2021 was a year to remember for West Indies Women’s all-rounder Hayley Matthews; from finishing the inaugural season of The Hundred as the 5th highest runs-scorer to being named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for November.
“[2021 was] obviously a pretty big and exciting year for me. I got the challenge of trying different batting positions throughout the season and I think whenever the challenge came, I was able to [slot in] pretty well and do what was necessary for the team,” she told the Mason & Guest talk show.
“The most exciting part was definitely how my bowling went. I exceeded what I would have expected, so I am pretty happy with that.”
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Ireland (CI) have confirmed changes to the match schedule for the ongoing CG Insurance One-Day International Series.
The second CG Insurance ODI will now be played on Thursday 13 January with the third and final CG Insurance ODI on Sunday 16 January at Sabina Park. First ball is 9:30 am local time (10:30 am Eastern Caribbean/2:30 pm Ireland).
The rescheduling occurred following five COVID-19 positive cases, as well as injuries in the Ireland camp leaving the Ireland squad depleted ahead of the 2nd CG Insurance ODI which was originally was scheduled for Tuesday, 11 January. As a consequence the one-off CG Insurance T20 International has been cancelled to allow for this revised schedule and to avoid impact on the teams’ travel plans and subsequent fixtures.
Calvin Hope, Cricket West Indies (CWI) Director from Barbados, has come under fire for recent comments he made aimed at CWI President, Ricky Skerrit, and his administration.
Hope, who was speaking on the Mason & Guest radio talk show on the 28th of December 2021, questioned several decisions taken by the President Skerritt-led administration, including the removal of the Richard Pybus-led coaching staff in 2019.
Now, a week later, Tony Marshall, former President of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and former Director of CWI, speaking on the same show on January 4th, has expressed his displeasure at Hope’s approach.
“I’m sorry to say, I did not like it. He spoke very strongly against the President and he’s a member of the board,” Marshall began.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has entered a new broadcast partnership for the region with ESPN that will allow more Caribbean fans than ever to have the chance to access live coverage of the West Indies home international matches.
Under the partnership, ESPN and its Caribbean networks is the exclusive broadcast partner for all West Indies live home international and regional cricket for the 2022 season.
Fans across the region will be able to see West Indies' home internationals live and exclusively on ESPN Caribbean and the ESPN app.
“We are delighted to grow our partnership with ESPN to include our home Internationals in the Caribbean, bringing the region’s favourite sports team, the West Indies, into millions of homes and mobile devices. This new addition to our long-standing partnership with the world’s pre-eminent sports broadcaster is providing greater access to more live West Indies international and regional cricket than ever before to fans across the region,” said CEO of CWI Johnny Grave.
It has been an interesting start to the 2022 New Year for West Indies cricket. The first days of 2022 have produced some exciting appointments to the West Indies Selections Panel, ongoing fitness concerns surrounding at least one key player, as well as a few very enlightening comments from head coach Phil Simmons.
Most West Indies cricket fans would have been excited by Cricket West Indies’ successive announcements of the appointments of the Rt. Hon. Dr. Desmond Haynes and Ramnaresh Sarwan, as the Selection Chairman and Member replacements for the recently deposed Roger Harper and Miles Bascombe.
The reputations of both Haynes and Sarwan, within both the Region and the wider cricketing world, as very well respected, knowledgeable, high calibre former West Indies players are undeniably solid.
The announcements of their respective appointments would have created a sense of optimism that some of the bizarre selection choices that were far too often characteristic of the previous panel, would now not be repeated. With the West Indies about to begin its all-important quest for qualification at two forthcoming World Cups, this year’s T20 as well as the 2023 50 overs, wisdom-guided selection of the best possible teams will be of immeasurable value.
