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 […]
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 […]
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 […]