Daniel Singh News Topic

The End for Neil McGarrell?

The performance of the Guyana team in the current Carib Beer and KFC Cup regional competitions has left many questions unanswered, not the least in relation to the selection of the team.

While both of Guyana’s four-day Carib Beer games against the Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago were severely affected by rain, they have now lost their first two one-day KFC Cup matches to these same teams very tamely.
Sachin Tendulkar News Topic

Emrit Undaunted By Tendulkar Challenge

The newest member of the West Indies team is excited about the likelihood of bowling to batting genius Sachin Tendulkar, but he is not daunted by the undoubtedly challenging task.

"I am excited to go out there and bowl at world class players such as (Sachin) Tendulkar and (Rahul) Dravid and hopefully getting them out as well," a composed Rayad Emrit said from his Mumbai hotel room on Thursday evening.
Roland Toppin News Topic

WICB CEO Quits, Even Before Starting

In a shocking development that throws the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) into another leadership crisis, Dr Roland Toppin has withdrawn his acceptance of the CEO position.

Toppin, who accepted the chief executive post last November and was scheduled to start on February 1, has now withdrawn for "previously unforeseen" personal reasons.
Carib Beer News Topic

Carib Beer Cup: Round 2 Summary

The second round of the Carib Beer Cricket Series ground to a rather sodden close today, with no victories in any of the matches and no result at all in one.

Once again rain dogged Guyana, this time in Trinidad, where more than half the match was lost to the elements. Eventually Guyana won the toss and sent the home team in, with hopes of running through them and gaining at least first innings points from a match that had no chance of an outright result.

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Vaneisa Baksh News Topic

To be a Troublemaker

by VANEISA BAKSH

Ten years ago I applied for membership at Queen's Park Cricket Club (QPCC). It was the beginning of a long campaign to get the QPCC to allow women in. By October 2004, when the club finally voted to allow female membership, I was under no illusion that the vote was connected to anything but requirements to host ICC World Cup matches.