Windies Team Discussion, and Other Related Things Thread

[honestbharani]

I remember when this cricket ground was a cow pasture. I played a few under-15 games and 2nd division games as well here. A tiny ground makes you feel big at. It's behind a police station...But I am happy that it is getting some exposure by having Sir Curtly over there,

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1776543233352372601

Jai Hind Ground in Guyana? Seriously?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Jai Hind Ground in Guyana? Seriously?

Im from the area, not too far away is the Albion Sports Complex- a venue every Indian should know well enough.

This part of Berbice is majority Indo-Guyanese (myself included). So, one can understand why they decided to name their club that name.

I might also add that there’s another cricket club in the area that was heavily influenced by Pakistan and their World Cup win in 1992- the Fyrish All Stars. The captain is a 60 year old Imam of the local mosque, they are also the sole distributors of CA cricketing equipment in the county.

Our country is quite diverse.

Not too far away from the Port Mourant Cricket Club (home ground of Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharan), there is a village called Bangladesh. I played against them only once.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I don’t even know why some people are in this squad anymore,

 

[WICFan]

Looks they pulled some names out of a hat.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

More cricket coming up for the Academy team...June 8th to June 29th, 2024

WEST INDIES ACADEMY SQUAD NAMED FOR IRELAND TOUR
This tour will comprise five matches, encompassing three 50-over matches and two four-day matches against Ireland’s Emerging Men’s Team. It signifies a reciprocal tour following Ireland's visit to the West Indies in November 2023.

The full squad is listed as follows:
Nyeem Young - Captain
Teddy Bishop - Vice Captain
Kadeem Alleyne
Jewel Andrew
Ackeem Auguste
Joshua Bishop
McKenny Clarke
Joshua James
Jordan Johnson
Leonardo Julian
Johann Layne
Ashmead Nedd
Kelvin Pitman
Ramon Simmonds
Carlon Tuckett

Team Management Unit:

Head Coach: Ramesh Subasinghe
Assistant Coach: Rohan Nurse
Physiotherapist: Neil Barry
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Shayne Cooper
Manager & Team Analyst: Kesh Ramphal

West Indies Academy Squad Named for Ireland Tour | Windies Cricket news

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to unveil the squad selected for the upcoming West Indies Academy tour of Ireland,...

www.windiescricket.com

 

[WICFan]

Cricketer John Campbell has received a reduction of two years and two months on his four year suspension for evading and failing to submit to a urine sample.

The 30-year-old Campbell, who received the ban in October, 2022 will now be eligible to return to competitive cricket in July or August of this year.

The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS, found Campbell did not deliberately try to evade. The court says the issue was out of negligence on Campbell’s part.

CAS also in their ruling says it didn’t find Campbell to be a cheat.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Campbell was merely indulging in the devil’s lettuce.