Sitting in a cold Nottingham room one dreary winter night back in England in 2003 was where it all began. How? There was a home series being played and I Googled “Brian Lara.” It took me to the CaribbeanCricket.com website. That was the beginning of a great period in my life, where I was able […]
Continue reading How I got started in cricket journalism in 2003
Fri, Feb 13, ’04 by MICHELLE MCDONALD One of the brightest spots in this year’s Carib Beer Cup competition is Trinidad & Tobago all-rounder Dwayne John Bravo. In the first five matches, Bravo has helped himself to 455 runs (avg 50.55) with a personal best of 197. The 20-year-old has also picked up 21 wickets […]
Continue reading From My Cricket Archives (2004): Q & A With Dwayne Bravo
Thu, Feb 5, ’04 by MICHELLE MCDONALD On a day when the West Indies sunk to its lowest ODI total in history, a tall, young, promising Jamaican fast bowler returned his best bowling figures in First Class cricket. I sat with Andrew Richardson during the lunch interval on Day 3 – the day following this […]
Continue reading From My Cricket Archives (2004): Andrew Richardson: Man With A Plan
Monday, September 15, 2003 @ 10:07:40 EDT by MICHELLE McDONALD He shares my zodiac sign; so does his father. His mother celebrates her birthday the same day I celebrate mine. On a rainy Sunday morning, I learnt much more about Devon Smith – his childhood, his family life, the much anticipated call up to the […]
Continue reading From My Cricket Archives (2003): A Day With Devon Smith
In Daren Ganga’s interview in the previous blog post, he mentioned how he found out that he had been selected to play for the West Indies. So I decided to ask a few players – past and present at the time – how they found out they had got selected to play for the West […]
Continue reading From My Cricket Archives (2003): ‘You’re Playing For The West Indies’
Striving for Consistency Tue, Jul 1, ’03 MICHELLE McDONALD talks to Daren Ganga In 1998, the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) St Augustine campus received an application from a young Trinidadian who had been successful in his A-level exams. Then a telephone call changed life very dramatically for this young man from Barrackpore who […]
Continue reading From My Archives (2003): Daren Ganga – Striving For Consistency
Mon, Jun 9, ’03 by MICHELLE MCDONALD Australian journalist Trevor Marshallsea certainly hasn’t endeared himself to Caribbean people. His story last week about the theft in Trinidad of valuable equipment belonging to the Australians made headlines around the world. Then, in an interview with the Barbados Nation, he opined that the service industry in the […]
Continue reading From My Archives (2003): Opportunity vs Nightmare
Mon, May 19, ’03 Sunday at Sabina with MICHELLE MCDONALD Fluttering flags in the balmy breeze signalled the start of the 2nd ODI at Sabina Park on Sunday. The sky was even clearer than it was on Saturday, removing any thoughts of possible rain to thwart the proceedings. The fans had left their Sunday routine hoping […]
Continue reading From My Archives (2003): Jamaican Food Saves a Hard Day
The brief from the then editor Ryan Narine, was get the atmosphere. Don’t worry about the match report. Well how he smart so? Cause in truth, I didn’t have much knowledge about the rudiments of the game. Anyway, in this feature from May 18, 2003, I interspersed atmosphere with a wee bit of match reporting. […]
Finally……I have picked back up on the story behind how this cricket journalism thing evolved. As mentioned, I discovered the Caribbean Cricket website while in cold cold Nottingham. Very soon, I was on the message boards very regularly. No my schoolwork did not suffer :). West Indies was playing Australia in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. With my […]
Continue reading From My Archives (2003)-My first article: It’s time to Rallyyyyy
The Trinbago Knight Riders held their nerve to beat the Guyana Amazon Warriors by three wickets in a tense finale of the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at a jam-packed Providence Stadium. Put in to bat after captain Imran Tahir won the toss, the Warriors stumbled early when rookie Quentin Sampson fell to […]
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