Recent articles by Colin:
30 Mar: The pain I've endured watching West Indies cricket
After the West Indies cricket team has suffered so much pain and a tremendous shellacking over the
past few years, I hope that the younger, probably rejuvenated, certainly more focused - if inexperienced
- team will come through quickly for all West Indian supporters.
[More]
26 Mar: Carl Hooper - Another great captain? Maybe
In the recent history of West Indies cricket, say the last 50 years or so, few of the team's
captains have been dynamic enough to actually change the face of West Indies cricket forever.
Perhaps only (Sir) Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd and (Sir) Viv Richards, the latter never having
lost a series while in the top post, can claim to have moulded a generation, if indeed not a
full Caribbean nation, in thought, word and wonderful cricketing deeds.
[More]
5 Mar: Cavalier South Africa given tough work-out by Busta Cup XI In their first and only
outing before the First Test the South Africans actually had every player involved in the batting
game against the West Indies Busta Cup XI, though it was probably not the original plan. Somehow,
this day reminded me of the cavaliering Pakistan team that visited the Caribbean when I first
played Test cricket, in 1977. The South Africans looked just as relaxed as Pakistan had looked in
1977, and we just managed to beat them 2-1.
[More]
3 Mar: West Indian selections: Good for the future and the present too My first look at
the 16 selected to prepare for the South African tour made a great smile come to my face. There
was a good reason for this. Of the sixteen, I had selected (article of February 18), all of the
players named for the final squad except Leon Garrick, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Reon King,
Cameron Cuffy and Colin Stuart.
[More]
19 Feb: My squad to face South Africa Folks, I can tell you this: after the Australian tour, I am very
tired, mentally and physically. It was a very torrid tour indeed. I did not bowl many
deliveries in Australia, the one exception being a benefit game for my favourite charity,
a game and an organisation that I have supported for more than five years with my presence
at their annual international game; the Multiple Sclerosis Society (of Victoria).
[More]
12 Feb: Hope springs eternal for the West Indies after drubbing in Australia
Having experienced nauseating and debilitating "whitewashes" when the West Indies
visited South Africa in 1998/9 and New Zealand in 1999/2000, I then experienced
more professional and personal pain seeing England beat the West Indies last
summer for the first time since 1969. [More]
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