Category: WIPA Releases

June 25, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses sincere condolences at the passing of Anthony Andrews. Andrews, born March 1967, was a former Jamaican cricketer who played between 1992 and 1996. Wavell Hinds, WIPA President and CEO, said, “I’m deeply hurt at the passing of my fellow teammate. He was an honest…

April 29, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses sincere condolences to WIPA Vice President, Nixon McLean, at the passing of his mother. The executive, management and staff of WIPA expressed their condolences to Nixon on hearing the news over the weekend. Wavell Hinds, WIPA President and CEO, said, “We are saddened by…

April 29, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) is pleased that the four-year ban imposed on Jamaican and West Indies batsman John Campbell has been reduced. WIPA, on behalf of Mr. Campbell, filed an appeal to his four-year ban from cricket at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in December 2022; the…

April 22, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) congratulates the Guyana Harpy Eagles on winning the 2024 West Indies Championship title. The win secured for Guyana back-to-back regional four-day titles, and seven (7) titles in the last nine (9) years.  The Guyana Harpy Eagles claimed the trophy on Saturday, April 20, with…

April 17, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) proudly commends West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews on being designated Wisden’s Leading T20 Cricketer in the World for 2023. Matthews copped the award for an outstanding eight (8) consecutive T20I Player of the Match awards as well as 1,551 T20 runs (international and domestic)…

Nyon, Switzerland, 29 March 2024 On October 8, 2022, West Indian Cricketer John Campbell was banned for 4 years for refusing to submit a blood sample in April 2022, the ban took effect retroactively from May 10, 2022. Attorneys for Mr Campbell filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) in December…

March 26, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) warmly congratulates Jamaica’s Women’s team on winning the 2024 CG United Women’s Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze titles.  The Women’s Super50 Cup tournament ran from March 4-13, 2024, and the T20 Blaze tournament, March 17-25, 2024, in St. Kitts. Jamaica’s Women, ably led by…

January 29, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) proudly salutes the West Indies Men’s team on their historic victory over Australia by eight (8) runs in the second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday, January 28, 2024, the first West Indies Test win in Australia in 27 years. A young West Indies squad with…

January 25, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) whole-heartedly congratulates West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews on winning the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 Award. Matthews had a record T20I outing in 2023, amassing 700 runs and 19 wickets in 14 matches, including a stellar performance against Australia, smashing 99*,…

January 19, 2024 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) salutes West Indies Women, Anisa Mohammed, Shakera Selman, Kycia Knight and Kyshona Knight at the announcement of their retirement. These women have represented West Indies tremendously well, having had long, fruitful careers, including being a part of the squad that claimed the 2016 ICC Women’s T20…

December 9, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses sincere condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of two former Guyana and West Indies cricketers, Clyde Butts and Joe Solomon. Clyde Godfrey Butts was a former off-spinner and served as captain of Guyana in the 1980s. He made his Test debut in 1987…

October 6, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses sincere condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of sports administrator Gibbs Williams.  Gibbs ‘Gibbo’ Williams was the Vice Principal of GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Jamaica, team manager of Jamaica’s Men’s Under-19 team for many years, and team manager of…

October 5, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) conveys congratulations to Hayley Matthews on her Player of the Series award in the recently concluded T20I series versus Australia Women, and for earning the most consecutive Player of the Match awards, eight (8). WIPA commends the West Indies Women’s team on their performances against…

October 2, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) proudly and whole-heartedly congratulates West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews and the West Indies Women’s team on their historic victory over Australia by 7 wickets, the highest ever successful run-chase in women’s T20Is, at the North Sydney Oval, Australia, on Monday, October 2, 2023. WIPA…

September 28, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) extends congratulations to Cricket West Indies (CWI) Vice President Azim Bassarath and former West Indies cricketer Samuel Badree on receiving the Hummingbird Medal (HBM) Gold Award at the 2023 National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago. Azim Bassarath currently serves as President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board…

September 26, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) warmly congratulates the Guyana Amazon Warriors on winning the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title, the Amazon Warriors’ first CPL title. The Guyana Amazon Warriors became CPL 2023 champions with a comprehensive  9-wicket win over the Trinbago Knight Riders on Sunday, September 24, 2023,…

September 21, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses sincere condolences to Nicholson Gordon at the passing of his father, Dudley Gordon. Nicholson Gordon, a handy fast bowler, currently plays for the Jamaica Scorpions and the Jamaica Tallawahs, and was instrumental in the Tallawahs’ Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title in 2022. He is…

September 6, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses condolences at the passing of former Barbados and West Indies cricketer, Peter Lashley. Peter Douglas Lashley, born February 1937 in Barbados, played for the West Indies in 1960 and 1961. He passed away on September 4, 2023, at the age of 86. Wavell Hinds,…

July 27, 2023 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricketer Raphick Jumadeen. Raphick Rasif Jumadeen, a left-arm spinner, played for Trinidad and Tobago between 1967 and 1981, and for the West Indies between 1972 and 1979. He was later…

February 2, 2022 KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses condolences to the family, friends, Lucas Cricket Club and cricketing fraternity of former West Indies and Jamaica cricketer, Easton McMorris.  Mr. McMorris represented the West Indies in 13 Tests between 1958 and 1966. His regional career for Jamaica yielded 5,906 runs at an…

January 12, 2022 KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses congratulations to Sir Clive Lloyd on being honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to cricket. The Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) is bestowed to individuals who have played a “prominent but lesser…

December 8, 2021 KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The executive, membership and staff of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses condolences at the passing of Franklyn Francis. Mr. Francis was a broadcaster, journalist and cricket historian in Antigua and Barbuda and was the twin-island’s Ambassador to Ethiopia. Enoch Lewis, President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB) and Director of Cricket…