When a successor to the recently resigned Nicholas Pooran as the West Indies white ball cricket captain is eventually appointed, Rovman Powell’s name will certainly be very high among those in contention for the position. As recently indicated by Sruthi Ravindranath a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. Rovman Powell’s heroic story is that of a young boy …
Rovman Powell: Fully Deserving Of West Indies White Ball Captaincy! Read More »
The Jamaica Gleaner’s review of West Indies cricket 2022 as follows, paints a very dismal picture. Lots of reported negatives among very little that was overly positive. As cricket got back into full swing in 2022 following the COVID-19 pandemic, not much changed during the last calendar year for the senior West Indies men’s team, …
Jamaica Gleaner’s 2022 West Indies Cricket Review: Not Much To Be Happy About! Read More »
West Indies Women’s head coach Courtney Walsh said the past year was tough for his side, but they had little time to put things right ahead of the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, starting on February 10 in South Africa.Walsh said the team will use a forthcoming tri-series against India and hosts South Africa to …
Head Coach Courtney Walsh Laments West Indies Women’s Batting Woes! Read More »
Now aged 44, Barbados-born Steven R Leslie has been active in Sports Administration at the Tertiary (UWI) and National levels for the 25-plus years that have passed since the 1997 commencement of his involvement in the field. Like many other boys of his age, Leslie played multiple sports while at secondary school in Barbados. As …
By David Jackson West Indies’ dismal performances in the recently concluded Test series in Australia have highlighted the need for drastic changes to be made to the team going forward. No one expected the West Indies to win the Test series against a formidable Australian unit, but many die-hard West Indian fans had hoped that …
Changes Needed For The West Indies In Test Cricket! Read More »
2022 has been quite a hectic and successful year for Cricket West Indies Masters Association on several fronts, both on and off the field and masters’ cricket in general. Structured masters cricket only got started in 2018 with the administration of O50s cricket since there may have been some grey area on the intention of …
Ray Ford’s Retrospectives: Put Off That WICB Election! Lest We Forget. With Cricket West Indies Elections scheduled to be held this coming March, 2023, the following article written by Presidential aspirant Ray Ford almost a decade ago in support of Clive Lloyd’s candidacy at that time now seems entirely relevant! WHENEVER the opportunities arise, our …
Ray’s Retrospectives: Put Off That (March 2013) Election! Read More »
The 2023 New Year will mark the 95th anniversary of West Indies’ Test cricket entry. Just five years short of the coveted 2028 centennial. As such 2023 should be regarded as a prime time for the Caribbean region’s cricket administrators to re-establish the long since crumbling pillars that had once provided a very solid foundation …
Test Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has called for whoever is appointed as the West Indies team’s new Coach to be someone who “understands our culture!” Brathwaite’s suggestion was made during a post-match interview following the conclusion of the Adelaide-hosted Australia-West Indies Second Test which the Aussies won by 469 runs to subject his team to their …
Next Coach Must Revert To West Indies Cricket’s Old, Abandoned, Culture. Read More »
Carl Hooper the former West Indies captain and Guyana all-rounder has called for changes to be made at the highest administrative levels of Caribbean cricket. Hooper’s call was made in reaction to the West Indies having been bowled out by Australia for 77, half an hour before the dinner break on the fourth day in …
