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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 […]

The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be played in a record 13 different U.S. cities including Seattle on July 4th. The tournament will use the same format as in 2005 and 2007, with the 12-team field divided into three, four-team groups. The top two teams from each group will advance […]

Thursday, March 31 – Castries, St. Lucia: West Indies Captain Chris Gayle said Thursday his team is focusing only on winning the Digicel One-Day Series and not any off-field matters as the players anticipate the decisive 5th and final Digicel One-Day International at Beausejour Stadium on Friday.

Tuesday, March 31 – Castries, St. Lucia: The West Indies and England cricket teams landed in St. Lucia on Monday March 30th and are all set for the final Digicel ODI to be held at the Beausejour Stadium on April 3rd, 2009.  The teams arrived Monday from an exhausting game […]

The Windward Islands bounce back to defeat Jamaica yesterday on the third day of their 12th round WICBC regional chanpionship cricket.  After losing first innings points on Saturday at Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium.