PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Jamaica will be without captain and opening batsman Chris Gayle for the upcoming NAGICO Super50 Tournament. Gayle was injured during the West Indies tour of India late last year and has not recovered in time to participate in the upcoming 50-over event. The Jamaica Cricket Association confirmed the […]
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Squads For NAGICO Super50 2014
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Please see below the squads for the upcoming NAGICO Super50 tournament to be played in Trinidad & Tobago from January 30 to February 15: Zone A: Windward Islands, Jamaica, Guyana, Ireland Zone B: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Leeward Islands, Combined Campuses & Colleges GUYANA: Christopher Barnwell (captain), Shiv […]
Emmanuel to replace Sammy in Windwards squad for NAGICO Super50
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Defending champions Windward Islands will be without captain and allrounder Darren Sammy for the upcoming NAGICO Super50 Tournament. Sammy, the West Indies Test and T20 captain, was named to lead the Windwards, but had to withdraw with an injury. He will be replaced by fellow allrounder Craig Emmanuel, […]
PRIDE AND PASSION – KIRANI ZENO JAMES
The rambunctious enclave that covers the area just after the L’Anse Bridge to just outside the residence of former Parliamentarian Grace Duncan, is infamously known as Gun Battle. That locale of Gouyave, which straddles the Bay – the central port of fishing activity, although at times of dubious repute has […]
Running from George Worme’s side
By Hamlet Mark January 20, 2014 I had promised myself to leave that NDC leadership thing alone — and maybe I will still do eventually after this. I must confess there is a huge chunk of me, for largely selfish partisan reasons, that wants Nazim Burke to become leader. I […]
JUNIOR MURRAY FUN DAY AND CELEBRITY CRICKET MATCH
The month of January is very special to Junior. Not only is it his birth-month but it is also the month of his most significant accomplishment, the month, 21 years ago, when he made his debut as a West Indies Test Cricketer. To commemorate both events a Junior Murray Funday […]
Former Grenada Minister does not rule out run for party leadership
ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA (CARIBUPDATE) – Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress Franka Bernadine has left the door opened for a potential run as leader of the party. Bernadine, told a radio interview here Sunday that she is “still carefully evaluating,” when asked directly if she will run for leader […]
WICB and Banks Holdings form new partnership
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board and Banks Holdings Ltd. announced a new agreement for the upcoming six-match series between West Indies and England. The partnership, which was unveiled during an official media conference at the President’s Suite at the Kensington Oval, will see Banks Beer as the […]
West Indies Under-19 squad for ICC Under-19 World Cup
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 15-member squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The team will be led Jamaican off-spinning allrounder Ramaal Lewis. The vice captain is Nicholas Pooran, the left-handed wicket-keeper/batsman from Trinidad & Tobago. The […]
West Indies provisional squad for ICC World T20 2014
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the provisional 30-member squad for the ICC World T20 Men’s Tournament in March and April. West Indies are the defending world champions in this format. They won the title with victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the […]
Rooting for the coronation
By Hamlet Mark THE document penned by former Tillman Thomas Chief of Staff William Joseph about why Nazim Burke is a bad choice for leader of the National Democratic Congress makes interesting reading. And rather than his former comrades in the NDC making a frank and mature analysis of his […]
Great expectations as NAGICO Super50 launched in grand style
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – The first NAGICO Super50 tournament was officially launched on Thursday, with WICB chief executive Michael Muirhead hailing the January 30th to February 15th event as a new approach to 50-over cricket in the region. The launch, which took place at the at the Brian Lara Pavilion at […]
William Joseph quits NDC
St. George’s, January 15, 2014 – One of the strategists in last year’s losing election bid of Grenada’s National Democratic Congress is reported to have resigned from the party as it prepares to choose a new leader in just over two weeks. Caribupdate News Service, in a report from the […]
SANCHEZ PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION
Beausejour, Carriacou, January 14th, 2014- Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Lawrence Sacks are among dignitaries expected on the 400 acres island of Petite Martinique; for the completion ceremony for Phase 1 of the Sanchez Revetment Project. The […]
Spin bowler Vanessa Watts newcomer in West Indies Women’s Squad
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies selectors on Tuesday announced the 15-member West Indies Women’s squad for the upcoming eight-match series in New Zealand. The team will again be led by inspirational captain Merissa Aguilleira, who has been at the helm since 2008. There is one newcomer, Vanessa Watts, […]
