Caribbean Cricket Podcast

On the eve of the first test match between New Zealand and West Indies we caught up with West Indies top order batsman Darren Bravo. Its been a long time in the wilderness for Darren and he acknowledges it's time to make up for lost time. In a very frank, honest and open conversation we touch on everything from Darren's early career to future ambitions and more. If you are new to our podcast pleas...

The band is back together for Episode 30 as Nikhil Uttamchandani joins us to preview the upcoming New Zealand vs West Indies T20 series. Several big names are missing but with less than a year to go to the 2021 T20 World Cup it's time for West Indies to cement their combinations. We talk CPL, IPL, WI T20 squad and argue about Andre Russell! Please leave a podcast review as it really helps grow the...

With a West Indies tour of New Zealand on the horizon we sat with RJR/TVJs Jerome Foster & freelance cricket writer Garfield Robinson to dissect all the major talking points in West Indies cricket.   The WI Test squad to NZ. Nicholas Pooran. The egotistical Dave Cameron. The ICON Marlon Samuels. The Evergreen Universe Boss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a hectic summer taking in the tour of England and CPL, the podcast returns with a look behind the scenes of Cricket West Indies. We caught up with CWI's first ever Coach Education Manager, Chris Brabazon, to understand the fundamentals of coach education and the strategy to develop high-calibre West Indian coaches. It is a truly interesting conversation and provides crucial insight into the...

The final installment in the series of podcasts where we speak with West Indian players in this years CPL. This episode features destructive opening batsman Evin Lewis. Evin is widely recognised as one of the most explosive batsman in the limited overs formats having played for multiple franchises across the globe. We talked through his career to date and future goals, including his admittance tha...

The third in the series of podcast episodes where we speak with players in this years CPL. This episode features 2019 CPL top run scorer Brandon King. Brandon was rewarded for his stella CPL performance last year with a West Indies ODI and T20 call up.  We talked through his career to date and future goals, including his desire for a long awaited Test call up. If you are listening on Apple please...

The second in the series of podcast episodes where we speak with players in this years CPL. This episode features Guyana spin sensation Ashmead Nedd Ashmead has made quite the waves since coming to fans attention in the 2019 U19 World Cup. He then followed that up with brilliant performances for the victorious emerging players in the 2019 Super 50. He took a wicket with his first ball in CPL and h...

A new series of podcast episodes where we speak with different players who are part of this years CPL. First up is last years player of the tournament, Hayden Walsh Jr. Its been an absolutely worldwind year for the former USA all-rounder and he took us through everything from this formative years to his goals for the future. His passion for the game is as strong as if he is only just starting out...

The last one in the CPL 2020 preview series as we look at the defending champions Barbados Tridents. It's rare that defending champions arent considered one of the two favourites but Barbados find themselves with the underdog tag yet again. Tasneem-Summer Khan joined us to determine if the presence of the champion spinner Rashid Khan will be enough to see Barbados defend their title. If you're lis...

The 5th team in the CPL preview series The St Lucia Zouks It isnt a diss to call them the worst team in the tournament, historically they've always been somewhere between poor and below average.  However this year they do have new owners and a new coach but no Universe Boss! Aaron Viles joins us again to discuss if the Zouks can finish anywhere other than 5th or last? If you're listening on Apple/...

The 4th installment of our CPL 2020 preview series sees us blessed with the presence of Aaron Viles (@thecricketconnoisseur_) to preview The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. On the eve of the tournament The Patriots were struck the blow of losing the irreplaceable Fabian Allen as he missed his flight from Jamaica. We discussed with Aaron if this something St Kitts can really overcome and challenge for t...

The 3rd episode in our CPL 2020 preview series. Our good friend Tasneem-Summer Khan (@summeryael) joins us to run the rule over the winningest franchise in CPL history, The Trinbago Knight Riders. DJ Bravo is back along with Fawad Ahmed. West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard leads the experienced side again. Will that be enough to win their 4th title? If you're a keen listener to our podca...

Every year Guyana Amazon Warriors are declared one of the favourites for CPL and this year is no different. Can they finally shake off the chokers tag and claim their first ever CPL title? Long suffering Amazon Warriors fan Santokie and unsympathetic Jamaican Machel analyse the almost unchanged 2020 squad and make their predictions. If you listen on Apple/Itunes please do leave a review/rating as...

