Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding has congratulated Kemar Roach on reaching the milestone of 250 wickets in Test cricket. In a message to CWI Media, Holding showered Roach with high praise for an impressive Test career. In talking his 250th scalp on Sunday, Roach moved ahead of Holding on the all-time West Indies list. The …
Kyle Mayers’ fashioned a welcome return to form to emerge as the West Indies leading batsman at the conclusion of its two Tests Home Series against the visiting Bangladesh. Mayers had both runs and best average among all the West Indian batsmen for the Series! Mayers was also top of the West Indies Bowling Averages …
Kyle Mayers Tops West Indies Bangladesh Test Series Batting & Bowling Averages. Read More »
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that Hayley Matthews has been appointed as the West Indies Women’s Captain. Matthews, who is one of the leading allrounders in world cricket, will assume the leadership role from Stafanie Taylor ahead of the next West Indies Women’s Series, expected to be played later this year. Taylor, the most …
Outgoing Stafanie Taylor, Incoming: Hayley Matthews! Read More »
Barbados successfully defended their CG United Women’s Super50 Cup title as they romped to a sensational eight-wicket win over Jamaica (via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method), in a rain-shortened 26-over per side match. The winners celebrated their third consecutive 50-over title in style, after they narrowly missed out on also taking the T20 Blaze title earlier this …
Barbados Repeats As CG United Women’s Super50 Champs! Read More »
Following weeks of intense cricket action between the best-of-the-best in the Caribbean, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), on June 25, honoured those women and their teams for their outstanding performances at the recently concluded Cricket West Indies (CWI)/CG Insurance Blaze T20 and Super50 tournaments. The awards ceremony and gala, held at the poolside of the …
Barbados, Jamaica Cop Top Awards At Women’s Regionals Presentation Gala! Read More »
By Tony McWatt Born January 12, 1962, in the Five islands Village of his native Antigua, Richard Benjamin Richardson, now fondly known universally as Sir Richie following his February 28th 2014 Antigua government rendered appointment as a Knight Commander of the Order Of the Nation, remembers playing cricket from ever since he first knew himself! …
Sir Ritchie Richardson: From Playground Cricketer To Test Greatness- Part I! Read More »
BY DAVID JACKSON Encouraging signs in the batting, but areas of concern still linger! West Indies convincingly won the second Test in the home series against Bangladesh to take the series 2-0. There are encouraging signs in the batting, an area which has been of some concern. In the first Test, the bowling, spearheaded by …
A Commendable Bangladesh Test Series Performance By West Indies. Read More »
CWIMA invites interested O40s players to register online Masters cricket continues to grow exponentially and it is a tribute to those cricketers who are still active and still possess that deep love for the game that a private group of individuals has since established structures for the efficient administration of these masters’ series and world …
7/131 and 3/9. 10 wickets lost for 140 runs. An entire batting unit effectively dismissed for under 150! Thankfully for the West Indies team and its millions of supporters worldwide, those scores occurred not in a single innings but rather in the team’s respective first and second crease appearances in the recently concluded Antigua-hosted First …
Batting Still A Major Concern Despite West Indies’ First Test Victory Over Bangladesh! Read More »
By Tony McWatt “Every dark cloud has a silver lining!” A three-nil Series loss, the tenth in succession to their Pakistan hosts, should now be legitimately regarded as a dark cloud of significant proportions hanging over the fortunes of West Indies ODI cricket. Particularly in relation to the team’s preparations for participation in next year’s …
Encouraging West Indies ODI Cricket Signs Despite Pakistan Series Loss! Read More »
