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 […]
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From My Cricket Archives (2003): ‘You’re Playing For The West Indies’
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 […]
From My Archives (2003): Daren Ganga – Striving For Consistency
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 […]
Cricket West Indies CEO Interview with Chris Dehring On Plans Moving Forward
Chris Dehring has completed his first two months on the job. Here is an interview courtesy of Cricket West Indies on his plans moving forward. Chris Dehring Interview
Thank you, Dwayne Bravo…born to play cricket
Before West Indies Cricketer Dwayne John Bravo was selected for the West Indies senior team, I had identified him as someone who would likely be selected and go on become a star. Boy, did I pick that one right! This was way back in February 2004, yes, that is right, 20 years ago, when he […]
West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka head into ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier undefeated
West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka went two from two in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifier warm-up matches with comfortable victories over UAE, Scotland and USA respectively. Read more here from ICC Media
Carl Hooper included in West Indies ODI amd T20 cricket coaching staff
Daren Sammy: “I believe I can get the job done”
Newly announced West Indies Cricket white ball Head Coach Daren Sammy had his first media interaction on 26th May. Usually, these press conferences are brief. Twenty minutes maximum. This one lasted 35 minutes. It’s not surprising though, if you remembered Daren Sammy’s interviews when he was captain of various West Indies teams, including the winning […]
WI Women T20: Windwards beat Trinidad
The Windward Islands, under captain Afy Fletcher, beat Trinidaf & Tobago Red Force Divas by 7 wickets in the T20 Blaze tournament. Windwards won by 7 wickets. This is T & Ts second consecutive defeat. Captain Fletcher spoke to the media after the match. Listen below.
Andre Coley and Darren Sammy appointed Windies coaches
In case you missed it, like I did, Andre Coley is senior and ‘A’ team head coach, while Darren Sammy is white ball coach. Congrats to them both. May they have the support of the players, staff and administration.