During the early days of his West Indies career the development of Holding’s fast bowling skills benefited tremendously from his roommate exposure to Andy Roberts, whom he has always regarded as a genius in terms of his abilities to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of opposition batsmen. Roberts was in so many ways a …
By David Jackson The West Indies, once cricket world champions have been struggling for over two decades to get back to the top of Test cricket. This has been a long and arduous journey, resulting in numerous defeats, some quite embarrassing, for a team that was such a dominant force on the International scene. At …
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By Tony McWatt “Knives for Roger Harper and his hallucinating band of selectors, aren’t yet drawn. But surely, they are being sharpened!” Those were the words of the seasoned Jamaican cricket journalist Ray Ford, in reaction to the storm of controversy that has been created as a result of the choices made by Selections’ Chair …
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By Tony McWatt The West Indies Squad for the October 17-November 13, 2021 ICC T20 World Cup has finally been announced. The Squad is as follows: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice-Captain), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane …
Serious Concerns Over West Indies’ 2021 T20 World Cup Squad Selections! Read More »
By Tony McWatt The 2021 edition of the Hero CPL, which started on Thursday, August 26, with all matches being played at the Skitts & Nevis Warner Park due to the continuing effects of the ongoing COVID Pandemic, is now well underway. The added significance of this year’s Tournament, now in its eight edition since …
2021 CPL Causing Headaches For West Indies T20 World Cup Squad Selectors! Read More »
Guyana-born Sherfane Rutherford stroked two fifties in three matches to lead his newly adopted franchise, the St Kitts Patriots, to the top of the points table at the end of the 2021 CPL’s first four days of competition. St Kitts with an unbeaten record of three wins from as many matches was at the top …
By Tony McWatt From 1929 when the West Indies played its first ever Test Match as international cricket’s fourth test playing “country” until now, cricketers from the Caribbean have garnered global attention as some of the very best the sport has ever known. In the words of one of those very best however, the great …
Michael Anthony Holding made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1973 as a nineteen-year-old teenager and his Test debut just two years later at Brisbane during the 1st test of the WI 1975-76 Tour of Australia. Mikey Holding, as he is now universally and fondly known, eventually went on to capture 249 Test wickets in …
By David Jackson I have always been very passionate about cricket, especially West Indies cricket, from the tender age of about six years old. Both my father and mother were ardent supporters of the West Indies and due to their love and deep interest in the sport, I became drawn to it at a very …
Assessments of several cricket grounds in Guyana’s capital city Georgetown were recently conducted, as Guyana prepares for the possible hosting of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Youth World Cup in 2022. Acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Kwame McCoy, MP, led a team of officials to conduct the assessments of the Demerara Cricket Club, …
