Category: News

May 13, 2021, 5:18 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirms that the West Indies Women’s High-Performance training squad and coaching staff have received their first vaccinations against COVID-19 at the start of their month long camp in Antigua. CWI, in partnership with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Ministry of…

May 13, 2021, 11:14 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies team has made a significant move up the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Match rankings, following the release of the latest rankings on on Thursday morning. West Indies moved up two places to sixth place, leapfrogging South Africa and Sri Lanka. West indies…

The Barbados Tridents have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets under way on 28 August in St Kitts & Nevis.  The Tridents welcome back the world’s number one rated Test all-rounder and Tridents’ captain Jason Holder, along with fellow Barbadians Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Raymon Reifer, Justin Greaves, Nyeem…

The Guyana Amazon Warriors have announced their retentions for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets underway in St Kitts & Nevis on 28 August.  The Amazon Warriors have retained 11 of the players who guided them to the semi-finals of the 2020 event. Nicholas Pooran made the only century of last year’s tournament…

The Trinbago Knight Riders have announced the players they are retaining ahead of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which gets underway in St Kitts & Nevis on 28 August.  The Knight Riders have held on to 13 of the players who saw them complete a perfect season in 2020, winning all 12 of…

May 12, 2021, 4:46 p.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that annual retainer contracts have been offered to all thirteen (13) members of the existing Senior Panel of Umpires for the new contract period April 1st 2021- March 31st 2022. The significant reduction in regional cricket in the last contracting period,…

In the first global study to look at elite athletes’ experiences in sport as children, more than half reported having suffered emotional abuse at least once, the World Players Association said in a new report released today at the 4th World Players’ Development Conference. The two-year project highlighting athletes’ testimonies of lasting legacies of abuse is a collaboration…

May 5, 2021, 3:14 p.m. On 24 April 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Caribbean learned of the sad news of the passing of David Roper, Director of Industry Relations at Sandals Resorts International. A longstanding member of the Sandals Resorts family, David Roper played an integral role in building enduring relationships with travel…

May 6, 2021, 9:53 a.m. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has expanded the number of West Indies Women’s players offered retainer contracts for the 2021-2022 season to a record number of eighteen (18) players. This is an increase of three (3) retainer contracts compared to the 2020-21 season with contracts offered for the…

May 5, 2021, 7:40 a.m. St. John’s, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Men’s Team for the 2021-2022 season. A total of 18 players have offered contracts for the upcoming 2021-22 season which runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. For the first time Nkrumah…

April 29, 2021, 11:45 a.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua —The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has named 30 players for an estimated month-long West Indies Women’s high-performance camp to be held in Antigua starting on May 2. This will be the second such month-long camp in 2021 assembled under the guidance of Head Coach Courtney Walsh…

The 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will take place in St Kitts & Nevis in its entirety, with all 33 games being played in the Federation. The tournament will get underway on 28 August with a similar format of games that worked so successfully in 2020 and delivered a record audience of over 500million. Last…

Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and a country from the West Indies join England in qualifying for Birmingham 2022; Qualifier to determine the final participant Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022…

A mentorship programme for all future female leaders in cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the next phase of the 100% Cricket campaign, with the launch of the 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme – a mentorship programme for all female future leaders in Cricket as part of their long-term commitment to accelerate the growth of women’s…

April 16, 2021, 9:37 a.m. West Indies T20 skipper took T20 hitting to new heights in 2020. He scored 59 sixes across his matches at a rate of one every 5.5 balls. His strike rate for the year was 199 and he averaged 53 Kieron Pollard feels elated and said it is a “fantastic achievement”…

April 14, 2021, 10:53 p.m. Jason Holder was today named among the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year. The honour was announced on Wednesday the historic almanack unveiled its 2021 edition. Wisden is the game’s most prestigious and recognizable publication and this outstanding recognition is presented to players who excelled in the game. Holder has…

April 11, 2021, 6:02 p.m. ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Ricky Skerritt and Dr Kishore Shallow have been re-elected unopposed to the posts of President and Vice President respectively, of Cricket West Indies (CWI). They will serve a second two-year term. The re-election process was conducted as one of the key items on the agenda of…

April 6, 2021, 7:18 a.m. A first-of-its-kind partnership, FanCode becomes first Indian digital sports brand to enter media rights partnership with Cricket West Indies ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and FanCode, India’s premier digital sports destination for all fans, have entered into a broadcast partnership, making FanCode the official fan destination in India for…

Day 5 of 2nd Sandals Test Match Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Toss: Sri Lanka won toss and bowled Result: Match drawn Scores: West Indies 354 and 280-4 dec.; Sri Lanka 258 and 193-2 Scoreboard: http://bit.ly/wivsl2ndtestscorecard Ten wickets proved too tall an order for West Indies on a placid strip as captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada…

Day 4 of 2nd Sandals Test Match Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Toss: Sri Lanka won toss and bowled Scores: West Indies 354 and 280-4 dec.; Sri Lanka 258 and 29-0 Scoreboard: http://bit.ly/wivsl2ndtestscorecard West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite came very close to a second century in the second Sandals Test match on Thursday which helped his…

Day 3 of 2nd Sandals Test Match Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Toss: Sri Lanka won toss and bowled Scores: West Indies 354 vs Sri Lanka 250-8 Scoreboard: http://bit.ly/wivsl2ndtestscorecard West Indies took control of the match on a rain-hit day as they took five wickets for 114 runs in the 42.1 overs allowed. Heavy rain caused…

Day 2 of 2nd Sandals Test Match Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Toss: Sri Lanka won toss and bowled Scores: West Indies 354 vs Sri Lanka 134-3 Scoreboard: http://bit.ly/wivsl2ndtestscorecard West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite completed his ninth Test century to place his team in a strong position at the close on the second day of the…