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St. John’s, Antigua – WINDIES Kiddy Cricketers from Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica are gearing up and sharpening their skills to showcase their abundant talent during the West Indies vs. India home series matches in August.  Supported by Cricket West Indies and presenting programme partner Scotiabank, more than 350 primary school boys […]

Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines – Barbados made it consecutive titles in the past month, as they emulated their Under-17 counterparts to win the West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 Championship by 4.7 points ahead of Windward Islands. Round Five was hampered by rain with only two of the three matches […]

Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines – Heavy rain and lightning forced all three matches in Round Four of the Rising Stars Under 19 tournament at Arnos Vale, Park Hill and Cumberland respectively to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday. The rain interruption means that a new champion […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cricket West Indies interim selection panel named Fabian Allen to replace forKhary Pierre for the third and final T20 International against India. The match will be played at Guyana National Stadium on Tuesday in the MyTeam11 Twenty20 International Series, co-sponsored by Skoda and Fena. First ball is […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – Cricket West Indies interim selection panel has named Jason Mohammed as the replacement for Andre Russell in the first and second matches of the MyTeam11 Twenty20 International Series, co-sponsored by Skoda and Fena. Mohammed, the experienced 32-year-old, has so far played nine T20 Internationals and also captained the West […]

Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines – Barbados, Windward Islands and Guyana all recorded comfortable victories to conclude action in round three of the CWI Under-19 Championship on Thursday. At Arnos Vale Sports complex, Barbados were led once again by their quick bowlers, particularly Matthew Forde who clinched 4-15 to […]

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 […]