Romario Shepherd and Odean Smith nearly pulled off a West Indies upset win over New Zealand in the first T20 International. Affected by a rain delay, the two all rounders took the home team close to the required total at Sabina Park on August 10. In the end, it fell short and the visitors won […]
Sabina Park
My best memory of Dwayne Bravo
On November 4 during this year’s T20 Cricket World Cup, West Indies cricket all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, announced his retirement from international cricket. This was his second retirement and it came as his team, the defending champions, crashed out of the tournament. At the virtual post-match press conference after the loss to Sri Lanka, I asked […]
Congratulations Desmond Haynes: Inducted into ICC’s Hall of Fame
I woke up to the news that my favourite cricketer of any nationality was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame. Why is Desmond Haynes my favourite cricketer? Back in the 1980’s I knew nothing about cricket. Thought it was the most boring sport ever. Then I saw a highlights show on […]
My early life in the cricket media fraternity
It’s coming up to 20 years since I started my life in cricket, specifically, as part of the media fraternity. This picture was taken between 2003 and 2006 at Sabina Park, in front of the Mound. This was pre-2007 World Cup, and at the time this picture was taken, there were no restrictions and I […]
Remembering Tony Becca
The news came to me via a WhatsApp from a Jamaican friend on Thursday February 28, 2019 at 8:57 a.m. Grenada time. “Mawnin. Heard that Tony Becca died,” she messaged. “Oh!” I replied in dismay, and immediately set about verifying the information, then sharing the unfortunate news with my family. Still in shock and disbelief, […]
Catching up with Sunil Ambris in 2019
Sunil Ambris’s 94 runs against the visiting English bowlers in their second warm up match was a timely reminder of his ability to score runs. It especially stood out since no other batsman managed more than 22. Having been seconded to that CWI President’s XI from his regional team Windwards Volcanoes, following their – some […]
I am back. Hello cricket world!!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼
Hellloooooooo!!!!!! And Happy 2019!!! I have crawled out from under the rock where I have been for the last 3.5 years working on a non-cricket project which took quite a bit of….well, nearly all my leisure time. When I DID have some free time, I chose to spend it at the lovely Grand Anse beach […]
Remembering #BobWoolmer
BBC Radio had a programme on March 19, 2017 to mark the 10 year anniversary of the passing of former Pakistan cricket coach. Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston Jamaica, during Cricket World Cup 2007. Listen to part of the programme here and then my recollection of that period, while I was […]
Remembering Tony Cozier
I struck up the courage to request an interview with him and was chuffed when he agreed. I made sure to prepare my questions in advance, as I imagine he would have done, though his elephant-like memory meant that he perhaps did not need to. The interview was carried in two parts in April 2004, such was the extent of his opinions on West Indies cricket.
Hero #CPL15 T20 Diary 2: Jamaica Tallawahs vs Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
“One more night, give me just one more night” was pumping over the speakers when I arrived around the same time as I did on Tuesday. Indeed, give Jamaica Tallawahs one more night this Thursday to put up another authority stamping T20 performance in the Hero CPL 2105. Let’s see what the boys can do in this […]