A bowling machine was recently handed over to the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA), Deodat Thakurdin received the machine on behalf of the UCCA. The machine in intended to be used primarily towards the further development of the area’s youth cricket UCCA will very soon also be receiving a batting cage. BCB will very soon …
West Indies ‘A’ completed a satisfactory Test series against Bangladesh ‘A’, winning the three-match series 1-0. There were some commendable performances by several West Indies players. In the first Test, openers Tage Chamderpaul and Kirk Mckenzie started West Indies ‘A’ off well in a solid opening partnership of 130, with Mckenzie contributing 86 off 124 …
Some Commendable Performances In West Indies Bangladesh A Team Tour! Read More »
The confusion and controversy that has been affecting West Indies cricket for ever so long can now officially be regarded as plague worthy. Obviously confused, clueless, Selectors sending an opening batsman to replace an injured spinner for a World Cup qualification tournament, as well as highly controversial choices of several general practitioners for highly specialized …
Confusion And Controversy Now Plaguing West Indies Cricket! Read More »
The West Indies A Team concluded its May 17 – June 2, 2023, Bangladesh Tour with a one-win, two draws victorious record. Apart from the most welcome, highly encouraging, overall victory the series has also provided the West Indies Test Selectors with some extremely useful pointers. Such pointers which it is now hoped will be …
Some Very Useful A Team Bangladesh Tour Pointers. Read More »
Just over a year and five months into his appointment as West Indies Lead Selector, the honeymoon period of favourable fan and followers reactions to teams chosen by West Indies Lead Selector the Rt, Honourable Desmond Haynes and his Panel has ended. On January 6, 2022, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named Haynes to take over …
The way social media was lit up on Friday, May 12, into the next day Saturday and even a full two days later onto Mother’s Day Sunday, you would have believed that Barbados Independence/Republic celebrations, Christmas or some other reason for annual pyrotechnics had come six to seven months early this year! Rather than the …
Eyebrows Raised Over West Indies Squad And Coaching Announcements! Read More »
Questionnable Choices In Announced West Indies A Team Squad. Back in the halcyon days of West Indies cricket, when our teams ruled the international cricket world, it used to be that whenever a squad was selected for an overseas tour there would be at most one or two players whose inclusion would be questionable. Not …
Contentious Choices In Announced West Indies A Team Squad. Read More »
By Tony McWatt Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel has named the fifteenman squad for the West Indies “A” Team tour of Bangladesh. Joshua Da Silva, the West Indies Test wicket-keeper/batter, will captain the team in the three four-day “Test” matches against Bangladesh “A” starting on 16 May. Along with Da Silva, the …
Dubious Choices In Selected West Indies A team Squad To Bangladesh. Read More »
382 runs scored from 10 innings batted in 5 matches played for an average of 38.20. Arguably, not exactly the sort of statistics any Selector worth their salt should be looking for a batsman to be included in an upcoming West Indies A Team tour to Bangladesh. That aggregate, however, included a highest score of …
The 2023 season of the CPL will be played across five countries in the Caribbean from August 17 to September 24. Compared to the five venues that hosted matches last season across four countries – there were two venues in Trinidad & Tobago – this year’s CPL will also have matches played in Barbados; the …
