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MACHEL HEWITT: The last dance for many of the current West Indies T20 squad may well be the 2028 World Cup.
17.09.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: When the 50-year CPL deal was signed in 2013 with the then WICB, few would have predicted that 13 years later we would sit on the precipice of a succession crisis,
27.08.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Are West Indies overworking their star man by asking him to don the wicketkeeper’s gloves.
12.08.26Features
MACHEL HEWITT: The true test of Daren Sammy's process will be how West Indies perform against the teams around them. Pakistan are one such team.
26.07.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Unless there is a dramatic change to the way women’s cricket is organised and supported in the West Indies, they will continually find themselves in a position of having to overturn the odds.
10.07.26Opinion
MANGESH KULKARNI: The calculus is clear. Sri Lanka need to declare at a total that gives their bowlers enough overs to bowl West Indies out, without setting a target so low that the hosts can realistically win.
07.07.26Matchday
MACHEL HEWITT: Jason Holder is still the premier all-rounder in West Indies cricket and surely walks into the West Indies Test side, even if only for his batting proficiency. So why hasn’t it happened?
19.06.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Shane Deitz will be pleased that he got to see his side bowl and bat first in respective games, as well as utilising his entire squad. As preparation fixtures go, it really couldn’t have gone any better.
31.05.26News
MACHEL HEWITT: The Red Force run was the definition of doing it the hard way, so there can be no doubt that they were worthy winners.
25.05.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Joshua Bishop’s name was conspicuous in its absence in the recently released 17-man high-performance camp ahead of the Sri Lanka ODIs.
17.05.26Features
MACHEL HEWITT: When you ask players and fans to trust your process, that process surely contains a clear dividing line between backing the squad and rewarding the potential next big things.
10.05.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Repeating a failed strategy and blindly anticipating change feels very similar to the broad definition of insanity.
30.04.26Opinion
MANGESH KULKARNI: Should we be proud, or should we ask why the Caribbean is only sending seven players to the IPL?
19.04.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: If players graduate into a subpar system/tournament with subpar skill development, no amount of game time will suddenly boost them to international level.
03.04.26News
OSPREY: Why have the West Indies women struggled to maintain their competitive advantage over their rivals?
23.03.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Do we trust the current system to be able to polish rough diamonds without a substantial increase in the frequency of quality coaching and cricket opportunities?
20.03.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: For too long, fans have been demanding that a reliable bridge be built between the U19 level, where West Indian talent is plentiful, and the senior level, where many of the bright sparks have, in many cases, long since faded away.
28.02.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Conversations about Sammy's coaching credentials carry on at various volumes, but has anyone given him credit for the selection calls that have worked? Or better yet, has anyone asked why Hope and King were not playing Test cricket in the years before June 2025?
23.01.26Features
MACHEL HEWITT: Nicholas Pooran’s early retirement sets a precedent that individual wealth takes priority over international honours, foreshadowing a bleak future for West Indies cricket. If the next generation takes its cue from this icon, we should pack up now.
08.01.26Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Justin Greaves’ time is now, and he is making the most of it.
21.12.25History
MACHEL HEWITT: As a collective, it is high time our region rejects insularity, levels up on emotional intelligence, and understands that approaches that worked in the 1970s and ‘80s are no longer relevant in 2025. They haven’t been relevant for decades.
03.12.25Opinion
MACHEL HEWITT: Despite a litany of stats and achievements, some would turn their nose up at the suggestion that Hope is a great of the West Indies’ game.
27.11.25Features
MACHEL HEWITT: When was this mythical time that our domestic Super50 benefitted the West Indies men’s senior side? If the answer is ‘it didn’t’, then what are we really doing here?
14.11.25News
MACHEL HEWITT: The old adage goes that West Indies don’t lack homegrown talent. Even if we take that to be true, we certainly don’t know how to harness it. So, while we work out how to solve that problem, should we not look further afield for talent that has been properly harnessed?
28.10.25Opinion
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