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Ashley Nurse and Raymon Reifer starred with both bat and ball as Barbados Tridents knocked out defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders to set up a 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final against the all-conquering Guyana Amazon Warriors. Nurse’s intervention was crucial in both innings, first when blasting an unbeaten 24 from nine balls to…

Stafanie Taylor powered her NLCB Revellers to an impressive nine-wicket victory over Courts Gladiators in the CPL Women’s T10 NLCB Challenge clash at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. The Gladiators recovered from a slow start to post what looked a challenging 74/2 from their 10 overs on the back of Hayley Matthews’ unbeaten 46. With…

The team names and squads for the two women’s T10 matches that the Hero Caribbean Premier League will be hosting on 10 October and 12 October 2019 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad have been announced.  The teams will be called NLCB Revellers and the Courts Gladiators. The Revellers will be made up from cricketers from…

Sunday saw the Eliminator round of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League between St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Trinbago Knight Riders, in a thrilling double-header with Qualifier 1 between Barbados Tridents and Guyana Amazon Warriors. But what were the main points we took away from the action? 1- Powerplay Overs Are Fundamental Guyana Amazon Warriors…

Guyana Amazon Warriors continued their unbeaten 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by crushing the Barbados Tridents to progress to the CPL final at the Brian Lara Stadium on Saturday 12 October. Brandon King helped himself to 11 sixes on his way to the highest ever Hero CPL score of 132*, sending him top of…

Denesh Ramdin played a remarkably patient, but ultimately match-winning knock alongside Lendl Simmons then Kieron Pollard to take Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) to a well-timed victory over the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), booking their place in the semi-final on Thursday 10 October at Brian Lara Cricket Academy.…

Guyana Amazon Warriors are a phenomenon. Their victory over Barbados Tridents in Qualifier 1 was their eleventh consecutive win, and one which puts them in the box-seat for their first ever CPL title. Even with their regrettable record of having been runners-up on four occasions in the competition, you would be a brave punter to…

Guyana Amazon Warriors became the first time to finish a Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with a perfect record of 10 wins from 10 matches by defeating Trinbago Knight Riders at Providence Stadium. The Knight Riders defeat means they will now play St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Eliminator match for a chance…

Guyana Amazon Warriors made it nine wins from nine in the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), thrashing Jamaica Tallawahs by 77 runs despite slumping to 8/4 at the start of their innings. The table-topping Warriors lost four wickets in four balls across the first two overs of the night – at one point both…

Barbados Tridents kept their hopes of a top-two 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) finish alive with a seven-wicket victory over their rivals and defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders. Having restricted TKR to just 134/8, the Tridents got home on the back of Johnson Charles’ 47-ball 55 to leapfrog their opponents and St Kitts &…

Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their perfect 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign to eight wins from eight matches with a 19-run win over defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders at the Queen’s Park Oval despite Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo briefly threatening to pull off an outrageous heist. The Knight Riders appeared dead and buried…

Jonathan Carter’s resurgence in regional cricket resembles that of a phoenix rising from the ashes. Having made his West Indies debut in 2015 against South Africa, Jonathan has three ODI half centuries to his repertoire but it’s in the field of regional cricket (pun intended) that he has been the most impressive. Early this year,…

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and Cricket West Indies (CWI) are partnering to host two T10 matches ahead of the Men’s semi-final and final. The best women’s cricketers from across the Caribbean will be playing in the NLCB Challenge on 10 October at 3pm and the Courts Invitational on 12 October…

Three wickets in an over from Hayden Walsh Jr and a superb spell from Harry Gurney turned the Barbados Tridents’ whole season around as they defended 141/6 to defeat St Lucia Zouks and grab the final 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoff spot in a winner-takes-all clash at the Kensington Oval. The Tridents looked…

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots secured their 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoff spot in dramatic style as Dominic Drakes bowled Harry Gurney with the final ball of the night to seal a thrilling one-run victory over Barbados Tridents, who now face a winner-takes-all clash with St Lucia Zouks on Sunday after a dramatic…

A major initiative for the 2019 season was the introduction of 12 development players into CPL. Two CWI nominated players were included in each of the franchise teams and we are thrilled to see the immediate success of this program, as many of the players have made an instant impact. With these young and exciting…

Daren Sammy held his nerve to keep St Lucia Zouks’ 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoff hopes very much alive with a four-wicket win over Jamaica Tallawahs on Friday night. A pair of Hero Maximums in the penultimate over of a nervy, high-stakes run-chase effectively settled the contest, bringing the scores level and allowing…

Rahkeem Cornwall has had a breakthrough season. Whilst he’s played numerous seasons of Caribbean Premier League before this year, 2019 has been the moment when he crossed over, and when people really started to take notice. St Lucia Zouks haven’t been able to qualify for the knockout stages, but have seen a general improvement on…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies will host Ireland for a full white-ball series of three Colonial Medical Insurance One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20 Internationals (T20Is) starting on January 7, 2020 in Barbados, Grenada and St. Kitts. This will be the first time Ireland have played the West Indies in a full three match series…

A truly sensational display of sustained hitting from JP Duminy and a ridiculously good bowling effort from Hayden Walsh Jr allowed Barbados Tridents to finally end their eight-match losing home run in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in fine style with a 63-run defeat of defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders. Duminy scored the fastest…

On Wednesday night, Guyana Amazon Warriors opted to bowl spin for all six of their Powerplay overs. Starting with the part-time spin of Chandrapaul Hemraj, then using the overseas spinners Chris Green and Imran Tahir to close out the first period of fielding restrictions, not a single over from the seamers was required. This may seem…

The Caribbean Premier League is living up to its moniker with West Indies players dominating the batting statistics compiled thus far. Both emerging and veteran West Indians have been “blazing ball” in this year’s tournament but Brandon King is leading the charge. King is certainly giving the CWI selectors something to ponder, with his consistent run-scoring for…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- The West Indies Women will host India Women for three (3) Colonial Medical Insurance One Day Internationals (ODIs) and five (5) T20 Internationals (T20I) from November 1- 20, with matches to be played in Antigua, St. Lucia and Guyana. India Women will arrive in the Caribbean on October 28 ahead of the first Colonial…

St. John’s, Antigua – West Indies Under-19 Coach and Cricket West Indies (CWI) High Performance Manager Graeme West, is satisfied with the progress shown by the West Indies Rising Stars Under-19s, after they completed their September 13-23 camp over the weekend in Antigua. The ten day camp was the next stage of the preparation for the…