Four Laurels wreathed and three darts thrown in this Wickets Issue. Deserving Laurels to Sir Richie Richardson, Nicholas Pooran, Gudakesh Motie and Alzarri Joseph. Equally deserving darts thrown at Guyana’s Ministry, the Caribbean Premier League Umpires and Andre Russell. Heartiest congrats to former West Indies captain and outstanding batter Sir Richie Richardson for officiating in …
By David Jackson The 2024 Caribbean Premier League tournament ended on Sunday, 6th October with St. Lucia Kings becoming the Champions for the first time, defeating defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors in an electrifying showdown. Aaron Jones was the star of what turned out to be a thrilling final. He overcame a nervous start to …
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The West Indies three Tests series against their English hosts ended, predictably some would suggest, in a 3-0 whitewash in favour of the homesters. The Caribbean side was condemned to a 3-0 sweep in the series after they lost the third and final Test against the English by 10 wickets at Edgbaston. They also lost …
DEANDRA Dottin has come out of international retirement and made herself available for West Indies selection once again, nearly two years after her sudden decision to quit while leading Barbados in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The development is a boost for West Indies ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October this …
Five deserving Laurels presented in this Wickets July 2024 Issue. Just two darts deservedly thrown respectively at Cricket Canada and Cricket West Indies. Jayden Seales for his excellent return from injury performances during the recently concluded England-West Indies 2024 3Tests Series. Seales was the West Indies’ highest wicket-taker capturing 13 wickets at an average of …
By David Jackson The West Indies Test team has just concluded a Test series against England in which they were beaten 3-0. It was another rather disappointing Test series. They were not humiliated, but their overall performance can be described as generally poor. There were, in my opinion, only two positives West Indies can take …
With the West Indies having failed to progress beyond the Super8 stage of the recently concluded 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, social media’s countless self-proclaimed Caribbean cricket experts have been busily posting their opinions on the causes of the co-hosts’ disappointing failure. Not wishing to now be a part of any such postmortems, I will …
St. Kitts & Nevis’ fast bowler, Jeremiah Louis has replaced Kemar Roach as the one change to Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced updated 15-member squad for the three-Test Richards Botham series in England, starting on 10 July 2024 at Lord’s. Kemar Roach’s ongoing rehabilitation from a knee injury sustained during the County Championship in England …
By David Jackson Now that West Indies T20 World Cup dream is over, West Indies fans will now turn their attention to the senior men’s Test series against England at Lord’s, Trent Bridge and Edgbaston in England, in July. West Indies selectors updated the original 15-man squad as Kemar Roach was unfortunately ruled out of …
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The much anticipated 2024 International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20 World Cup is finally upon us. Co-hosts the USA will oppose their North American neighbours Canada in the New York staged June 1 opening match. West Indies as the second host “country,” will take on Papua New Guinea at Guyana’s Providence Stadium, the following day on …
