IF EVER a man could have been said to have dedicated his life to cricket, Ruddy Williams was that man. The former Jamaica Cricket Association chairman of selectors and Melbourne Cricket Club (CC) stalwart passed away at the age of 80 on January 1,...
THE YEAR 2021 was once again dominated by the novel coronavirus, which impacted the world of sports, and cricket was no exception, with the phrases bio-secure bubble, isolation, and quarantine heard constantly as teams tried feverishly to fulfil...
The inaugural Junior Pan American Games staged in Cali, Colombia, in late November saw 41 nations competing. Jamaica took 16 athletes to the Games and competed in nine of the 10 disciplines for which the country had qualified. The athletes in...
Yesterday’s Zoom press conference with West Indies head coach Phil Simmons was always going to be an interesting one, as the Trinidadian faced the media to hear questions about the One-Day International (ODI) and T20 squads that Cricket West Indies...
THE T20 International between the West Indies and Ireland on January 16 was being touted as the grand farewell for Jamaica and the West Indies’ most prolific T20 batsman, Christopher ‘Henry’ Gayle, however, that reality will not materialise. The...
THE WEST Indies Under-19 team put in a much-improved all-round performance which saw them defeating South Africa by eight wickets in their second Youth One-Day International (ODI) at the Arnos Vale in St Vincent on Tuesday. Following their 18-run...
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Chief Executive Officer Johnny Grave is disappointed by the cancellation of the One-Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan. The ODI leg of the tour was postponed to June 2022 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the...
WEST INDIES captain, Nicholas Pooran, said his team gave away more than enough runs in the field, which ultimately cost them, as they went down by 63 runs in the opening T20 International against Pakistan in Karachi yesterday. The left-hander said...
Jamaica Scorpions head coach Andre Coley is expecting his troops to be one of the fittest teams when the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional four-day championships bowl off next February, as the squad continues to put in a great deal of work ahead...
REEL MUSIC, captained by Gregory Mair, sang the sweetest tunes at the prize-giving ceremony, following their triumphant outing at the Royal Jamaica Yacht Club Fishing tournament held over the weekend. Mair and his team, which included Peter Cowan...
FINALLY, there is relief for the West Indies Women’s cricket team, as they are scheduled to depart Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE), tomorrow for the Caribbean. It has been well over a week since the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s...
West Indies Test captain, Kraigg Brathwaite, wants his team to spend the next few months working on its batting. The skipper is unhappy after the West Indies batting collapsed yesterday for the fourth time in two Test matches against Sri Lanka. The...
Perennial contenders Kingston College (KC) continued their march in this season’s ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup, following the efficient 5-0 beating of Papine High in their Group ‘C’ encounter at the Ashenhiem Stadium. KC coach, Ludlow Bernard, has been...
Jamaican all-rounder Odean Smith’s name has been on the lips of several cricket pundits, who believe the burly right-hander is ready to secure a permanent place in the West Indies white ball set-up. Smith, along with four other newcomers, Justin...
West Indies head coach Phil Simmons had nothing but praise for Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva, who virtually batted the game away from the visitors during fourth-day action of the second Test in Galle, Sri Lanka, yesterday. The number five...
THE WEST Indies, for the first time in the series against Sri Lanka, were on the front foot at the end of day three, following some enterprising bowling on day two, backed up by some resolute batting, in the second Test in Galle. After restricting...
UNTIL YESTERDAY, it had been six years since VeersammyPermaul bowled a ball in Test cricket for the West Indies. However, the little man from Berbice, Guyana, looked like he has not missed a beat following his career-best five-wicket haul against...
In what was a low-scoring but exciting final, Manchester’s Fairfield United claimed their first Social Development Commission (SDC) National Community T20 title with a four-wicket win over Race Course of Clarendon at the Noranda Sports Club in...
Fans who were expected to turn out to watch the big showdown between Race Course of Clarendon and Fairfield of Manchester in the Social Development Commission (SDC) National Community T20 Final tomorrow will have to read about it in The Gleaner, as...
If everything goes according to plan, Jamaica and West Indies batsman Chris Gayle could get his wish of playing his final international match on home soil in the new year. Cricket West Indies (CWI) is said to be advanced in its plans to host...
WEST INDIES cricketer Nkrumah Bonner said the team was unhappy with its batting performance on the fourth day’s play of the first cricket Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle yesterday. Set a fourth innings victory target of 348, the Caribbean...
AFTER BEING pipped to the Jamaica Open title last week, William Knibbs quickly got back to winning ways, claiming the men’s title at the two-day Alliance Buccaneer Memorial Golf Tournament, which culminated on Sunday at the Caymanas Golf Course....
WEST INDIES (WI) men’s captain Kraigg Brathwaite says his side’s batsmen need to review how they take on the Sri Lankan spinners, following an underwhelming performance with the bat on yesterday’s second day of the first Test in Galle. The visitors...
It will be a Clarendon and Manchester affair in the final of the Social Development Commission (SDC) National Community T20 Cricket competition this season, following semi-final action at the Ultimate Sports Complex in St Ann on Saturday. In the...
OVER THE last couple of days, the West Indies players have had to intersperse net sessions with time around the domino table as heavy rains in Sri Lanka have somewhat curtailed their preparations ahead of the first Test in Galle starting on...
