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Monday, May 18th  2009: Digicel-sponsored West Indies captain, Chris Gayle, admitted his team found it difficult to cope with the frigid May weather as it slumped to a 0-2 series sweep at the hands of hosts England, with an innings defeat in the second Test at Chester-le-Street on Monday.

Monday, May 18th, 2009: The Digicel-sponsored West Indies slumped to an innings and 83-run defeat just after lunch on Monday as England’s bowlers tortured them with seam, swing and aggressive intent on the final day of the second and final Test at Chester-le-Street.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009: The young footballers who took part in the third leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics at the Franklin Essed Stadium in Suriname, have collectively agreed that the clinic was not only a success for them as individuals, but as a country.

Saturday May 16th 2009. Fast bowler James Anderson ripped through the Digicel-sponsored West Indies top order on Saturday to leave the visitors uncertainly poised on 94 for three in pursuit of England’s formidable 569 for six declared at close on day three of the second Test.

Thursday, May 14th, 2009: The coach of the Digicel-sponsored West Indies team, John Dyson, credited England’s batsmen here Thursday after his bowlers were made to toil on day one of the second Test as centuries from opener Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara set up an imposing total of 302 for […]

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009: Chris Gayle is keen to put his controversial comments about Test cricket and his role as West Indies captain behind him and ensure that his team produces a strong performance in Thursday’s must-win second Test against England at Chester-le-Street in Durham.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Sunday, May 10th 2009: Dr. the Honorable Esther Byer Suckoo, M.P. Minister of Youth, Family and Sports in Barbados and the main speaker at a Corporate Dinner sponsored by Digicel which was held at Thamnak Thai, Worthing, Christ Church, expressed her Government’s gratitude to Digicel and John […]

Friday 8th May 2009 – Skipper, Chris Gayle, has promised that his Digicel-sponsored West Indies team will not give up the Wisden Trophy without a fight despite the ten-wicket opening match defeat at the hands of England inside three days at Lords on Friday.

Friday, May 8th 2009: Brendan Nash and Denesh Ramdin stroked attractive half centuries in a boundary-studded 143-run partnership, but England still stormed to a ten-wicket victory over the Digicel-sponsored West Indies inside three days of the opening Test at Lords on Friday.

Kingston, Jamaica – Friday, May 8th: President of the Jamaica Football Federation and CFU Vice President, Captain Burrell, has hailed the first leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics 2009 as a huge success.

Thursday 7th May, 2009. West Indies coach, John Dyson, is keen for his side to put Thursday’s calamitous second day behind them and fight hard to avoid defeat over the next few days of the opening Test against England at Lord’s.

The West Indies selectors have included two Grenadians in a 17-man squad for the upcoming Test Series tour of England. The tour starts on April 21 and will include three warm-up matches and two Test matches.

The National Football Stadium will again this weekend come alive as four teams will converge on the field of play to earn much needed points to advance to the semi finals of the GFA Big Six Tournament.

Friday, April 3 – Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia: England’s effervescent all-rounder Andrew Flintoff claimed an emphatic hat-trick on his way to career-best five for 19 here Friday to help sink the West Indies and deliver a 26-run victory in a rain-abbreviated decisive 5th and final Digicel One-Day International at Beausejour […]

Friday, April 3 – Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia: The ever popular coin toss which determines the team with decision control was done today by St. Lucia’s reigning Carnival Queen, Miss Cathy Daniel officially starting the 5th and final Digicel ODI. Four hours after the scheduled time, due to rain, Cathy […]