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 West Indies and
Jamaican fast bowler Michael Holding, “further writings on West Indies cricket are now much needed as we haven’t done as well as we should have in recording our achievements as proudly as we ought to. As a nation or region, we have achieved a lot more than nations many multiples of our size and yet we have too often depended on people from outside of the Region to highlight our exploits!”
Welcome therefore the very first edition of WI Wickets, a monthly, online magazine, geared towards chronicling the outstanding
achievements of West Indies cricketers, past, present and those of future potential as well. WI Wickets is intended to serve as a literary catalyst for the restoration of lost pride in Caribbean cricket.
With future articles and editorial features written by some of the Caribbean Region’s very best cricket-oriented journalists, WI Wickets monthly online Issues will inform, educate and inform its readers. WI Wickets will serve to promote the further development of West Indies cricket by publicizing the cricket-related activities and initiatives of its primary stakeholders; Players, Officials, Administrators and Sponsors.
Our first, eight page limited Issue features Part I of an in-depth “Greatness Guide” interview with Michael Holding, indisputably one of the greatest fast bowlers the world has ever seen. It is intended to provide readers, including hopefully some young West Indies fast bowlers with aspirations of duplicating Holding’s now legendary
accomplishments, with insights into the evolution of his remarkable cricket career as guide to factors which resulted in its eventual, outstanding success.
The Issue also includes David Jackson’s reflections of his magnificent memories as an ardent West Indies cricket fan to be the first of a continuing series of such featured recollections from
some of the “Media Moguls” who have had longstanding associations with West Indies cricket. The objective of the Memorable Matches,
Magnificent Memories feature will be to serve as a means of highlighting not only West Indies cricket’s very rich legacy but also as means of reinforcing just how much it means to those who have been very closely associated with it for very many years.
We may be starting very small, but our intentions are with your support to very quickly become sufficiently big.
Come Joins Us On The Journey!