Windies’ former ODI and T20 captain Kieron Pollard will not celebrate his 35th birthday on the pitch. According to press reports, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma said a collective decision was made to exclude the hard-hitting batsman from the lineup against Chennai Super Kings. Pollard has had a poor outing for his IPL team this season. In 11 IPL matches […]
Jimmy Adams, Director of Cricket at Cricket West Indies does not believe regional players are taking advantage of the governing body to secure T20 contracts in the more lucrative T20 leagues around the world. During a press conference on Monday with Lead Selector Desmond Haynes, Adams, who was also present, was asked whether this was the case in the wake […]
The Betway T20 International Series is set for an exciting finish when West Indies and England meet in Sunday’s fifth and final match. England stand-in skipper Moeen Ali showed that he meant business by putting in a command performance to help his team win the game by 34 runs. The five-match series is now level at 2-2. Spectators so far […]
“We want to get back to where we normally are.” The West Indies are in a position to knock off the number one ranked T20 International team in the world, England, with a win in the fourth T20I of their five-match series on Saturday. After a 20-run victory on Wednesday, the Caribbean side now leads the series 2-1 with the […]
The adage in sports is that stars win matches. As we head into the 2021 T-20 World Cup, the weight of nations, or in the case of the West Indies, an entire region is on the shoulders of the big stars. The pressure is on household names like Chris Gayle, David Warner, Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, and Trent Boult. However, […]
The T-20 world cup is one of the most wide-open tournaments in all sports. The margins are razor-thin, and it is partly the reason why the West Indies have shocked the world not just once but twice in this tournament. The best team does not always win a T-20 tournament. Instead, it is the team that delivers in every match. […]
Having assessed the outcome of the potential teams in Group 1, it still doesn’t mean Group 2 will be any easier to survive. Group 2 will see 3 Asian teams square off, including tournament favorites India, their rival’s Pakistan, and the ever-improving Afghanistan. The group is completed with the under-the-radar Kiwis as well as likely minnows Ireland and Scotland. In […]
The T-20 World Cup is considered the blockbuster event in cricket. The 2021 staging of the event is finally here after being delayed due to the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020. The event is slated to attract a vast audience right around the world. For the next month or so, fans will be glued to their media outlets hoping to see […]
Although Christopher ‘Universe Boss’ Gayle has taken a lot of flak for his utterances in the press recently and unending criticisms for selection to the Windies T20 World Cup team, captain Pollard is backing the ‘Universe Boss” to do well in the World Cup. That said, Gayle’s paltry returns with the bat over the past year or more have not […]
He is often the player with the biggest smile on the cricket pitch. He celebrates every wicket with his trademark airplane hand-movement. After big victories, he is the life of the party and can be seen dancing in exhilaration. However, despite his bubbly personality, make no mistake about it, Dwayne Bravo was a player who took his cricket seriously. It […]
