Month: December 2012

  • Reggae Boyz crash out of 2012 Caribbean Cup

    The Reggae Boyz, defending champions of the Caribbean Cup (Soccer) and in the running for one of 3 World Cup Finals spots from the CONCACAF, has crashed out of this year’s competition. This would seem simple, except that Jamaica now does not get into the largest regional competition, other than World Cup qualifications, which is…

  • West Indies wins single T20 by 18 runs

    West Indies, behind a superb innings by Marlon Samuels’ unbeaten 85 from 45 deliveries, won the only T20 against Bangladesh, to end a mixed tour that saw them sweeping the tests 2-0, losing the ODIs 2-3, and winning this T20 1-0. After the West Indies amassed an impressive 197-4 from their 20 overs, I imagine…

  • West Indies vs Bangladesh 5th ODI goes down to the wire

    You may remember that, in yesterday’s piece (Darren Sammy to the rescue; West Indies levels series 2-2), I made the following comment “Will Gayle finally return to form for the final match or will Pollard and D.R. Smith show up to a match batting-wise finally? I think one of those two needs to happen to…

  • Darren Sammy to the rescue; West Indies levels series 2-2

    When the West Indies was in trouble for the penultimate ODI match against Bangladesh, it was captain Darren Sammy to the rescue.  Reeling at 102-6, Sammy came in and contributed a nice unbeaten 60 to take the West Indies to a decent 211-9 from their allotted 50 overs. Bangladesh, looking at a modest total, was…

  • Samuels and Narine rescues West Indies

    Man of the match, Marlon Samuels, was in good form as his 126 runs helped the West Indies to a 4 wicket win over Bangladesh with 3 overs to spare.  Bangladesh leads the 5 match series 2-1. Narine finally showed up in Bangladesh with his best performance thus far (Test or ODI), bagging 4-37 to…

  • West Indies humiliated in 2nd ODI against Bangladesh

    The West Indies fell to a humiliating 160 run defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in the 2nd one day international (ODI) after being easily brushed aside in the first ODI. Batting first, Bangladesh was reeling a bit after losing 3 early wickets but then steadied on the century (120) by opener Anamul Haque, reaching…