The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
West Indies senior team coach Roger Harper claims that "there
has been a myth going around that West Indian players are strong
technically."
He lamented that everyone has been uttering this falsehoods for
sometime and said: "That it's one of the greatest myths that has
been thrown around the West Indies for sometime now."
Today, we join in celebrating the 50th birthday of Sir Vivian
Richards, the greatest batsman of all time. Sir Viv, who
reached the milestone while helping to fix the outdated coaching
manual at a workshop in Trinidad, insists he still has a lot to
offer to West Indies cricket.
As we continue to enjoy everything that Sir Viv has given us,
CaribbeanCricket.com offers a sampling of what others are
saying about him today, including an interview from the BBC.
Even though Carl Hooper is ridiculed as one of the biggest
underachievers in Test cricket, a recent milestone reveals a
glimmer of what this well beloved son of Guyana could have been.
When Carl took the the catch to dismiss Younis Khan in the third
one day international in the recent series in Sharjah, he became
the first cricketer to have achieved what I call 'The Triple' in
international cricket.
Joel Garner has hit out at the attitude of young Caribbean players accusing them of making too many excuses for their failures. Garner, who was recently honoured by the government of Anguilla, implored the youngsters to work hard at their game just like he and his former colleagues did in the past.
Rohan Kanhai Stand it will be. First tier. Front row. Face and shaved head painted in red, white and black. Banners hung. Flags at a ready. The aroma of just-cooked curry burning the noses of the Lipton-tea-sipping ladies to the west in the Ladies Pavilion. Ten year old rum bottle seal broken and its contents warming the glass and the soul in anticipation of the first day?s fireworks. And my great West Indies team will be warming up infront the Kenny Wishart and Clive Lloyd stands.