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  • Beyond embarrassment

    By Tony Cozier | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 0 Comments


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    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 …

  • Let down by let-offs

    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, …

  • Contentious dismissals

    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 …

  • Lies, damned lies and statistics

    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 …

  • Ahead with no worries

    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 …

  • All far from lost

    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 …

  • Rushes of madness

    By Tony Cozier | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 8 Comments


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    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 …

  • Euphoria in Kingston

    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 …

  • Tormentors toppled by Taylor

    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 …

  • Prisoners of the game

    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 …

  • Troubles erased

    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 …

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