By Brandon Corlette Guyana’s Romario Shepherd has played seven International matches for the West Indies, after he recorded some consistent performances for the Guyana Jaguars and the Guyana Amazon Warriors. A slingy fast bowler, Shepherd is known for his skilled death bowling, and he served as the perfect replacement for death-bowling specialist Dwayne Bravo. West...
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BREAKING: Guyana’s Keemo Paul signs for Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash
Exciting young West Indies allrounder Keemo Paul has signed on for his first stint in the KFC BBL, joining the Hobart Hurricanes at the urging of former Australia skipper and Tasmanian legend, Ricky Ponting. Paul joins Dawid Malan, the world’s top-ranked T20 batter, as Hobart’s key international players for BBL|10 that have been announced so...
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BCB semi-professional league to expose Berbice talent to Amazon Warriors set-up
— says President FosterBy Brandon Corlette Berbice is gifted with talented cricketers, some of whom have gone on to represent the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). With the historic Berbice Cricket Board Semi-Professional League (BCB SPL) on the horizon, Board President Hilbert Foster revealed that this league, which would be...
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West Indies IPL stars arrive in NZ; all COVID-19 tests negative
All members of the West Indies team have returned negative results from their third and final COVID-19 tests, conducted on Day 12 of the ongoing tour of New Zealand. The players, management and support staff are scheduled to leave managed isolation on Friday and travel to the southern town of Queenstown, where they will play...
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West Indies sensation Pooran to power up Melbourne Stars line-up in Big Bash
The Melbourne Stars have signed West Indian dynamo Nicholas Pooran to play six matches in the KFC BBL this season. The Windies’ T20 vice-captain is currently in New Zealand for their matches against the Black Caps and will head to Australia for a short stint once his international commitments are finished. While the powerful left-hander...
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West Indies T20 Vice-captain, Pooran aiming to learn and grow
Cricket West Indies (CWI) today named the vice-captains for the upcoming series in New Zealand. Nicholas Pooran will be vice-captain for the three T20 Internationals (T20Is), while Roston Chase has been named vice-captain for the two International Cricket Council’s World Test Championship matches. Batting all-rounder Roston Chase, 28, has so far played 35 Test matches,...
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‘Jason Holder always in consideration for T20s’ – Phil Simmons
Phil Simmons, the West Indies coach, has said that Test captain Jason Holder “always in consideration” for the shortest format despite not being part of the T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand. Before Kieron Pollard took over the white-ball captaincy last September, Holder was West Indies’ captain in all formats. But since December...
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West Indies contingent in New Zealand clear second Covid-19 test
All members of the West Indies team and support staff, who are currently on tour in New Zealand, have cleared the second of their three Covid-19 tests on Friday. They will undergo their final test next week, just before their two-week quarantine ends. The players and support staff have been lodged at the NZC’s High-Performance...
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Shepherd replaces Bravo for New Zealand tour
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of New Zealand due to a groin injury. The experienced 37-year-old sustained the injury on Saturday whilst playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Bravo, the two-time T20 World Cup winner, will now return to Trinidad to...
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The need for a clear head, injury and safety concerns behind declined Windies invites
Injury, concerns over safety and a need for a clear head are the reasons behind Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons and Andre Russell’s decisions not to accept invitations to join the West Indies’ tour of New Zealand starting next month. The West Indies on Friday named a 14-man squad that is expected to play three T20...