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Published:Thursday | June 25, 2020 | 12:34 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt could find himself before the Justice Winston Anderson-chaired CWI Ethics Committee after a report was submitted to the body accusing him of breaches of the CWI Code of Ethics as well as a...

Published:Wednesday | June 24, 2020 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

One of the most iconic figures in T20 cricket will be missing from this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL), as the legendary batsman Chris Gayle has decided to bypass this year’s tournament, which is slated to take place August 18 to September...

Published:Monday | June 22, 2020 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Pace bowlers Oshane Thomas and Marquino Mindley are upbeat about their time spent so far in England as the Windies prepare to face the hosts in a biosecure three-Test series starting on July 8. The Jamaican duo are part of a 25-man tour party that...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2020 | 12:27 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

For the fourth consecutive season, Jamaican Ramaal Lewis will turn out for the Guyana Jaguars after it signed the 23-year-old in the Cricket West Indies Professional Player draft. Lewis, who captained the West Indies team to the Youth World Cup in...

Published:Tuesday | June 16, 2020 | 12:21 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Scorpions franchise has snapped up fast bowler Odean Smith and all-rounder Alwyn Williams following the West Indies professional players draft for the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup and the West Indies Four-Day Championship. The...

Published:Monday | June 15, 2020 | 12:27 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Scorpions Franchise will have a totally local composition after the 2020 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Player Draft for the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup and the Professional Cricket League Regional Four-Day...

Published:Saturday | June 13, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

ONE of the most memorable episodes of classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers has been withdrawn from a United Kingdom streaming service because of racial slurs which referred to the Windies and India cricket teams of 1975 as ‘N*****s’ and W*gs’. UKTV...

Published:Saturday | June 13, 2020 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Windies cricket team will embark on an unprecedented Test series against England in a few weeks that should kick-start the post-COVID-19 resumption of international cricket. The biosecure three-Test series, which will take place using only two...

Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2020 | 12:22 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former West Indies and Jamaica off-spinning all-rounder Gareth Breese is expecting a very competitive series when the West Indies travel to take on England in the three-Test matches. Breese, who has been living in the UK since 2004, is currently...

Published:Saturday | June 6, 2020 | 12:21 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It has been almost three years since Jermaine Blackwood legitimately made a Windies senior squad, but if you were to ask the 28-year-old, he would tell you that it was only a matter of time before he would get a crack at international cricket once...

Published:Thursday | June 4, 2020 | 12:31 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Two years ago, Nkrumah Bonner could not even make the Jamaica senior men’s cricket team. Fast-forward to the present, and the right-handed batsman is among the 25 players that will be travelling to England for the West Indies’ three-Test tour...

Published:Wednesday | June 3, 2020 | 12:24 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Opener John Campbell, middle-order batsmen Jermaine Blackwood and Nkrumah Bonner are the only Jamaicans named in the West Indies’ original 15-man squad for the three-Test tour of England, which will bowl off on July 8. The Gleaner has learnt that...

Published:Saturday | May 30, 2020 | 12:23 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica and West Indies Women all-rounder Shanel Daley says the national women’s cricket team has lost a “father figure” following the passing of coach Cleon Smith, who died on Thursday. The 60-year-old Smith passed away at the Kingston Public...

Published:Friday | May 22, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former national senior men’s football team coach Bradley Stewart has backed Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore after comments made by Jamaica forward Leon Bailey regarding team selection. Bailey criticised national head coach Whitmore’s frequent squad...

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2020 | 12:29 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE BOYZ defender Damion Lowe says the options are plenty for him following his amicable agreement to leave Norwegian club IK Start. The 27-year-old Lowe, who joined the club back in 2017 from United Soccer League side Tampa Bay Rowdies in the...

Published:Monday | May 18, 2020 | 12:00 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Many would have known Gleaner Company Media Limited former chairman and managing director Oliver Clarke as the consummate business professional, however, the media titan was also a lover of tennis and an avid supporter of the sport. Tennis Jamaica...

Published:Saturday | May 16, 2020 | 12:21 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

CHRIS GAYLE will face no disciplinary action for his YouTube rant on April 27 as the PJ Patterson-chaired Caribbean Premier League Tournament Committee has accepted a statement that Gayle has issued regarding the matter. On May 6, the CPL...

Published:Friday | May 15, 2020 | 12:29 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

All-rounder Rovman Powell, who is expected to captain the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, says his team will be doing all it can to win over the Jamaican fans after a bad 2019 campaign. Powell was...

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2020 | 12:24 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA AND West Indies opener John Campbell has been named along with compatriot middle-order batsmen Jermaine Blackwood and Nkrumah Bonner in a 30-man provisional West Indies squad for the impending tour of England which is tentatively set for...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former national footballer Arthur Lattimore passed away after a long battle with throat cancer. Lattimore, who represented Jamaica’s football team through­out the 1970s, died at his home in Florida, leaving behind five children, grandchildren, and...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:37 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Tallawahs have wasted little time in finding a replacement for the ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle, as they have snapped up the captain of the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Carlos Brathwaite. The Gleaner has been reliably informed that...

Published:Friday | May 1, 2020 | 12:26 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Tallawahs assistant coach Ramnaresh Sarwan says he is shocked by criticism of him by former Windies teammate Chris Gayle. Gayle accused Sarwan of instigating his departure from the Jamaica Tallawahs and destabilising the franchise in a...

Published:Thursday | April 30, 2020 | 12:23 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Tallawahs Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise, owned by the Chris Persaud-led Worldwide Sports Management Group, has hit back at claims made by former captain Chris Gayle regarding his departure from the team. On Monday, Gayle...

Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2020 | 12:22 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Gayle was in a militant mood on social media recently as he has finally given his side of the story regarding his exit from the Jamaica Tallawahs Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise. In a three-part YouTube video confessional, the ‘Universe...

Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2020 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Veteran Windies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says Jamaican teammate Andre Russell is the toughest batsman he has ever faced in his 17-year cricket career. Bravo and Russell have had numerous battles, representing various franchises from Trinbago Knight...

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