By Tony Cozier | Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
The grossly underpaid first-class players in regional cricket are to receive an increase of more than 300 per cent in match fees, the West Indies …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, April 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
THERE was one obvious reason for the disappointing climax to an otherwise heartening Digicel series for the West Indies at the Beausejours Stadium on Friday.
It …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, March 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cozier on Sunday
Kensington Oval rocked to the demolition of England by the West Indies’ aggressive bowling, sharp, sure-handed fielding and the breathtaking power of Chris …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cozier on Sunday
LESS than a week ago, the troubled face of West Indies cricket, for so long wreathed in the wrinkles of on-field mediocrity, administrative …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, March 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
A common, pertinent theme ran through the principal reasons given by the leaders of the West Indies team for the repossession of the Wisden Trophy.
The …
By Tony Cozier | Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
By Tony Cozier
At KENSINGTON OVAL
As England batted through the last day of the fourth Test for the predictable draw yesterday, the West Indies would have, …
By Tony Cozier | Monday, March 2, 2009 | 5 Comments
The demolition of England’s second innings of the first test of the current Digicel series by the West Indies at Sabina Park revealed a new …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
At Kensington Oval
The evidence has been growing for some time and the flaws so starkly exposed at Kensington yesterday provided further proof that Test cricket’s …
By Tony Cozier | Saturday, February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
By Tony Cozier
at Kensington Oval
Mark Twain’s assertion that there are three kinds of lies, “lies, damned lies, and statistics”, was hardly made with cricket in …
By Tony Cozier | Friday, February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments
SO severely tested on the last day of the ARG Test, the West Indies’ resilience was again placed under severe strain at Kensington yesterday.
They came …
By Tony Cozier | Thursday, February 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
The West Indies find themselves in an unfamiliar position entering today’s Test at Kensington Oval.
For a change, they are ahead in the series and the …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
To the uninitiated, primarily Americans such as Sir Allen Stanford, events at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Thursday evening and their aftermath would have been …
By Tony Cozier | Friday, February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments
IT took the composure of tailenders not reputed for such level-headedness to secure it but the draw that the West Indies eeked out in the …
By Tony Cozier | Thursday, February 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
Five years ago, the ground that has hosted more record-breaking West Indies’ performances in its relatively brief existence witnessed its most unexpected and uplifting.
Soundly beaten …
By Tony Cozier | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 8 Comments
Three West Indies batsmen would not have slept easily last night. Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin may well be tossing and turning for …
By Tony Cozier | Monday, February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
- West Indians in Jamaica and elsewehere are rejoicing in a rare result
By Tony Cozier
in KINGSTON
The day after the latest Sabina sensation, euphoria hung as …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
The history of Test cricket at Sabina Park is replete with devastation wreaked by lethal fast bowlers.
Jerome Taylor’s sensational five for 11 from nine overs …
By Tony Cozier | Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
Intermittently during the past couple of days at Sabina Park, the public address system has blared out a baffling, if unequivocal message.
It was to the …
By Tony Cozier | Saturday, February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
Ramnaresh Sarwan’s diligent 107, his 12th Test hundred, and his partnership of 202 with captain Chris Gayle were critical to the West Indies cause in …
By Tony Cozier | Friday, February 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
SULIEMANN BENN made a pertinent statement after the opening day of the Digicel Series.
“I’m very hungry to take wickets, personally, and for other spinners in …