Category: Regional

By Brandon Corlette There has been no rain; there have been two days of full practice, and better surfaces are involved. That is the situation for the West Indies as they prepare to play India in the first of three One Day International matches (ODIs) from Friday, July 22, at the Queen’s Park Oval in...

All 15 members of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Emerging Players Academy are now accredited cricket coaches after successfully completing both the Foundation Coaching and CWI Competition Coaching (Level 1) accreditation courses. CWI Coach Development Manager, Chris Brabazon and CWI’s High Performance Manager, Graeme West recently guided the players through the assessments which formed a...

The future of West Indies cricket will be on show as Cricket West Indies (CWI) stages the Rising Stars Boys U17 tournament as part of the “Summer of Cricket” across the region. The tournament will be hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) from Tuesday 19 July to Wednesday 28 July. During their...

“My focus is to continue playing franchise cricket for as long as my body permits” “When I wore the Maroon Colours of the West Indies Cricket for the first time on debut in ODIs on December 7th, 2006, little did I know that my international career would have lasted 16 years but my passion and...

Tamim Iqbal also said the pitches were “worse than Mirpur”, which is known for its slow and low surfaces West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran has criticised the pitches used for the ODIs against Bangladesh in Guyana, after the home side lost the series 3-0. The subcontinent-style surfaces at the Providence Stadium put a lot...

Former West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 37-year-old Trinidadian who last played Test cricket for the West Indies against Australia in January 2016, made his debut against Sri Lanka in July 2005. In 74 Tests, he scored 2898 runs, that included four centuries and 15 half-centuries, at an...

Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal are not part of India’s 18-member squad for the five T20Is in the Caribbean starting later this month. The squad led by Rohit Sharma has KL Rahul potentially making a return subject to a fitness clearance. It was learnt that Kohli, Bumrah and Chahal have been rested, and...

West Indies Test wicket-keeper Joshua Da Silva headlines a specialist wicket-keeping camp at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. The hero from the West Indies sensational Test Series triumph over England earlier this year, is joined by West Indies T20 International keeper Devon Thomas, as well as Tevin Imlach and Daniel Williams as they go through the...

(CMC) West Indies Men’s ‘A’ Team will play their first series since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed sporting activity, when they host Bangladesh Men’s ‘A’ Team for two four-day games and three 50-over matches next month. Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced the match schedule for the...

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the initial intake of 15 selectees for the CWI Emerging Players Academy. The group will start work at the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG), Antigua from 1 July for high-performance training and development sessions. Several recent members of the West Indies Rising Stars U19 programme are included. Two notable selectees...