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The organising committee for the National Primary Schools Athletics Championship (NAPSAC) outlined their plans for the 2022 track season during the official launch and press conference held this morning at the Garfield Sobers Sorts Complex.Tied in with its 20th anniversary, NAPSAC Championship Director Julian Pierre during his speech announced that the first event on the list is a Zonal Get Moving Festival scheduled to be held virtually from March 14th to 18th in the Under-7 to Under -13 age groups.The next major event slated is the Cross Country Relay Championships planned for May 10th to 13t...

AHMEDABAD, India – Head coach Phil Simmons conceded Friday that West Indies’ frail batting required “urgent attention” after the Caribbean side were whitewashed by India following a 96-run defeat in the final One-Day International.West Indies failed to reach 200 in any of the three matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium, dismissed for 176, 193 and 169, with all-rounder Jason Holder the only player to notch a half-century.“It (batting) does need urgent attention because it has just lost us the last two games,” Simmons said.“When you’re bowling India out for 230 and 260 you expect ...

Veteran Test seamer Kemar Roach has been recalled for his first One-Day International in 2-½ years, in a 15-man squad announced Wednesday for the three-match one-day series against India next month.The 33-year-old joins the Jamaican batting pair of Nkrumah Bonner and Brandon King, along with leg-spinner Hayden Walsh, in being recalled for the three matches in Ahmedabad from February 6-11.Bonner has played only three ODIs, all coming away to Bangladesh last year when West Indies fielded a weakened side, while King played the last of his four ODIs two years ago.Walsh, meanwhile, has not played ...

The Indian Premier League is the most lucrative T20 franchise league in the world, offering millions of dollars to the world’s best ball bashers and miserly bowlers. Many cricketers across the globe dream about playing in it one day.West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd is no different.The Guyanese fast bowler and right-handed batsman, who dazzled with the bat with an unbeaten 44 in the second T20 international between the West Indies and England yesterday, has put his name in the last three IPL auctions but is yet to be awarded a contract.Speaking in a press conference today, Shepherd sa...

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...