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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Guyana Amazon Warriors stormed into the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final on the back of an all-round bowling display that saw them restrict the Saint Lucia Kings to 143 all out to win Qualifier 1 by 14 runs. The Amazon Warriors have advanced to their eighth final and will now wait […]
Game 29 of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) saw a re-run of last year’s final as Guyana Amazon Warriors took on Saint Lucia Kings at Providence Stadium. The Warriors were left needing 12 off the final over, in a tightly fought high-scoring contest, with Kings skipper David Wiese shouldering the responsibility for his […]
A brilliant all-round display from Jason Holder against the Barbados Royals kept the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the hunt for a spot in the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League playoffs. Holder made his second half century of the tournament before taking 2/32 with the ball as the Patriots won by one run […]
Game 25 of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) saw St Kitts & Nevis Patriots beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by five runs in a match that went right down to the wire at the Providence Stadium. Naseem Shah delivered an ice veined final over that got the Patriots a much-needed victory off the final […]