Tag: West Indies
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Desmond Haynes on life as a West Indies selector
Desmond Haynes has just taken on the role of lead men’s selector for the West Indies ahead of their bid to retain the World T20 crown later this year
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England’s new look squad poses same old questions
The curious events around the global sporting calendar thrown up by COVID-19 have offered us all a break. It comes at you thick and fast, especially the cricketing calendar, so an opportunity to hit the pause button and enjoy a bit of time away from it all has been welcome. Yet, as England prepare to […]
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Can Chris Gayle inspire the Windies in his World Cup farewell?
The West Indies may well have won the first two cricket World Cups in 1975 and 1979, but they haven’t won it since and not even made a final since 1983. In cricket World Cup betting, you’ll find the Windies priced at 14/1, alongside Pakistan and earlier this year, talisman-batsman Chris Gayle announced his retirement […]
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West Indies series provokes thoughts of happier times
30 years ago, this summer’s international visitors to England’s green and pleasant land were both in very different places. South Africa were still struggling against an appalling apartheid regime and the West Indies were the most dominant cricket side on the planet. In 2017 South Africa are happily now a major part of the cricket […]
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South Africa in England 2017 review
Better late than never, Miles Reucroft and Andy Hunter, regular contributors to this here blog, sat down and had a chinwag about South Africa’s series with England. What is the point of a blog, if it is not to offer up ill-informed views into cyber space? So, who was your player of the series? Andy: Clearly […]
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Cricket loses another voice
The announcement that Tony Cozier had died came as a hugely upsetting blow to cricket. A man described by the great Michael Holding as being ‘right up there with Sir Garfield Sobers’ in terms of his importance to Caribbean cricket, he leaves a footprint on the game that will forever be remembered. His passion for […]
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World T20: what next for West Indies and the WICB?
As Carlos Brathwaite sent his fourth consecutive six sailing high into the Kolkata night sky on Sunday, the West Indian team were halfway across the outfield in a pique of ecstasy before the ball had even landed; it was like watching the Golden State bench leap to its feet as Steph Curry sends another three […]