Caribbean Cricket Podcast

West Indies U19 Mens placed 5th in the 2024 World Cup - a result probably better than the majority in the region would have expected. Machel jumped into the hot seat to look at the World Cup campaign, assess the positives and negatives and identify where this cohort of players go from here. As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket...

So much has happened in West Indies cricket that you could be forgiven for missing the big news that CWI and WIPA had signed a new Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement lasts until 2027 and heralds in a new partnership designed to solidify commitment to promoting gender pay equity within West Indies cricket. The MOU outlines plans to achieve parity in international and regional match fees, in...

The dust has now settled and the endless think pieces on Shamar Joseph and West Indies have come to an end. Therefore it now seems right to look back at the series and identify The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Machel and Santokie jump into the live seat to dissect the test series and hand out the world famous CCP player ratings. As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of dep...

How apt that following West Indies miraculous performance to share the Frank Worrell Trophy, Trinidad and Tobago cricket journalist Vaneisa Baksh joined us to talk about her latest book 'Son of Grace' - a biography on the great Frank Worrell. A project that began in 2016 has ended with Baksh putting together the fruits of her archive hunting to write a comprehensive account of Frank Worrell and hi...

Last month the fixtures for the Men's T20 World Cup were released. However to all intents and purposes the fixtures, locations of teams and timings all looked like backroom deals rather than any real draw. Machel took a look at the fixtures and analysed whether the ICC know how to run a World Cup in its truest sense? NB: *After this episode was recorded we received news from Cricket West Indies th...

West Indies cricket will always be a Netflix series. In the latest installment of West Indies drama - Cricket West Indies has confirmed several organisational changes at the start of a significant year. Most notably Roland Butcher has been let go as West Indies Men's senior selector - a move that caused shock in some parts of the Caribbean. Machel and Santokie took a look at all of the organisatio...

A brand new year means a new set of Caribbean Cricket Podcast resolutions for 2024. Machel gave his NINE hopes for 2024. Do you agree with them? As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows you to leave a review and rating please do so as it really...

West Indies cricket will always be a Netflix series. In the latest installment of West Indies drama - Jamaica Tallawahs have resigned from CPL and been replaced by a yet to be named Antigua franchise. This appears to be just the latest blow in what is being seen as the underdevelopment of Jamaica cricket. Machel and Santokie were joined by special guests Jerome Foster (Sports Journalist RJR/Gleane...

The dust has now settled on the noise around the test squad selected to tour Australia. In that void Machel decided to take a look at the squad again and ask if there were other options for selection (outside of the big name players that declined selection). As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else...

Another T20 series - Another win. Daren Sammy is cooking something and it has the region excited. Machel and Santokie review the series victory over England and hand out the infamous CCP player ratings. As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else. If you are listening on a podcast channel that allows...

Sunil Narine has officially announced his retirement from international cricket as well as domestic List A cricket. He of course crowned the announcement with a Super 50 title and ended the 2023 tournament as the top wicket taker - how fitting. However despite Sunil being a global star in the game his West Indies legacy is a bit more complicated - we are a tough people to please both within the re...

We're back with another recorded live show. West Indies finally got round to dropping their ODI squad to face England this after first dropping music tracks and a Daren Sammy rally letter to the fans. Did the squad live up to the expectations or was it the same old controversy where West Indies cricket is concerned Machel and Santokie jump into the live studio to dissect all the fall out from the...

The 2023 CG United Super 50 is over and one of the oldest sides in the competition took the title. Make no mistake the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were deserved winners of the tournament but it would be a lie to say there arent serious reservations about the overall quality of domestic cricket in the region. Machel and Santokie jumped into the studio to run the rule over a competition that was d...

Fresh off her 132 vs Australia and her SEVENTH consecutive player of the match award, West Indies Women's captain Hayley Matthews joined the Caribbean Cricket Podcast to talk THAT innings, her career, captaincy and so much more. Hayley has been around in the world game for so long that it is easy to forget she is only 25 years old. From debuting for Barbados Women's National team at 12 to debuting...

The second episode in our Caribbean cricket history series. On this episode we did a deep dive with the great Fazeer Mohammed looking at the history of cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. Fazeer needs no introduction as a doyen in the region when it comes to brodcasting and print journalism. He takes us on a tour de force of Trinidad & Tobago cricket - from Constantine to CLR James and Brian Charles L...

The Guyana Amazon Warriors have won their first ever CPL title in 2023. Machel and Santokie held a live show to chew up the highs and lows of CPL 2023. Was the quality really low or was it a tournament worth watching? As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go into a level of depth and analysis on West Indies cricket that you wont hear anywhere else. If you are listening on a podcast chann...

In the recently completed Caribbean Premier League season, Andre Russell rolled back the years to show why he is still an effective bowler in the T20 format. Is it time to recall him to West Indies duty? Machel jumped in the hot-seat to explore why Dre hasnt been picked since the 2021 T20 WC and whether it is time for people to suck up their pride and F their feelings. As always with the Caribbean...

In the first of a new series. We look at each cricket territory in the Caribbean in detail with a special guest. We start as we mean to go on with a deep dive into Guyanese cricket history featuring Basil Butcher Jr. Basil's father needs no introduction in both Guyanese and West Indies cricket history and Basil was fortunate to grow up around cricket royalty. He takes us on a tour de force of Guya...

By now you've probably seen the video or memes of Rahkeem Cornwall's run out in the CPL game between Saint Lucia Kings and Barbados Royals. It's an incident that for many in the Caribbean was the last straw vis-à-vis the debate around Rahkeem and his preparedness for West Indies duty. Machel jumped into the hot seat to look at the nuances of the Rahkeem Cornwall discourse. After this episode was r...

On the back of West Indies failure to make it out of the World Cup qualifiers group we wanted to talk to an aficionado of the associate cricket scene. Shounak Sarkar of Emerging Cricket popped into the Caribbean Cricket Podcast Studio to explain why associate teams are catching up and surpassing the West Indies. You can find Shounak at https://emergingcricket.com/ or on Twitter at https://twitter....

During the recently concluded World Test Championship final between Australia and India, we were fortunate to have the chance to sit down with new Cricket West Indies president, Dr Kishore Shallow. Kishore has been in office for 100 days and we took the chance to have an in depth conversation with him about his vision and mission to rebuild West Indies cricket. This is an episode for all stakehold...

As part of the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival Machel had the pleasure of taking in 501 not out. 501 not out is a film by Sam Lockyer - call it an ode to Brian Lara. It is a fantastic film with great archival footage and interviews that really encapsulates what that 501* meant to the world of cricket and how it elevated Brian Lara into a global superstar. You can catch the next screening of the f...

We had to wait a while to speak on this one. The West Indies wicket-keeper/batsman Devon Thomas has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with seven counts under the anti-corruption code and was suspended with immediate effect. Machel wanted to fully assess the situation before adding his two pence on the situation. How much do you agree with his assertions on this one? As always...

A special one-off collaboration podcast episode. Machel from the Caribbean Cricket Podcast linked up with DJ on the Edges & Sledges Podcast to do a thorough review of the recent West Indies vs India test series. There were a few technical hitches along the way but we got to do a really detailed conversation on the intricacies of the test series. As always with the Caribbean Cricket Podcast we go i...

Almost as soon as Daren Sammy was announced as the new West Indies white ball head coach the knives were out for him in many quarters. This before we even consider the World Cup Qualifying debacle that the senior men's side went on to have. Machel took a look at Sammy's credentials or lack thereof and why West Indies fans should give Sammy the benefit of the doubt regardless. As always with the Ca...