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Great sporting teams prepare for a period of transition.Watching proceedings on Friday at the Brabourne Stadium, you wondered if Mumbai Indians were in the middle of one. Kieron Pollard, finisher supreme, white-ball destroyer and bonafide T20 legend, seemed a pale shadow of the big-hitter he once was.Tim David, among their costliest signings at the mega auction, meanwhile stepped up to play the kind of role Pollard has for more than a decade. It made you wonder why he’s played just four games ...

Bajans have a habit of lambasting the government of the day when things go unattended. In Barbados, the Government is seen as continuous, in that people rarely say the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Government or the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Government. They simply say: “Government”. They put the blame squarely at the feet of “Government”.It would be silly for any of the two parties that had the good fortune to govern this country to believe that all complaints come with a political ag...

The countdown is on, as in just two days, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will arrive in Barbados, the 53rd destination out of the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories it will be visiting.On Friday, 22 April 2022, Lovie Santana, Trinidad and Tobago’s Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022, will deliver the Baton to Barbados. Craig Fulton, the United Kingdom’s Deputy High Commissioner to Barbados, will join Cameron Burke, Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 and Vice President of Com...

LONDON – Ace West Indies seamer Kemar Roach will play no further part in the English County Championship for Surrey, after picking up a hamstring injury last week against Hampshire.Surrey said Tuesday the 33-year-old had returned to his native Barbados to recuperate after scans confirmed the injury, sustained on day two against Hampshire at the Oval.Roach sent down 38 balls in Hampshire’s first innings and took no further part in the contest which Surrey eventually won by an innings and 17 r...

Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley has reached a significant landmark, serving as a member of the Board of Management for 25 years.A retired investment banker, who also played the game as a batsman for Combermere School and the now defunct Barclays Sports Club in BCA competitions, Riley talks about his journey on the Board including helping to set up the Everton Weekes Centre of Excellence at Kensington Oval and implementing contracts for both men’s and women’s crickete...

Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum and assistant coach David Hussey have heaped praise on his star man Andre Russell.“When Dre comes off, he wins games. When he’s on, he’s the very best in the world at what he does and we hope to see a little bit more of it,” McCullum said during an interview with ESPNCricinfo.The 33-year-old Jamaican so far has 106 runs in three matches in the ongoing Indian Premier League including a match-winning 70 not out off just 31 balls in their se...

Former West Indies vice-captain Kirk Edwards and Test gloveman Shane Dowrich have completed Level Two of Cricket West Indies’ Representative Coaching Programme.The duo were among 25 participants featuring in a two-day face-to-face coaching workshop at Kensington Oval last month, hosted in conjunction with the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the University of the West Indies.Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith and current Test left-hander Shayne Moseley were among those also comp...

Two of the most exciting sides in this Indian Premier League threw punch after punch at each other today, but in the end Punjab Kings backed off slightly against Kolkata Knight Riders, and paid a big price.Kings played the game Knight Riders did two nights ago in an attempt to provide for the inevitable dew and chasing advantage: just keep going hard and refuse to rebuild until that is the last option left. It is a shame that just like for Knight Riders, it didn’t work out for Kings. They were...

When one is in charge, whether it be a political administration, a general manager, or a senior supervisor on the production line, it is expected that a few barbs will come your way.For obvious reasons - the buck stops with the man or woman who makes the final decisions. He or she is expected to guide the team and ensure there are few, if any, weak links.And so, despite the overwhelming victory at the recently concluded general election, in which the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) was returned to o...

Jurors will begin hearing evidence in a criminal case against a St George man on Wednesday.Today the nine-member jury, consisting of two men and five women – was selected when the matter involving Karl Nokosi Mapp, of Thorpes Cottage, St George was called before Justice Randall Worrell.