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Shane Dowrich, the most capped West Indies Test wicketkeeper/batter in the last seven years, is set to return to first-class cricket for the first time in 14 months as star-studded Barbados Pride prepare for the rescheduled February 9 start of the six-team regional Championship, which they are proudly defending.That’s the word from chairman of the Barbados selectors Henderson Broomes, who has explained reasons for Dowrich’s absence from both the aborted Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) four-team Legends Cup after only one round in late November because of covid-19 concerns, and the just ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – West Indies will chase a series win when they face Ireland in the rescheduled second One-Day International on Thursday, even as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hover ominously over the three-match series.The Caribbean side pulled off a 24-run win in Saturday’s opener at Sabina Park but three COVID cases in the Ireland camp 24 hours later, forced Cricket West Indies to postpone the second ODI which had been carded for Tuesday.With no further positive tests in the intervening period, the headlines appear ready to be made on the field and bowling coach Rod...

Former West Indies Women’s head coach, Vasbert Drakes, has been appointed head coach of Barbados Pride for the upcoming Regional Four-Day Championship in February.The 52-year-old former Test all-rounder replaces Emerson Trotman who spearheaded Pride’s capture of the 2019-20 first class title – the last championship to be staged since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic.Dexter Toppin, a former Barbados seamer, led Pride during last year’s Super50 when the perennial champions lost four of their five matches to finish one from bottom of the six-team table in Antigua.

Have we learned the lessons of 2020, and are we using those experiences to help guide us as we near the end of 2021?The question is about how we as a country manage our desire to enjoy the traditional year-end celebrations and to do so in a way that is safe and allows us to be alive and healthy in 2022.There has been subdued celebration of the fact that the island’s positivity rate for COVID-19 infections was in the four-percentile range.We at Barbados TODAY, like every citizen and entity in this country, are breathing a sigh of relief that our COVID-19 infection rate seems to be heading in ...

President of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen is pleading with Government and insurance companies to clamp down on motorists using uninsured vehicles.She told Barbados TODAY she has been receiving too many complaints recently from motorists who were involved in accidents with other road users whose vehicles have no insurance coverage.President of the General Insurance Association of Barbados Randy Graham told Barbados TODAY that insurance companies were also extremely concerned about the worrying trend which he said seems to have worsened since the start of the...