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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) would like to express condolences to the family and friends of Livern Wellington who passed away earlier this week in Florida. Wellington was a former Jamaican cricketer from St. Catherine who played in the late 60s and early 70s. He was […]

NAIL BITING WIN FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IS THE HIGHLIGHT FROM ROUND TWO OF WEST INDIES RISING STARS UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines – Trinidad and Tobago’s nail biting, come-from-behind, one run victory over Jamaica was the highlight from Round two of the Rising Stars West Indies […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies is set to honour renowned cricket commentator Joseph “Reds” Perreira for his work in broadcasting the game for close to six decades The upcoming second MyTeam11 Test between West Indies and India – which is co-sponsored by Skoda and Fena – starting on […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Cricket West Indies chief executive officer, Michael Muirhead has decided to step down from his role of managing the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG). On Saturday 27 July, CWI President Ricky Skerritt hosted a brief reception during the quarterly board meeting of CCG – attended by […]

Georgetown, Guyana – The first Level Two Coaching course delivered by Cricket West Indies (CWI) in eight years, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Faculty of Sport, concluded on Monday in Guyana. All CWI member countries and ICC Americas members have access to this course, with another […]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Michael Gough of England and Joel Wilson of the West Indies in the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the season 2019-20 following the annual review and selection process. Gough and Wilson have been elevated from the Emirates ICC International Panel of […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) would like to express condolences to the family and friends of Herman Bennett Snr., a former Jamaican cricketer who played between 1964 and 1970. Bennett, a right-handed middle-order batsman, played eleven first-class matches for Jamaica and amassed 369 runs. Bennett, born […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The CWI Interim Selection Panel has named veteran opener Chris Gayle in the West Indies squad for the MyTeam11 Series against India which is co-sponsored by Skoda and Fena. Left-handed opener John Campbell, fellow batsman Roston Chase and all-rounder Keemo Paul have all been recalled to […]

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies is investing in two regional spin bowling camps, using the services of legendary former Pakistan leg-spinner and current West Indies spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed. This is part of a new coaching investment programme to focus on improving players’ skills for those that […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies chances against India in the upcoming MyTeam11 Twenty20 International Series, co-sponsored by Skoda, were given a boost with the recall of the veteran duo of Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard. Wicketkeeper/batsman Anthony Bramble is the only newcomer in the 14-member squad selected for the […]

COUVA, Trinidad- Jamaica put a halt on Trinidad and Tobago dominant run in the West Indies Rising Stars Under 17 Championship, when they defeated the home team by 2 runs at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. All three matches in Round 3 were disturbed by rain, with the match between […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies has increased the number of all-format contracts awarded to West Indies men’s players and expanded the list of centrally-contracted West Indies women’s players for the 2019-20 season. The number of all-format contracts on the men’s side has now increased from four to seven […]

COUVA, Trinidad- Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands all registered wins in Round one of the West Indies Rising Stars Under-17 Championship being played in Trinidad. Despite a late start in the Jamaica vs Leeward Islands match being played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy due to rain, Jaden […]

COUVA, Trinidad- There were two close finishes in the second round of the West Indies Rising Stars U17 Championship being played in Trinidad and Tobago, which saw Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago take victory over the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands respectively. On a blisteringly hot and dry day, […]

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies announces that it has completed the assembling of 13 committees and two task forces, which will provide pragmatic operational and policy advice to the Board of Directors and its Professional Management Team, for the period up to March 2021. The committees are listed […]