No Ws in Cricinfo's all-time West Indies XI

2010-07-26T12:32:14Z

A jury of West Indian cricket commentators including Tony Becca and Fazeer Mohammed have selected CricInfo's All-time XI West Indies team, "The Invincibles". Consisting of Greenidge, Hunte, Headley, Richards, Lara, Sobers, Marshal, Hendriks, Holding, Ambrose, and Gibbs, there was apparently no room for any of the three Ws. Richards, Headley, and Sobers were all selected unanimously.

T&T pummel Canada in T20 opener

2010-07-23T14:15:19Z

Stanford Twenty20 champions Trinidad and Tobago opened the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean T20 with a crushing nine wicket win at Kensington Oval in Barbados yesterday. Batting in reply to Canada's 110, Adrian Barath scored an unbeaten 66 from 47 deliveries.

CricInfo has the scorecard and a bulletin.

Football trumps Cricket

2010-06-28T21:46:01Z

Journal entry by Michelle McDonald at Kensington Oval, Barbados

Sunday 27 June 2010, 1:03pm, Media Centre: Just arrived here. Place dead. Usual media suspects though. Wonder how many of them wished they could be home watching Formula 1, then football later? Probably won’t get any player to interview, so will probably do an article about what, if anything, the BCA could have done to attract more spectators into the ground.

'I have nothing to lose'

2010-06-25T16:41:04Z

Recalled opening batsman, Barbadian Dale Richards, says that he views his latest opportunity with the West Indies Test side as a case of “nothing to lose”.

Speaking with the media prior to the Windies training session on Thursday afternoon at Kensington Oval – where the Third Digicel Test will commence on Saturday – Richards said that at his stage of his career he is not taking on pressures he experienced when he was younger.

WICB launches Twenty20 tournament

2010-06-10T13:13:39Z

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Thursday announced the details for the inaugural Caribbean T20 Tournament which will be played from July 22 to 31. The tournament, which will form part of the annual WICB calendar, will have the first phase played in Barbados (July 22 to 25) with the second phase in Trinidad (July 28 to 31).

Eight teams will be involved in the Caribbean T20. The West Indies territorial teams: Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands will be joined by an international team. There is a huge incentive to win the Caribbean T20, with the leading regional team going on to represent the West Indies at the Airtel Champions League in South Africa in September.

Brendan Nash: 'We're sick of losing'

2010-06-09T20:58:42Z

West Indies middle order batsman, Brendan Nash, has said that he and his teammates are tired of losing and will use the Digicel Test Series against South Africa as another stepping stone to return to winning ways in Test cricket.

Hilaire as whistle-blower

2010-06-08T17:17:44Z

At the recently concluded annual conference of the Caribbean Studies Association in Barbados, Dr. Ernest Hilaire, CEO of the WICB, spoke with great passion and verve about our West Indies cricket team, echoing all the pride and disappointments West Indians have felt for the team over the years. His thoughts were sincere and offered in a constructive manner with a view to strengthening the team and enhancing our collective pride. Alas, there are those who prefer to bury their heads in the sand, to blame individual board members or individual cricketers for the long drought we have been experiencing.

In defense of Hilaire

2010-06-08T14:18:58Z

Statement from Caribbean Studies Association

The Caribbean Studies Association, (CSA) a professional organization made up largely of scholars but including activists, artists and writers, recently held its 35th annual conference in Barbados (May 24-28). The CSA sees its mandate as providing an intellectual space for the free expression of ideas and frank exchanges concerning issues affecting us as a region. In this regard, a special plenary on Nationalism and the Future of West Indies Cricket was held that was open to the Barbadian public. It was moderated by Sir Hilary Beckles, historian, cricket scholar and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, and featured UWI lecturer Justin Robinson, distinguished cricketer Rawle Brancker and Ernest Hilaire, Chief Executive of the West Indies Cricket Board.

Stop the nonsense, get to work Hilaire!

2010-06-04T16:46:21Z

by GARFIELD MYERS (Jamaica Observer)

It makes no sense that Ernest Hilaire would want to embarrass the West Indies Under-19 squad which admirably placed third at the Youth World Cup in New Zealand back in January.

I met Hilaire shortly after he was appointed CEO of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Based on that meeting I feel sure that shaming the youngsters was the last thing on his mind when he told an audience in Barbados "that almost half of the Under-19 team could barely read or write".

'Hilaire must apologise'

2010-06-01T12:16:40Z

The following is a statement issued by the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) in response to critical comments made by WICB chief executive Ernest Hilaire against West Indies cricketers:

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