It's all systems go for CPL 2020. We begin our series of podcast on the tournament with a deep dive into the history of the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise. From Chris Gayle to Florida and everything in between. We were joined by former Tallawahs analyst (2013-2016) Simon Preston (@simeyp93) to look at where and why things went right for the Tallawahs and why it went so wrong in 2019. We also take a l...

A special podcast where we look at the history of Indo-Caribbean representation in West Indies Cricket and the cultural/religious links to Indian culture. We have a roundtable discussion with an Indo-Guyanese, an Indian and an Afro-Caribbean in order to try and give the topic a perspective from every angle. Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) is the special guest and adds great insight even going as...

The final podcast before the start of the three-match #raisethebat series between England and West Indies. @nikuttam joins us again to assess the state of the play after the two West Indies intra-squad warm up games. We dissect then select our XI for the first test. We also take time to pay tribute to the great Everton Weekes and critique the furore over Conde Riley's attempts to get Phil Simmons...

Episode 15 comes hot on the heels of Episode 14 and our guest on this one is rising star Joshua Da Silva. The Trinidad & West Indian wicketkeeper batsman has been rewarded for a run-filled domestic year with a call up to the reserve squad for the England tour. We have been singing his praises on the Podcast for quite some time and it was a pleasure to speak to Josh, in between the warmup games, ah...

On the eve of the CPL draft we sat down with Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) to talk T20 franchise cricket. This isn't a death by stats talk rather an irreverent look behind the scenes of running a CPL team. We look at why teams win, lose and everything in between. Want to know why St Lucia picked 5 openers in 2018 but still only made 69 all out then this is the pod for you. Make it your business t...

With the England-West Indies series ratified and set to bowl off on July 8th.  Our Bajan correspondent Nikhil Uttamchandani (@nikuttam) joined us to run the rule over the announced 14 man squad and 11 reserves.  There are several names included that are unfamiliar to non-Caribbean cricket fans so we did our best to discuss all the pertinent talking points about the squad ahead of the tour. Lock in...

Some things are indelible in West Indian cricket history and not all of it positive. Between 1982 and 1984, 20 West Indian cricketers broke the Gleneagles agreement and decided to tour apartheid South Africa. Author and Sports Writer Ashley Gray (@AshG66) took it upon himself to meet with as many of those cricketers as possible to unpick the real story behind each individual. Did they deserve the...

Once heralded as the next great West Indian opening batsmen. Leeward Islands star turn Kieran Powell has had a topsy-turvy career in and out of the West Indies side.  Fresh off a record breaking 2019 Super 50 tournament where he led the run charts and a second very productive stint playing for Tamil Union in Sri Lanka. Kieran was very disappointed to see his name missing not only from the ODI tour...

When we started the Caribbean Cricket Podcast one of the aims was to be a trusted media platform for West Indies cricketers past and present. It's an honour that as we drop Episode 10 - West Indies and Guyana great Ramnaresh Sarwan was on hand to bless us with his presence.  As 'luck' would have it Ronnie is also in the news as a result of a few choice words from Chris Gayle, an interesting outcom...

We're back with Episode 9 of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast T20 is the hottest thing in cricket with franchise leagues a plenty but there is no league (not even the IPL) that has the vibes of the Caribbean Premier League. It's called the Biggest party in sport for a reason. We sat with the COO of the Caribbean Premier League, Pete Russell, to unpick everything CPL.  In the episode we discuss.  The...

We're back and bigger than ever. This is without doubt our biggest episode yet as Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave joined us to talk everything West Indies cricket. In the episode we discuss. The state of the West Indies tour to England. The summer programme of cricket in the Caribbean. Youth development in the Caribbean. The USA market.  The financial state of CWI. Cricket and the Olympics. a...

Back Again! We return with episode 7 of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast.  Tasneem-Summer Khan joins Machel and Santokie to discuss all things coronavirus and cricket. How will it effect Caribbean cricket and beyond? Will we ever see the beautiful game again in 2020? We break down the likelihood of it all.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices