball rule that could now very well be in operational effect for Phil Simmons and his West Indies Coaching staff. If so the West Indies’ embarrassing 41 runs shock loss to Scotland in their opening match of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup will surely be seen as …
By Tony McWatt 2-0 in favour of the hosts. That was the scoreline of the recently concluded Australia-hosted T20I Series against the West Indies as a prelude to the Caribbean team’s participation in this year’s 2022 ICC T20 World Cup Final Qualification Tournament. Even more significantly it left West Indies with an entirely unflattering overall …
Aussie T20 Series Loss Takeaways: Few Positives. Many Negatives! Read More »
This year’s 2022 ICC World Cup will effectively serve as a trial of sorts for West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons, as well as his Batting and Bowling Deputies Monty Desai and Roddy Estwick. The West Indies finished dead last among the Super12 teams at last year’s 2019 and anything less than a substantial improvement …
World Cup Trial For Phil Simmons” Coaching Cadre! Read More »
